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 and make future plans, fill in the form below to join our mailing list and share your memories, photos, videos, anything you like!
:This is Battle:
:The Past:
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 bands 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, the band disbanded.
:Battle Personnel 2003-07:
Jason Bavanandan
Lead vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Jamie Ellis
Lead Guitar
Oliver Evans
Drums
Tim Scudder
Bass
:The Future:
20 years after signing their record deal, the band are looking back at their time together in the era before social media and smartphones. Whilst they go through their own archive, the band are 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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