The Brook Proudly Presents
Will and the People
with Longy, BASH!
Fri 17th Nov 2023 Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00pm (Showtimes Approx)
£15 Adv / £17.00 Door
A NIGHT OF ALTERNATIVE INDIE ROCK, HEADED UP BY THE POWERFUL AND UNIQUE GENRE BENDING WILL AND THE PEOPLE.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BASH! AND LONGY 
Will and The People
ONLY THE STRONGEST BROTHERHOODS EMERGE FROM TEN YEARS OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY MORE PASSIONATELY DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE THAN EVER. THROUGH CAR CRASHES AND INTERNATIONAL SMASHES, ONSTAGE MAGIC AND OFFSTAGE LOSSES, WILL AND THE PEOPLE – A CREATIVE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS A BAND – HAVE MAINTAINED AN INTENSE FAITH AND SELF-BELIEF IN THE POWER OF THEIR MUSIC, AND ARE ROARING OUT OF THEIR DARKEST DAYS HELLBENT ON A BRIGHT HORIZON.

THEIR LATEST SOUND IS POWERFUL AND UNIQUE COMBINATION OF PUNKY SKA HIP-HOP GROOVES WITH A MIXTURE OF ROCKY, HEAVY AND DIRTY GUITARS AND HIP-HOP DRUMS.

ALL IN ALL, WILL AND THE PEOPLE ARE ON AN ENDLESS CREATIVE MISSION TO EXPRESSING EVERYTHING THEY’VE EVER BEEN INSPIRED BY AND THAT WHICH COMES FROM THEIR OWN UNLIMITED SOULS. PERHAPS THIS IS JUST WHAT MAKES THEM SUCH A THOROUGHLY EXCITING AND ENTERTAINING BAND TO FOLLOW
Longy
Longy is a songsmith/producer from southend-on-sea, Essex, England.

The Seaside storyteller is heavy on endurance, Calls his own music Gospel trash, likes to rustle your feathers whilst putting an arm around you holding a mirror to your face. He picked up the guitar cause of Buddy Holly, shouts like Little Richard and says he wanted to make music that sounded noisy, raw and that emulated street sounds, from his days of busking to 500 shows in a year, from breaking his back to chaos in Barcelona, band brawls, tour shambles and fights with promoters, its been a peter pans playground showdown and we haven’t even got an album out yet.
BASH!

Meet BASH! An alt-pop trio formed at Southampton Solent University in 2018 featuring junior Eurovision star Amanda Bashmakova (vocals), producer and guitarist Joe Burgess and drummer Angus McIntyre. Following their relocation to West London the trio are departing from their bubblegum pop roots to ride effervescent waves of saccharine fuzz to the sonic promised lands, from a mouldy office above a roof tile merchants. The band are close to sharing their new self recorded and produced EP called After My Happy Ever After.

“THEY HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY, THEY ARE SUCH GOOD PERFORMERS. YOU’VE GOT TO SEE THEM LIVE IF YOU GET A CHANCE” - STEPH NIEUWENHUYS, BBC MUSIC INTRODUCING SOLENT

“BASH! ARE ON THEIR WAY TO TAKING THOSE HEADLIN SLOTS FOR THEMSELVES.” - CHALKPIT

“DAMN IF THIS PIECE ISN’T ALT-POP PURITY.” - DIGITAL HIGH