Steveless

Steveless began life as a band from Pontyclun, South Wales, United Kingdom, comprising Dan Newman and Ian Cosgrove. They were a favourite of John Peel, for whom they recorded a session in 2004. Peel summed them up thus;

Steveless were identified as John Peel's last great love' and were mentioned in his autobiography Margrave of the Marshes.

Actually, by the time Peel had discovered them, Steveless had been reduced to a one-man band in the form of Dan Newman, now at university in Bristol and a respected member of the thriving Bristol music scene.

In 2005 Steveless became a 4-piece super-group featuring members of other popular Bristol bands, Simon Jarvis from Big Joan, Matt Williams of Team Brick and Rhys Herdman from White Trash Ambition. Despite this formation, the band still managed to stay bereft of Steves. The bass duties have recently changed hands due to other commitments, and now the low noise is provided by Mantis from the band Geisha.

The band released their debut album (and in fact Dan's first official release) 'Popular Music In Theory' on Cherryade in October 2005. The album went on to garner widespread critical acclaim and in December 2005 the lead track from the album, 'Bored', reached number 9 in the Radio 1 Festive Fifty.