Coma Row

An Unexpected Journey

Coma Row began in the living room of my home which sits at the bottom of a very normal street in a very normal town called Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, England. After a year of filling my head with the emotionally striking sounds of Joy Division, New Order, The Cure and any other similar music I could get my hands on, I was more than ready to delve back into something I hadn’t had a passion for almost 5 years… Song-writing. I picked up my bass, seeking some Peter Hook-esque inspiration, and came up with the intro to my first demo song Famous. The track was finished within a few hours, and my second song High Tide followed within 24 hours. I created the instrumental with the help of a computer software and then layered my vocals over the top using my very average laptop microphone, then after a tiny bit of editing I uploaded them to YouTube. This genre was a bit left-field for me as it was a complete departure from my previous song-writing exploits, so it came as rather a shock when my Facebook contacts rather liked my songs, especially Famous. That was this July. Cut forward to present day (13 October), and I’m now in Dubai, I’ve just released my fourth demo with a fifth on its way, the band has four members with just one more left to find, and our fanbase is already growing, albeit slowly, but that’s still more than enough encouragement to keep the creativeness flowing. I know this blog post isn’t particularly interesting, but when things develop further, more details will be posted regularly. Let the good times roll! Andy (Vocals)

8 years ago