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Corporate Events

The Bond Tribute Band – The Name Is Band is perfect for any themed events all over the UK.

If you are planning an event that has a casino theme  and you would like a Bond Tribute to entertain and enthrall your guests for the evening then please get in contact as we’d love to provide you with a quote for your event!

The Name Is Band – Bond Tribute Band can provide a set where we perform the Bond themes either as your guests arrive, through dinner or as a cabaret/show during the day/evening.  The entertainment doesn’t stop there however!  We also have an amazing party set for later in the evening that is jam-packed with the best hits from the 1960’s to present chart numbers to get your guests on the dance-floor!  When the band is not performing we have our own DJ Hobbers included within the quote.

If you wanted a swing style/rat pack set instead of the party set then just ask!  We can certainly provide this for you.  The musicians in the Bond Tribute Band – The Name Is Band are adaptable and can play any style music required to exceptionally high standards.

Alternatively we can provide a laid-back, easy-listening set earlier in the evening for a cocktail/lounge reception to greet your guests on arrival.

So if you want to add the WOW factor to your event please contact us.

May 16, 2014 Short URL
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Bond Tribute

If you are planning a Bond themed evening for your birthday party, anniversary, wedding, corporate, fundraising event then please contact The Name Is Band – Bond Tribute Band for a quote!

The Bond Tribute Band – The Name Is Band perform the Bond themes – either with or without our girl dancers and with or without pyrotechnics.  The set is bursting with Bond themes such as Diamonds are Forever, From Russia With Love, The Man With the Golden Gun, Thunderball, Skyfall, Live and Let Die, You Know My Name, Nobody Does It Better and so many more!  The Name Is Band only ever perform fully live – there are no backing tracks or miming involved when we perform for your event.

The James Bond Tribute Band can also play a second set of covers, containing the best numbers from the 1960’s to date – Tom Jones, Tina Turner, Amy Winehouse, James Brown, Earth Wind & Fire, Kaiser Chiefs, Adele, Florence and the Machine plus many others.  The set is guaranteed to get all your guests on the dance floor.

If required, we can also supply an easy listening cocktail set for your guests arrival -some laid back, jazzy, swing numbers to set the atmosphere for the evening or we can supply a swing set later in the evening if that’s more your style!

So if you want to know more about The Name Is Band –  Bond Tribute Band – get in contact! We’d love to hear from you!

May 16, 2014 Short URL
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Bond Themed Weddings

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band have performed at some amazing James Bond Themed Weddings over the years!

The Bond films are always a big hit worldwide and there have been so many made over the years.  The gadgets.  The Bond girls.  The Bond cars. The baddies.  The action.  The music.  The many faces of Bond.

There are so many films to choose from and everyone always has their favourite!  Many couples now choose to have something a little different for their wedding and a Bond Tribute Band for your special day is always a hit.

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band perform the Bond Themes early in the evening, either through the drinks reception, the wedding breakfast, or towards the end of the meal to add impact, pizzazz and atmosphere.  Later in the evening we play a party set with floor-fillers from the 1960’s to present day chart hits to really get the party started!

Of course, we can also play a more laid-back and chilled set for a drinks reception with a few jazz/easy listening classics.  Having a James Bond theme for your wedding also means that your guests can really go to town with their outfits with the ladies in elegant evening dresses and gentlemen in DJs. We’ve even played weddings where the guests have turned up in their favourite character: Blofeld, Jaws, Pussy Galore, OddJob and even one guest who dressed as Daniel Craig but just wearing blue swimming trunks and a mask!  You can really let your imagination run wild.

If you are thinking about a James Bond Themed Wedding then please get in touch!  We’d love to hear from you!

October 11, 2013 Short URL
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John Barry and the Bond Music

Eleven of the James Bond Films, from EON Productions, had the illustrious John Barry to thank for the bond music.

As a young boy John Barry gained most of his musical influences after spending hours with his father who worked as a projectionist in cinemas all over York.  He was a trumpet player in the army and after leaving became a music arranger for Jack Parnell and the Ted Heath Orchestras.  He then spent many years composing music for organisations such as the BBC and  EMI Columbia and, in 1962 the producers of Dr No approached him to write for the latest James Bond film, and with Monty Norman writing the theme, John Barry was the arranger of the one and only James Bond Theme. Unmistakable and unforgettable.  The second this bond theme is heard every man in the room will start raising an eyebrow and putting on their best bond impression!

