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Title – Let’s take a look ‘Outside the Box’

Stand First – The unsigned band MERGER, are releasing their debut album in January 2012… Their first official release… Be the first to merge into their tracks…

Byline – by Andie

The story of MERGER started back in 2002 when the two boys vocalist/guitarist David McGovern and Drummer Luke Lock, were determined to be the next successful rock band. They have been working on music ever since, and have developed their music using songs they wrote from 7-8 years ago. Their time over the last 9 years was mostly spent studying the music industry and exercising their abilities so that one day they would get to the point where they could take the band very seriously. The band MERGER was formed in 2009 they were originally a 3 piece but after firing 5 different bass players in 1 year they decided to pursue their musical careers as a two piece band.
MERGER doesn’t only have a great deal of AWESOME music but a great deal of friendship… They both first met in Liscard, in the shop cash converters where David was selling some old CD’s and listening to Luke respond to the amount on the counter, this got them talking, and ever since there has been a great merge of friendship and music. This is where the name MERGER came from “It is the merging of mine and Luke’s instruments to make one sound”
Their big inspiration was listening to rock music and becoming a part of it. Some artists that have inspired MERGER are; Radiohead, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Steve Reich, Led zeppelin, Jeff Buckley, Lady Gaga etc. It was at the age of 13 that David started to teach himself guitar using magazines and guitar books. They listen to a wide range of music, to add that UMPH! To their own. Every song they perform is their own material. David says “My big dream like every other young boy was to be a professional footballer” He played for many teams, Tranmere Rovers, Wirral, and primary and secondary football teams. He even played against Wayne Rooney when he they were 10... WOW!

MERGER’S huge passion for music have inspired them to create a brand new future for themselves and with this new album ‘Outside the box’, they will go a great deal further. MERGER has over 3000 fans/followers online through Facebook and Twitter. They do gigs all around Liverpool and have been for the last 2 years, playing a huge role in boosting the publicity as every gig they now play to approx. 300 people. Back when the boys were at school they were called ‘DIMENSIA’ where there was a case of vandalism in the boy’s toilets “DIMENSIA RULES!!!” it said.
The band are working hard towards the mainstream airplay on the radio and MTV… OMFG!! And I’m sure they’ll get there with this brilliant new album ‘Outside the box’. They already have airplay on BBC Merseyside on the ‘Dave Monks Show’. You can watch their new videos will be on their website and YouTube to build their profile. They want to do gigs outside of Liverpool, such as Manchester, London, Leeds etc. “We basically want to build a bigger fanbase and sell our album first before we start travelling” They want to be all over the UK.
MERGER have a brilliant fanbase and they are grateful for every person that likes there music. They keep in contact with anyone that contacts them, and they keep everyone updated with upcoming events, new and releases. They have had weirdo’s along the way who send RUDE comment on their Facebook. “When we fired one of the old base players his girlfriend wrote on our wall “I HATE MERGER U GUYS SUCK!!” which was very mature of her, don’t you think??”
Their biggest wish is to sustain their musical career for as long as they possibly can. But they also unselfishly and cheesy wish, to have world peace… Aww! That’s nice of them…
We have ask MERGER to list three things that they would like to have said they have done at the age of sixty, but they have concord most of the list as David wanted to play guitar, they wanted to form a band, and write a record album… but they also say by the time they are sixty they would like to get married to a loving woman, buy a house and start a loving family. “But that won’t be on my to-do list for about 10 years.”

If you would like to find out more about merger, listen to their awesome music and find out about the next upcoming events find them at:

www.merger-band.com
www.myspace.com.uk/merger2009
www.facebook.com/mergerliverpool