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you have the that it can be done. If he Subways are proof nfidence and you’re willing to put co talent, if you have the hard yards, a band can come from the r ve co d an ft n’t involve in the gra bal competitors. It does nowhere to become glo estment, hype or a magazine l inv buckets of major-labe d of that particular five minutes. It’s un declaring you’re the so nation to follow through on it and mi ter de f, elie lf-b about se at shows. That’s at songs and play gre the ability to write gre e Subways one of the most inspiring Th precisely what’s made o why new chapters keep being als bands in Britain. And ng story… added to their fascinati ger called Billy Morgan in the arguably na tee a It begins with rden City, home hire town of Welwyn Ga unremarkable Hertfords es, forgotten ’90s punks S*M*A*S*H of goalkeeper David Jam d Wheat factory in the centre of town, de and, thanks to a Shred our. Having fallen in love at an early t od a surprisingly pleasan Nirvana and Oasis, Billy decided that as age with bands such nd of his own. Unable to find likehe wanted to form a ba persuaded his equally young girlfriend, ly minded musicians, Bil up the bass guitar, and his brother, k Charlotte Cooper, to pic drums. Billy re-christened himself the ng rni lea rt sta Josh, to g off in a van grandfather and, settin Lunn in honour of his
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