Straightaway

Band members:
Lotfi - Vocals, guitar
Fab - Guitar, back vocals
Phil - Drums
Jeremy - Bass

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Bio:

The band saw the light in Paris in September '99. It wasn't a group of old friends just forming a band for a laugh. A common passion for punk rock and music brought Lotfi, Saul, Digo and Matt together. The two years that followed the band's birth were exclusively dedicated to rehearsing and also getting to know and understand each other on human levels as well as musical.

Having constructed and established the band musically during a couple of years, it was time to become established in a live environment, which was achieved in September 2001. After only 2 shows, Matt made the decision to go to college in Australia and left in December 2001. This departure led to a long time of line up instability and constant changes of bassist for more than 3 years, paralysing the band in playing shows and making concrete plans of recording. 5 bassists got in and out while the band spent half of the time without any bass player.. That's what they call bad luck.

Despite the numerous issues faced over the last few years, we managed to share the stage with bands like No Use For A Name, Bigwig, Strung Out, Lagwagon, Coheed & Cambria, Lagwagon, A Wilhelm Scream, Ten Foot Pole, Satanic Surfers, The Lawrence Arms, Paint It Black, Undeclinable, Belvedere, Digger... in France and abroad and make a name for ourselves playing live.

Throughout the 6 years of the band's existence we've worked on elaborating a fast, technical, agressive but catchy and melodic yet punk rock. The basics of the formula were finally captured and recorded in march 2005 on the 'Emotions and Anger' EP.

Shortly after recording a couple of months later we joined Useless ID (Kung Fu records) on a long 5 week european tour across Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic and the UK, getting for the first time the opportunity to play 30 shows in a row and reach even more people.
After that tour Fab joined the band and has finally brought to Straightaway what we've always been looking for. Sweet back vocals and a big bass sound. The band is definitely set now to establish itself on the international punk rock map and has already inked deals in Japan, Brazil, Australia, South America and more are in the process as we speak. A new version of the EP is coming out there with a new artwork, new mix and mastering and an extra acoustic song.

In 2007 their first LP was recorded and released by Found Of Life Records.

But while in the process of writing its new album, line-up troubles surfaced again for the band when it lost one of its original members. The band was restructured, with Fab taking over guitar, however things hit an all-time-low in early 2011 when Straightaway parted ways with its original drummer, Digo. Despite the band’s uncertain future, giving up was never an option. Two months later, the addition of Phil on drums breathed new life into the group. After some major ups and downs, Straightaway’s comeback album, Last Exit to Nowhere, showcased the band’s more diverse and mature sound. Even after 14 years, Straightaway hasn’t lost its passion for punk rock, and with its newly released album on Effervescence Records, it’s clear Straightaway will be here for many years to come!

Discography:

- Emotions And Anger (self released 2005 then released on October 25 under 2006 Bells On Records)

Tracklist:
01.Stolen Days Of Innocence
02.Bitter Pill
03.Off The Beaten Track
04.Emotions And Anger
05.Blistering Pace
06.One Day Thought

- Democracy Of Spreading Poverty (released on November 5, 2007 under Found Of Life Records)

Tracklist:
01. Never Surrender
02. Had Your Chance
03. Democracy Of Spreading Poverty
04. Another Day
05. Safe Illusions
06. Sick Of This World
07. A Promise To Resist
08. Interlude
09. Stolen Days Of Innocence
10. Unchanging Story
11. Thousands Miles Away
12. Funk Da Place
13. Hopeless Fall
14. One Day Thought


- Straightaway - Last Exit To Nowhere (released on September 3, 2013 by Effervescence Records)

Tracklist:
01.The Blissful Art Of Selling (intro)
02.Weapons Of Massive Distraction
03.Fighting The Odds
04.Failure Is A Success
05.Keep Running
06.Revived And Alive
07.A Long Way To Go
08.Right Choice, Wrong Feeling
09.Over And Out
10.Sometime, Someday (interlude)
11.Last Exit To Nowhere
12.The Future Is Yours To Make
13.My Own Demise
14.No Place To Call Home