The Wildcards
- We are a 4 piece (Vocals, Guitar, Bass and Drums) Rock and Pop Cover Band from the Southampton area with a passion for making and playing great music. We are the ideal band for local festivals, weddings and functions.
It's really fun playing with this group. We are very diverse in terms of music and personalities. But we got one thing in common, the passion for music. Jen and I were together as an acoustic duo and we always wanted to form a full band. We did quite a few jams with other musicians and played as a full band but more of collaboration, jamming or as requested basis. But finally we found our group.
To cut the long story short, I was looking for a drummer to complete our full band concept when I found a post on JMB. That's when I found Macca. He wanted to form a band. So I contacted him and tried to reach out. He's already got musicians he can tap so all he needed was a second-guitarist and a lead vocalist. It was perfect for Jen and I.
On our first arranged meet up jam, Jen and I were going to come and meet them (drummer, bassist and lead guitarist), unfortunately the bassist had an accident just before the meet up and he was also singing for the male songs. That's when we improvised and changed things around. Jen had to learn male songs and we adjusted the key. I contacted Sherwin to play the bass.
We had a really good first meetup. I was struggling a bit because Im not used to wearing in-ear and good thing we didn't use click (metronome) because that was the plan. Macca was the one who introduced in-ear to us. I mean I know in ears because when I make youtube videos, I use it. Plus Ive been to a lot of gigs and have seen them using it. And I've had the chance to do some recording with previous bands so we were using headphones during recording sessions. I was playing mostly rhythm and Steve was our lead. He's really really good. He just ask what's our song and he plays it instantly. No copies in front of him. Just his guitar, pedalboard and stack amp from Pure Rehearsal Studios. That's where our first meetup was. But after that first meetup, Steve after few days messaged and said that in terms of distance, he's the one that's a bit too far from the group and will struggle if we are going to push through with regular rehearsals. So he gave up the lead role.
So yeah, we meetup most Tuesdays as our preferred rehearsal evenings every fortnight or once a month until our bassist struggles with the Tuesday arrangements. That's when we look for a new bassist.
Then Thomas came, bringing a different energy to the group. He's got unorthodox style of playing bass. Very versatile and he's got ears to tiny details to the songs. Easy going but also puts out his opinion most of the time. I would say he's full of surprises. He can learn songs really quick and even transpose on the go as well.
Then after a couple of months, we got our first gig at the True Story Brewery for their summer bash. Then it was followed by our gig at HMV Southampton for their Live and Local act. Then gig at the Wig and Quill, then at the Devizes Inn and the rest is history.
We got gigs thats just kept coming til next year 2026. And also, we've started writing songs and looking forward to make it happen this 2026.
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