Battle - A Band based in London, UK.

Battle are a London based band who were predominantly active in the first decade of the new millennium. Formed by Jason Bavanandan and Jamie Ellis, they were joined by bassist Tim Scudder and drummer Oliver Evans. They were signed to Warner records under a deal with Transgressive Records. 

This is Battle’s new official website

The band are looking back at their time together and asking fans of the band to share their memories, photos, artwork, memorabilia and videos of the band as they collate a scrapbook. 

What's your Battle story?

We’re Battle, a London based band who were active in the mid 00’s. We’re putting together a scrapbook of our time together and want to include what our fans remember.

Whilst we sort our archive, tap the button below to join our newsletter where you’ll hear about future plans before anyone else!

You can also share your memories, photos, videos, anything you like! 

:This is Battle:

:The Past:

The UK band Battle in 2007, photographed in a grassy woodland scene. Left to right are Oli Evans, Jason Bavanandan, Jamie Ellis, Tim Scudder.
The UK band Battle in 2007, photographed by Ian Miller.

The band known as Battle began outside a school in South London. Bunking PE to play guitar, Jason Bavanandan and Jamie Ellis were inspired in equal measure by The Beatles, Motown, Britpop and Nirvana. In 2000, the pair left school for Kent University in search of a band. It took time. After myriad line-ups they met Pixies enthusiast Tim Scudder and later, garage-head Oliver Davies. 

The band moved to a disused bank vault in Luton to rehearse and changed their name to Battle in an attempt to convey how they fought for their dreams. This ideal of struggle and aspiration pervades much of their work. 

Signing to Transgressive Records under a deal with Warner Music, their first single in April 2005 was the double A-Side “Isabelle / Feel The Same”. More singles and an EP followed whilst the band played in support of acts such as Bloc Party, The Rakes, and New Order, as well as their own headline tours. Shortly after the release of their album Break The Banks, they disbanded.

:Battle Personnel 2003-07:

Jason Bavanandan is singing into a microphone whilst showered in gold light causing a lens flare

Jason Bavanandan

Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboard

Jamie Ellis

Lead Guitar

Oliver Davies

Drums

Bassist Tim is framed on the left of the photo against a backdrop of coloured lights

Tim Scudder

Bass

:The Future:

20 years after signing their record deal, Battle are looking back at their time together in the era before social media and smartphones. Whilst we go through our own archive, we’re calling on fans to share their memories, photos and videos. The aim is to produce a scrapbook of what Battle meant in a largely undocumented decade of British music.

You can send us your memories and files below, where you can also join our new email newsletter. We’ll be sharing your submissions and our archive here soon as well as on our social media accounts – make sure you follow us and say “hello!”

As for the future, we’re looking in that direction too. Anything’s possible! Join the newsletter and we’ll send you updates…

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