DeAD Music: Links
25 Records, who have released the Dead After Dark track, "You Don't See Me Anymore", on their last CD, and the Firedaze track "End of the Light" on their current one: http://www.25records.com
2bdiscovered.com, is the website attached to the programme of the same name on the UK channel HTV. A chance for unsigned bands to be represented on the web, and maybe be featured on the programme. http://www.2bdiscovered.com
Adastra Arts and Leisure, Britain's premier agency for live Roots music http://www.adastra-music.co.uk
Dead After Dark, now defunct roots rock band, still with great CDs for sale. http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/deadafterdark/dead.html
Directory page for amazing resources for unsigned bands - this is a link to a links page, useful for all aspiring musicians. http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/Unsigned_Band_Resources/
Face Magazine, an American on-line magazine of the best in indie and unsigned bands worldwide. Accepted Firedaze as a featured band. http://www.facemag.com
Firedaze, UK-based Roots Dance band, the traditional music of the twenty-first century. http://www.firedaze.co.uk
Folk Roots, a UK-based magazine for the folk and roots scene. http://www.frootsmag.com
Leamington Peace Festival, the annual summer free festival in Leamington Spa. http://www.peacefestival.org.uk
Musicians Union, UK. We're members, and would recommend other British musicians to join. http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/welcome.html
Musictourbus.com, a site designed to help independent bands link up with each other, to arrange tours across the USA and the rest of the world. http://www.musictourbus.com
National Band Register, UK. The organisation that lists all UK band names on its database, and many from other countries, so bands can check their uniqueness. http://www.bandreg.co.uk/
Popwire - a site full of pages of unsigned bands, as advertised on MTV UK. http://www.popwire.com/
Peoplesound.com, aiming to be a massive resource for unsigned bands, and their potential audiences, allowing visitors to download sample tracks for free and then to purchase more from the same artists. http://www.peoplesound.com/
Rack And Ruin. Dunk, guest keyboard and bass-player with Firedaze, is also the drummer in this English roots band. http://www.rackandruin.force9.co.uk
Rhythm Studios, where all Dead After Dark recordings were made. http://freespace.virgin.net/rhythm.studios/
Shadow Dance, the current band of Ani Turunen, who was DeAD Music's first contact with Finland. Finnish goth rock . http://www.dlc.fi/~tammika/
Steff Hutchinson, partner in DeAD Music, and also an artist/photographer. This is her on-line gallery. http://www.steffhutchinson.co.uk
Stompinground, promoting unsigned bands worldwide, including Firedaze. http://www.stompinground.com
String's Studio, owned by String, partner in DeAD Music. Available for hire. http://www.dmusic.co.uk
The Night Guide, the definitive guide to live night time entertainment in the USA and the UK (so far). They're looking for bands to sign up (for free), so they can promote them to bars, cabarets and other venues. http://www.thenightguide.com
Ultimate Band List, a list of every band you might want to know about, especially if they're unsigned. http://UBL.com
UnsignedActs.com is exactly what it says it is - a site for unsigned acts. http://www.unsignedacts.com
Varatie, Finnish rock band, who have hosted Dead After Dark's tours of their country. http://www.dlc.fi/~hani/varatie/
Vitaminic - a huge site of bands and their mp3 files - many free, some for sale. New bands can easily sign up to be added. http://www.vitaminic.co.uk/
Wonderwall, "the definitive British music site". If a band's got a website, and it's got sense, you should be able to find it here. http://www.beat.co.uk/beat/wonderwall.html And if you're in a British band, and your website isn't on The Wall, go to the site, and see how to get on there!
This page was last updated on 11th August 2002. If you find a problem with any link, or want to suggest a link of your own, helpful to unsigned bands, please let us know.