John Barry worked on the soundtracks for all the following James Bond films and his brassy and moody style can be heard in each and every one: 1962 Dr No – James Bond Theme with Monty Norman, 1963 From Russia with Love with Lionel Bart, 1964 Goldfinger with Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, 1965 Thunderball with Don Black, 1967 You Only Live Twice with Leslie Bricusse, 1969 On Her Majesty’s Secret Service with Hal David, 1971 Diamonds Are Forever with Don Black, 1974 The Man With The Golden Gun with Don Black, 1979 Moonraker with Hal David, 1983 Octopussy with Tim Rice, 1985 A View To A Kill with Duran Duran, 1987 The Living Daylights with Paul Waaktaar-Savoy.

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band love playing the Bond music at events, parties and celebrations all over the UK and abroad.  Each Bond theme is different but they all have fantastic orchestral scores and the challenge we face is replicating these amazing scores so that our live 10-piece band is as close and authentic to the original as possible.

June 28, 2013 Short URL
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Nobody Does It Better

….. than the James Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band! An awesome live 10-piece Bond Tribute band consisting of some of the finest musicians on the circuit!

Bond music is timeless and there are so many variations and versions from performers such as Adele, Lulu, Matt Munro, Tom Jones, Chris Cornell, Garbage, Shirley Bassey, Nancy Sinatra, Tina Turner, Aha, Duran Duran and many more!

The Bond Tribute Band perform a cabaret style set of Bond themes and we particularly like Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon from the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.  Nobody Does It Better is such a simple song, beautifully sung with lovely words that even manage to capture the title of the Bond Film as a line within the lyrics.

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band have a fabulous version of this song on our website for you to listen to.  If you are looking to book a Bond Tribute Band for your Bond themed event then please get in touch with our own Miss Moneyspent!

June 23, 2013 Short URL
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Live & Let Die

Live and Let Die.  This bond theme song has been recorded by the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band and we love it.  This is an awesome track and is the Bond Theme from the Bond Film Live & Let Die which starred Roger Moore in his first role as the 007 Agent.  Here Bond meets the dark forces of Voodoo and Dr Kanaga, Baron Samedi, snakes and Jane Seymour as the Bond Girl Solitaire.

Interestingly enough Clint Eastwood was approached to star as the next James Bond after Sean Connery left – but he declined as he felt the role should be played by someone with an English accent. Roger Moore was successful and a new Bond was born.  Live and Let Die was written by Paul and Linda McCartney and was a change in style from the previous Bond Themes written by John Barry.  This time it was pure rock and roll.

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band love the light and shade in this bond theme.  Another soft start but with lots of rock and a whole lot of roll.  Our drummer Matt Venn LOVES playing bond music, especially this number – loving the middle section when the drums start flying and he can really get stuck into making the whole number sound PHAT! Gavin Lazarus on vocals can adapt his voice to suit any number and this one has a lovely melodic start but then Gavin lets his rocky side soar.  An absolutely fabulous Bond Theme.

Looking for music for a James Bond Event – visit our website www.bondtributeband.co.uk

April 11, 2013 Short URL
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From Russia With Love

From Russia With Love – starring Sean Connery as Agent 007 – Bond, James Bond.  The book written by Ian Flemming was apparently one of the top ten books that President John F Kennedy loved to read don’t you know!  Although John Barry had replaced Monty Norman as the soundtrack composer on this bond film, the bond theme was written by Lionel Bart. You may also recognise, and be able to sing along to, some of Lionel’s other songs from a famous film where a little boy asked for “More”- do you know what it is yet? Of course you do! It’s Oliver but he was also responsible for many more hits written for Shirley Bassey and Rod Stewart.  Lionel Bart couldn’t actually read or write music – he used to hum the songs and, for the 21 Carry On films, his co-partner at the time – Eric Rogers, used to transcribe them for him.

Matt Munro, who was affectionately nicknamed “the singing bus driver”, sang this Bond theme and his phrasing in this number is amazing.  The ease and sophistication in his vocals are like velvet.  Well the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band have their own “fabulous crooner” in Gavin Lazarus who also has the ability to beautifully phrase lyrics old stylie when needed! When we were thinking about what Bond Themes to record for the website Gavin’s phrasing ability was a deciding factor in choosing From Russia With Love.

