Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!

Genre: Pop/rock, Rock

The band you will know and hopefully come to love known as Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! started from the humblest of beginnings. One day four orphaned street children in their search for food out on the bitterly cold streets of London happened upon a musical store. Deciding that perhaps sweet music could sate the rumbling of their sunken bellies they decided to all buy instruments. For the sake of this heart-warming biography we’ll assume that a fat nobleman past them by and decided to buy them all instruments.

They decided that they would follow the basic four-piece set up; two guitarists, a bass player and a drummer. The rest is history. They launched into the British airwaves with a ferocity known only to rock stars and wild buffalo. Let us all wish them well.

Yes, that was clearly a lie. I’m sorry, I have a problem.

The real Fire Santa Rosa was born the moment David Williams (Frontman, guitarist) decided he would enjoy showing off to his school friends that he could play a G chord (and if given a sufficient amount of time, an E minor chord also). One friend who graciously allowed David to show his much loved G chord was Sam Stearne. Both boys would spend their brief lunchtimes in a tight embrace- er…I mean, in the music suite of the school. After a time Sam decided he would accompany David’s G chord with a basic drumbeat so he hopped upon the school’s beat up drum kit and his role in the band from there on was born.

Enter Grant Badcock, a plucky young fellow who shared a love for the noble G chord. He was invited by Sam and David to play the school’s bass guitar to add another crucial element to the rhythm section. Lastly but certainly not least came Josh Flavel; an advocate of the "!" symbol, and also a tall dark handsome musician.

Josh Flavel, two years below David and Sam but one year above Grant was a much-accomplished bass player at the time. He and David, having heard of each other through the music suite gossip had intended to jam for sometime. When they finally met by chance one late afternoon, as David was about to leave school, they decided a jam was immanent.

Josh was impressed with the fervour that David played his beloved G chord and decided that he’d like to help the little guitarist. Upon finally meeting and playing all together it was decided that Grant would give up his bass playing role to Josh in favour of guitar. Thus FSRF was born though at the time they operated under the name Prune Tracy. Their destiny with each other was cemented when they entered the ultra-lame school talent show. They won hands down and were rewarded with a much sought after 50 dollars which, split between them, equalled a hefty sum of $12.50 each (a sum not to be sneezed at).

Deciding that the chemistry between them was significant Sam decided to commit himself and bought a drum kit so he might finally be free of the horrible wreck the school was passing off as a kit. The band became Fire Santa Rosa at the beginning of 2005 and they’ve never looked back…except once when Josh was sure they were being followed by a large dog. The dog turned out to be a leaf. To this day Josh still fears leaves but with your support and money we might be able to get through this. Any donations are welcome.

Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! play a unique brand of rock, a kind of Pop/Rock/Brood/Indiefest, with a never-ending bloodlust… and by bloodlust we mean “Funlust”. The upbeat charm of their grooves gets people dancing without fail, and their classic broody sound which you all love so much keeps things civil. FSRF, with their influences ranging from Interpol to Queens of the Stone Age, (and everything in between) guarantees* a great night dancing away, grooving around, and being subject to the fun and wonder of this fantastic quartet.

(* = not actual guarantee, but anyone who doesnt love us is pretty much dead on the inside anyway)