Byzantium

There are currently three bands on Last.fm under the name Byzantium. 1. A british band with ties to the pub rock scene, though byzantium tends to be a tad more progressive. most of the members had previously been in the psych pop band ora and at least one member (chas jankel) went on to co-found ian dury & the blockheads, co-writing several of their songs including "sex and drugs and rock and roll" before embarking on a solo career. 2.Byzantium have been together since the end of January this year in anticipation of the Witless '07 battle of the bands competition that they entered for the craic. Since they got into the final and won the competition they've been trying to take it a little more seriously. At the moment the band are jamming, havin' a bit a' craic and are in the process of writing more originals. One of the main aims of the band is to have fun when playing. We now have a new member Luke playing Rhythm Guitar and Fiddle. Listen to the songs and let us know what you think. If you have any gigs which you want us to play please do get in touch: farrellniall@msn.com. Add us as friends on www.bebo.com/byzantiumgalway 3. Byzantium plays Turkish music, including bellydance and folk dance music. The artists include Brad Buley (percussion arrangements, dumbek, tombak, bendir, riqq), Daniel Eshoo (melodic arrangements, baglama saz, cura saz, divan saz, cumbus, oud), Natsya Katsikaris (dance arrangements, zills, kasik), Daniel Eshoo Sr. (kanun, oud). Their CD Byzantium: Music from the Crossroads of the World was produced in 2000. Their website is at http://www.neareastdance.com/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.