We hope you enjoy this one – To you….. From the Bond Tribute Band With Love …. awwwwww!

April 11, 2013 Short URL
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007 at Villa Balbianello on Lake Como

This has to be one of the most romantic venues in the world! Villa Balbianello has been used in two Hollywood films – Star Wars Attack of the Clones where Anakin Skywalker and Amildala had their wedding ceremony and also in Casino Royale where 007 James Bond was recovering from his interrogation by La Chiffre and the Villa Balbianello is used as a hospital.

Situated on Lake Como the views and scenery from the hotel are stunning!  And the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band should know – as we’ve been there!  In fact we arrived in true style on THE most gorgeous executive speed boat after a tour of an hour around the Lake.  The villa and grounds are absolutely stunning and all the houses surrounding the Lake are simply beautiful.  You’ll see pictures of the james bond tribute band members in the grounds of Lake Balbianello on our website www.bondtributeband.co.uk as well as our entry for the Olympics Synchronised Swim – but without the synchronised bit!

We were flown out to Lake Como for a wedding that was themed Star Wars and James Bond and it was possibly THE most incredible weekend that The Name is Band have had the pleasure to attend and perform at!  The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band will travel anywhere in the world for any event – just contact our own Miss Moneypenny to arrange your very own Bond party.

Going back to the torture scene in Casino Royale we do wonder how007 actually managed to survive such a battering.  The interrogation was designed to inflict as much pain as possible without killing him but we love the fact 007 shouts out “I’ve got a little itch down there… do you mind?” Classic!

March 17, 2013 Short URL
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New Director for the next Bond Film!

Well who is going to direct the next Bond film with the totally gorgeous, suave and sophisticated Daniel Craig as Bond?  Sam Mendes has said no to directing the next Bond film so the role is now up for grabs!  Looking back in time, how different would Bond be if directed by Alfred Hitchcock? It would certainly have been given a different slant altogether and there would be lots of twists and turns throughout.   Quentin Tarantino would be an interesting choice and would take it to a whole new level.  We’d certainly have a more violent and bloodthirsty Bond on our screens.  If the director was to be Tim Burton then he would possibly most definitely replace Daniel Craig with Johnny Depp and the hot Bond Girl would be a quirky Helena Bonham Carter!  How about Clint Eastwood with his Dirty Harry hat on – taking Bond back to a Cowboy arriving not on a highly polished and powerful DB5 but a thoroughbred stallion in-between his thighs (ladies – to be fair either works for us right?).   The bookies favourite appears to be Guy Ritchie of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels fame but who has also recently directed the new Sherlock Holmes movies which proved to be hugely successful also!  Interesting times – the James Bond Tribute Band shall watch and wait with interest!  To be honest, we think that Muse would be GREAT at producing the next Bond music for the film….!

March 10, 2013 Short URL
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Bond Themed Party

There are lots of themes for parties nowadays but a Bond Themed Party is still one of the best themes around! It’s certainly an iconic theme and works for both males and females.  Ladies can be Bond girls for an evening and let’s face it, there are lots of Bond girls over the decades to base the look on – from the haughty Pussy Galore to the voluptuous Plenty O’Toole! Men can be Bond for the night and look suave and sophisticated with the single raised eyebrow and the strong chiseled Bond jaw clench.

If you really want to get the party started then Bond music is totally essential.  If you are planning an informal and laid back relaxed event with a few people attending, then buy one of the many 007 Bond Theme CDs with all the original performers – maybe even buy a Bond themed Karaoke CD and get everyone singing along to them.  To encourage people to get involved offer a prize for the best performance of the night such as a bottle of Martini – The Name is Band of course!

However, if you are planning something spectacular and really want to give your guests the WOW factor then you HAVE to get a live band that can really perform the bond music and, just like Bond, do not make any compromise on our sound or quality.  Of course, not just ANY band will do – you need THE best James Bond themed band in the UK – you need…… the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band!  There is no other band like it and the Bond Tribute Band perform everything totally live with no backing tracks in sight.  Don’t accept any substitute!  Book the best!

March 8, 2013 Short URL