• Becky - vocals, guitar
• Melissa - keyboards
• Nikki - bass
• Ashley - drums

We Start Fires are an all guns blazing electro-indie-punk outfit brought together through a shared love of old movies, scuzzy rock n roll, hot electronica and grimy indie clubs. Our masterplan is to kick some arse, live the dream and encourage girls that you can have a career in music whilst wearing nice clothes, as opposed to none at all.

"Like one of the Deal sisters in a cosmic deathray fight with Be Your Own Pet’s Jemima", say the NME, whilst the Times are happy just to stick with "Gratifyingly aggressive and winningly pop".

Releases

• We Start Fires - album, out 01/10/2007 on Hot Noise. 1 review (read/post)
• Play You - single, out 20/08/2007 on Hot Noise. 1 review (read/post)
• Magazine - single, out 28/05/2007 on Hot Noise. 1 review (read/post)
• What We All Want - album, out 27/02/2006 on Dance To The Radio. 1 review (read/post)
• Strut - single, out 01/08/2005 on Marquis Cha Cha. 1 review (read/post)
• Hot Metal/Hipshake - single, out 03/01/2005 on Marquis Cha Cha. 1 review (read/post)
• Caught Redhanded - album, out 13/09/2004 on Head Girl Records. 1 review (read/post)
• How To Be A Lady EP - ep, out 01/07/2002 on Head Girl Records. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Womblefest, Sun 13 Apr at Wimbledon The Watershed. (post review)
• Fri 21 Dec at Stockton-on-Tees Georgian. (post review)
• Fri 30 Nov at Middlesbrough Spensley's Emporium. (post review)
• Thu 29 Nov at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Mon 26 Nov at Guildford Boiler Room. (post review)
• Fri 23 Nov at Hartlepool Escobar. (post review)
• Thu 22 Nov at Welwyn Garden City Green Room. (post review)
• Wed 21 Nov at Milton Keynes Opus. (post review)
• Wed 21 Nov at Milton Keynes Opus. (post review)
• Fri 16 Nov at Stoke-on-Trent Sugarmill. (post review)
• Thu 15 Nov at Sherborne Powell Theatre. (post review)
• Sat 10 Nov at Aldershot West End Centre. (post review)
• Fri 09 Nov at London SeOne. (post review)
• Club Strut, Fri 19 Oct at Darlington Inside Out. (post review)
• Thu 18 Oct at Liverpool Barfly. (post review)
• Wed 17 Oct at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Tue 16 Oct at Newcastle upon Tyne The Cluny. (post review)
• Sun 14 Oct at Brighton Audio. (post review)
• Sat 13 Oct at Coventry Kasbah (formerly Colosseum). (post review)
• Thu 11 Oct at Southampton The Joiners. (post review)
• Wed 10 Oct at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Tue 09 Oct at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 04 Oct at Wrexham Central Station & Yales. (post review)
• Wed 03 Oct at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• Mon 01 Oct at Manchester Night and Day Cafe. (post review)
• Tin Pan Alley Festival, Sun 15 Jul at London Denmark Street. (post review)
• Neon, Sat 23 Jun at London King's Cross Scala. (post review)
• Sat 09 Jun at Hull Welly. (post review)
• Fri 08 Jun at Liverpool Carling Academy. (post review)
• Single launch, Wed 06 Jun at London Clapham Grand. (post review)
• Tue 29 May at Darlington Inside Out. (post review)
• Thu 10 May at Darlington The Forum. (post review)
• Thu 03 May at Sheffield Fuzz Club (Sheffield Uni). (post review)
• Club Strut, Fri 20 Apr at Darlington Inside Out. (post review)
• Sat 31 Mar at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
• Mon 26 Mar at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy. (post review)
• Fri 02 Mar at Darlington Bacchaus. (post review)
• Club Strut Xmas Bash, Fri 29 Dec at Darlington Bacchaus. (post review)
• Fri 01 Dec at London Hoxton Square Bar and Kitchen/Bar and Grill. 1 review (read/post)
• John Peel Night, Thu 12 Oct at Darlington Bacchaus. (post review)
• Sat 30 Sep at Darlington The Forum. (post review)
• Wed 26 Apr at Brighton Pressure Point. (post review)
• Artrocker, Tue 25 Apr at London Islington Buffalo Bar. (post review)
• Mon 24 Apr at Cardiff Barfly Club. (post review)
• Thu 20 Apr at Leicester Charlotte. (post review)
• Artrocker, Tue 28 Mar at London Islington Buffalo Bar. (post review)
• The Tone Club, Fri 17 Mar at Nottingham Trent University. (post review)
• Wed 15 Mar at Bedford Esquires. (post review)
• Thu 09 Mar at Wolverhampton The Canal Club (formerly The Depot). (post review)
• Fri 03 Mar at Northallerton New County Arms. (post review)
• Dance To The Radio, Thu 23 Feb at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Midnight Children, Thu 16 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Red Rooms. (post review)
• Wed 15 Feb at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Tue 14 Feb at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. (post review)
• If You Don't Mind..., Sun 12 Feb at London Nambucca. (post review)
• Don't Look Down, Sat 11 Feb at London Camden Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 09 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy 2. (post review)
• High Voltage, Tue 31 Jan at Manchester Music Box. (post review)
• Fri 27 Jan at Worcester Marrs Bar. (post review)
• Club Fandango, Tue 03 Jan at London Camden Dublin Castle. (post review)
• Thu 01 Dec at Nottingham Stealth. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 26/10/2007: We Start Fires announce tour
• 07/08/2007: We Start Fires: I write news
• 06/07/2007: Ladyfest London 2002
• 26/06/2007: Future of the Left and Help She Can't Swim for free London festival
• 29/05/2007: Students ahoy! Nottingham's biggest outdoor summer party is almost here...
• 04/07/2005: Marquis Cha Cha! Pure Groove record shop starts own label. Launch party imminent.
• 30/09/2004: We Start Fires to be caught redhanded in a town near you
• 10/06/2004: We Start Fires Tour UK with debut LP
• 13/06/2002: We Start Fires release debut e.p
• 14/04/2002: Ladyfest Benefit Gig!

Features

• 04/11/2002: We Start Fires interview
• 30/07/2002: Ladyfest London 2002: preview

Links

• We Start Fires - official website

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