Raine's teacher's band shortlisted in music competition

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Friday 7th February, 2003

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A Raine's Foundation School music teacher's band is on the verge of breaking into the music profession after being shortlisted in the music competition Xfm Unsigned. Andy Norton's band Denzel, described as a "supercharged rock band", has been selected from over 900 entries to be part of a shortlist of 32. On 20th February, 2003 the show 'The works' will play the band's lead track 'pretty people' from their new e.p called 'A'. The show is hosted by Claire Sturgess and is broadcast from 9pm to 11pm on 104.9 FM. You can vote for the band on www.xfm.co.uk/xfmunsigned and play your part in helping Denzel win the competition. The band are currently based in a disused section of an East London psychiatric hospital which inspires their emotionally super charged alt-rock sound. Denzel - Andy Norton (left) is a music teacher at Raine's Foundation School A high resolution version of this photograph can be downloaded from: www.DavidASpencer.com/rainesfoundation/images/denzel.jpg The band released their first demo 'Out of the Blue' in December, 2001. Since then, Denzel have gained exposure through the likes of XFM, BBC London Live, SBN (Student Broadcasting Network) and numerous independent/university stations. The band's latest demo was recorded at the end of 2002 and featured Mark Richardson (ex-Skunk Anansie, now Feeder) guesting on drums. Further information about Denzel can be found at www.denzel.co.uk (Email: info@denzel.co.uk). Andrew Norton lives in Ilford. Raine's Foundation School has had a long history of musical alumni. These include Ronnie Scott OBE (1939-1940), the greatest English jazz genius of all time; Tom Watkins (1962-1966), the pop group manager who looked after the Pet Shop Boys, Bros, and East 17; John Chimes (1965-1972), one the world's leading percussionists and currently the Principal Timpanist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra; Terry Chimes (1967-1974), former drummer of The Clash who was inducted into the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Tony Newton (1973-1978), who plays in a rock band called Dirty Deeds which recently completed a world tour with Iron Maiden; Richie Wermerling (1979-1984), the singer, keyboard player and songwriter in the band called Let Loose who first album recorded sales of over 400,000 and whose single Crazy For You got to number 2 in the charts and, Keith Uddin (1990-1995), a record producer/engineer for EMI records who has worked with international multimillion selling artists such as Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Texas, No Doubt, The Cure, Madonna, SClub7 and Geri Halliwell.

For further information, contact:

Dr. David A. Spencer Publicity Officer - Raine's Foundation School Approach Road London E2 9LY Telephone: 020 8981 1231 Telefax: 020 8983 0153 E-Mail: DASpencer@RainesFoundation.org.uk Website: www.rainesfoundation.org.uk

Dr. David A. Spencer Publicity Officer - Old Raineians' Association PO Box 30692 London E1 0TH Mobile Telephone: 07751 100498 Telefax: 020 7900 2722 E-Mail: David@Spencer.ws Website: www.DavidASpencer.com

Further information about Raine's Foundation School today can be found at: www.rainesfoundation.org.uk

Further information about The Old Raineians' Association can be found at: www.oldraineians.com

Further information about individual Old Raineians, including their memories of the school and their teachers, a message board, a list of famous pupils and some school photographs, can be found at: www.friendsreunited.co.uk