Band Name: Sablerain

Personnel: Paul James - Guitar / Backing Vocals, Martin Fleming - Guitar / Backing Vocals, Simon Thornton - Vocals, Anthony Gregson - Bass, Dominic Clayton - Drums

Influences: Aerosmith, Guns 'n' Roses, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin

Discography to date: 7 studio demos at home, The Sound Joint London and Loco Studios, Newport Gwent. One independently - "Escape from the asylum" and our new EP - "Who needs an introduction"

Website: www.sablerain.co.uk

Contact: Paul James OFFICE 01524 420 480, MOBILE 07929 984 952, FAX 01524 409 769

The Band: Sablerain (formerly The Bottlenecks)  are a rock band from the UK formed 3 years ago. They boast 110 gigs in 2001 and 2002 sees them doing more. Their summer tour is a 24 date tour running from Dundee to Brighton and back. They are booked to play 2 road shows for London's Paradise FM and have just completed a stack of gigs in venues such as The Mercat (Edinburgh) The Casbah (Sheffield), Rio (Bradford), and the Tache (Blackpool). Keep a look out for them on thee circuit as they have a few Uni dates coming off. Also check out Holier than thou Records for their new EP