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Jake Shillingford | Tuesday 25 March 2008 | The Little Civic
We are delighted to be welcoming former My Life Story vocalist Jake Shillingford to the Little Civic next month...
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My Life Story may once have been described as "a cream Jaguar of a band in a world of red Escorts", but it all began in the land of the XR3i: Essex. Jake Shillingford - and yes, that is his real name - was born in sunny Southend On Sea, the offspring of two art lecturers from the town's technical college. His father, Alan Shillingford, had been an integral part of the Pop Art movement of the 1950s.
Jake's mother departed when he was very young, leaving the infant to be brought up by a combination of his father and babysitters recruited from the art college, mostly punk rockers (including a young Alison Moyet). It was the riotously raucous singles they'd bring round, he believes, which first inspired his love of pop.
MLS supported Pulp on the cusp of their break-through, Blur before they went mega, and, in March 1994 even headlined over some band called Oasis. Rapidly, by word of mouth, My Life Story accrued a reputation as showmen par excellence
Megaphone Theology - MLS B Sides & Rarities is out now. A high kicking collection of 40 My Life Story gems spread over two themed Cd's.
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