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Peterborough, England

To get the best idea about The Home Guard in the shortest time possible, have a quick listen to Champagne Socialist and Other People. The former is a bass-driven indie rocker with a Britpop and synthy new wave flavour, whilst the latter is a progressive folk ballad with pianos, flutes and a heavy guitar section - but try not to let that put you off!

As these two songs demonstrate, one thing The Home Guard really strive to do is incorporate a range of genres into their music. You’ll hear elements of , , , , , , , and a few more besides. For this reason, it’s very difficult to pigeon-hole The Home Guard: their favourite tag they’ve received on Last.fm is “”, and they wish they’d thought of it themselves.

The Home Guard’s main influences include Queen, Jethro Tull, Madness, Elvis Colstello, Blur, Van der Graaf Generator and The Beatles, but for a more extensive (and slightly esoteric) list, see their MySpace profile. By recording material based on the sort of music that they themselves enjoy, coupled with their rather varied collection of influences, it’s no surprise that they hardly fit in with mainstream trends. If any of The Home Guard’s music sounds close to the current musical fashions, rest assured that this is purely coincidental!
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  • X-evier

    Hi all !) Could you check out and comment my music please ? Thanks! http://www.last.fm/music/X-evier

    18 Sep 2012 Reply

  • musinum

    You've gone Platinum... Chez Platinum, that is! Welcome to the Platinum Palace!

    22 Feb 2011 Reply

  • floydalbert

    Keep up the good tunes guys! And have a awesome holiday week and weekend and a safe and great new year "Stay Strong" From Atlanta GA,

    21 Dec 2010 Reply

  • TheTrees08

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    7 Nov 2010 Reply

  • brudberg

    This band helps me through the darkness....

    2 Nov 2010 Reply

  • mculibrk

    Great band!

    10 Oct 2010 Reply

  • brankyna

    I enjoy when I listen your music

    25 Sep 2010 Reply

  • seanwright_2007

    Full streams are back, guys, thank goodness. Great sound!!!

    22 May 2010 Reply

  • TheHomeGuard

    Oh well, it looks like the full-length streams have gone from Last.fm - try here instead, if you're interested. You can download our albums for whatever you think they're worth, too, and for the time being there's no minimum price. Enjoy!

    13 Apr 2010 Reply

  • Acuvi

    1,000 listeners! Booyah!

    1 Feb 2010 Reply

  • vjsupersaint

    http://rock.warmwebradio.com/#home Catch The Home Guard on tonight's show. From 2100-2300 CET. Or 2000-2200 GMT. Worldwide listeners will need to check their clocks with these timings. The show is hosted by Sussilo. But she's too modest to say so. I'm not, modesty doesn't do when this great lady. Gives her all to getting great lesser known artists heard. Please bring all your fans/friends with you. The show is really worth listening to. Thanks to all that do from Mike.

    21 Nov 2009 Reply

  • WadeBrady

    No worries mate! really cool Enjoyed it! Will be listening again! Also play music and there is some free downloads on our last fm is you want to check em out! http://www.last.fm/music/Heritage+Centre Take it easy Ciaran

    16 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Fall__

    i enjoyed listening to your music,congrats and good luck with your next songs

    15 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Ola_Hansen

    Well, I like your music!

    2 Oct 2009 Reply

  • BenWH

    If you guys are at a loose end tonight, we're playing just down the road at the Solstice if you fancy a beer.

    1 Oct 2009 Reply

  • vjsupersaint

    Congratulations to The Home Guard on reaching your first 20,000 plays Yippee.

    14 Sep 2009 Reply

  • vjsupersaint

    Oh my golly, nearly 17,000 plays now. That's well I'll say the rest later today. It's a fantastic effort by everyone involved in our little listener power exercise. Here's to The Home Guard going on from this now. It will be no more than is deserved from such a great band. What a great bunch of listeners you've got here on Last.

    12 Sep 2009 Reply

  • vjsupersaint

    Don't Panic! Captain Mainwaring. The Home Guardathon is now on and running until Sunday 13th September. 1200 BST. Thanks from Mike. Oh and come join our quest to get this great great band heard if you so wish to. We are here. http://www.last.fm/group/The+Home+Guard Have a great day all. And keep playing The Home Guard please. Not long to go until Sunday now.

    11 Sep 2009 Reply

  • cwmusson

    Going to see Otway in Cambridge tomorrow night at Junction 2. I think everyone should see Otway at least once. Even during a homeguardathon, If anyone will be also having a party to relieve the boredom on the 10.43 train from Cambridge to Ipswich, please say hello. I will have an Otway Band t-shirt on. Cheers Chris

    10 Sep 2009 Reply

  • luckystoned

    good stuff :P

    9 Sep 2009 Reply
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