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51/50s
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London, United Kingdom (2007 – present)
51/50s (pronounced “fifty-one-fifties”) is a British rock band formed in London, UK in 2007. The story of 51/50s has a somewhat bittersweet beginning, when the band’s founder and lead singer Rikki Lee started writing songs about his life experiences while being homeless and living on the streets. Rikki composed many of the band’s first songs during those times and most notably the songs “Lies” and “Hypnotised”, which reflect his experiences rather vividly.
An early form of 51/50s saw daylight in December 31st, 2004 in London, but under a different name at that time. It took two more years for the band to get their second line-up together with Billy and Jason joining the band on September 2006. A month or two followed with the band rehearsing from Monday to Friday seven hours a day, after which they started an intensive gig tour performing all over the UK.
On September 2007 the band got an incredible opportunity of going through direct financing via Slicethepie, which enables artists to raise money directly from their fans to professionally record and release an album, and became one of the first bands to get financed through the new media service. The band ended up raising £15,000 from fans and went through an extremely busy schedule of gigging, writing and rehearsing. At this point Ollie, who was a close friend of Billy and Jason, joined the band and soon after the band changed their management along with their name, and so the current form of 51/50s came into being.
An early form of 51/50s saw daylight in December 31st, 2004 in London, but under a different name at that time. It took two more years for the band to get their second line-up together with Billy and Jason joining the band on September 2006. A month or two followed with the band rehearsing from Monday to Friday seven hours a day, after which they started an intensive gig tour performing all over the UK.
On September 2007 the band got an incredible opportunity of going through direct financing via Slicethepie, which enables artists to raise money directly from their fans to professionally record and release an album, and became one of the first bands to get financed through the new media service. The band ended up raising £15,000 from fans and went through an extremely busy schedule of gigging, writing and rehearsing. At this point Ollie, who was a close friend of Billy and Jason, joined the band and soon after the band changed their management along with their name, and so the current form of 51/50s came into being.
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Lies
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Lies
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Hypnotised
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Blood Runs Thicker
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It's Alright To Cry
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The Great Pretender
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Babylon
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Shoutbox
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StalkerGirl wrote:
they're so fucking great! ♥
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OtothaC wrote:
Saw u guys at cambridge yesterday, thought u were amazing! best band of the weekend!!!
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Ajoshosho wrote:
Congrtaz guys, your music is awesome!
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secret64_ wrote:
thanks for the post :) you guys are incredible! x
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Zernsky_Linley wrote:
Heard that the new album is finished. Congrats guys!! Put up some new songs if you can ;)
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bloemeke_87 wrote:
Your new website is way cool, loving the album cover too! hope that the new songs are also rockin!
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diagnostico wrote:
It's amazing !
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Mattolinko wrote:
@ Nicoramon Okay, thanks (: I can't wait either.
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protonjon wrote:
cheers for the gig last night. Very catchy tunes, good luck in the future.
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nicoramon wrote:
@ Mattolinko They have only released one single so far, Lies, which you can get form iTunes at least... Their debut album is coming out in May, can't wait :P
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Mattolinko wrote:
Is there any way to buy mp3's of your songs? You're amazing!
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yexords wrote:
I almost died, one week without internet, one week without listen your songs oO
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D33PPURPLE wrote:
Okay! So, listening to these guys a bit more, I say Bring It On is, without a doubt, their best.
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D33PPURPLE wrote:
Eh, show potential. Need more creativity, if you ask me, but a thoroughly decent listen.
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Biotechnology wrote:
Cool songs!
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Gazzamm wrote:
Best of luck guys. You're awesome.
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DaveyJones1 wrote:
Yawn.
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yexords wrote:
This guys deserve a lot more
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bloemeke_87 wrote:
love you guys!!!
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Knnkls wrote:
Great =P
Featured Tracks
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Lies full track | 3:10 |
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Blood Runs Thicker full track | 3:56 |
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Heartbleeder full track | 3:03 |
News
“Just One Man” exclusive acoustic track for true fans
14 Aug 2009 | from pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=sqg9tYWT3RGSL_FvrbQIDg
We thought to sweeten the deal a bit and make the decision to buy our new Fred Sandiego T-shirt easier for you. So as a little bonus we will give everyone, who buys the shirt, a free download of our new unreleased acoustic track “Just One Man”. …
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Official 51/50s T-shirts have arrived
4 Aug 2009 | from pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=sqg9tYWT3RGSL_FvrbQIDg -
51/50s @ On The Rocks (Helsinki)
30 Jun 2009 | from pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=sqg9tYWT3RGSL_FvrbQIDg -
51/50s @ On The Rocks (Helsinki)
30 Jun 2009 | from pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=sqg9tYWT3RGSL_FvrbQIDg
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Recent Activity
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StalkerGirl and comach added 51/50s to their libraries. last month
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asia_lauren tagged 51/50s with rock, indie rock and british rock. September 2009
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asia_lauren added 51/50s to asia_lauren’s library. September 2009
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Dronrzkowa unlinked 51/50s from Indie Rock Polska. September 2009
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TaylorCH1995 added 51/50s to TaylorCH1995’s library. August 2009
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TaylorCH1995 tagged 51/50s with indie and rock. August 2009
- 51/50s posted a news item ‘“Just One Man” exclusive acoustic track for true fans’. August 2009
- 51/50s posted a news item ‘“Just One Man” exclusive acoustic track for true fans’. August 2009
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Chun-Li unlinked 51/50s from Johnny Depp. August 2009
- 51/50s posted a news item ‘Official 51/50s T-shirts have arrived’. August 2009
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