We have had a really busy summer. It seems like nearly every weekend we’ve been booked to play a birthday party, a wedding reception or a garden party. Back in July we played the Hathersage Gala for the first time. Then there was the Glastonbury themed garden party, followed by a string of 50th birthday parties. Yes, we’ve been busy boys.
It is so very different to last year. We emerged in spring from lock down with an all but empty calendar and no lead singer. Our former frontman, James, had a personal recalibration during the pandemic and found that juggling work, panto and band duties was just too much. It was an amicable split, and in many ways it was a good time to make the break, but it did leave us with a quandary – Do we chuck it in the bin or scrap off the burnt bits and see if Toast can be saved?
Some of us felt it had run its course but he was ridiculed, derided and silenced. So it was that we put out the word that Sheffield’s second best bread based 90s and 00s cover band (Rage Against the Muffin are killing it at the moment), were in the market for a new frontman. And low it came to pass that we did organise three auditions at Attic Studios and saw a total of nine talented singers.
