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Dancers for Bond Tribute

dancersThe Name Is Band – Bond Tribute Band – have amazing dancers!  With costume changes and some stunning routines our dancers are fun and dedicated!

For the James Bond Themed set The Name Is Band – Bond Tribute Band can include our dancers if required.  They are not required for every event as sometimes there isn’t the stage or dance floor space available – but if you do have the space then please do ask to add them!

If you are planning to have The Name Is Band- Bond Tribute  Band performing through the dinner then the girls add to the cabaret/show and can involve your guests too!

The girls have many costume changes – feathers and sequins, hot pants and grenades, gold suits and white dresses and change frequently according to the style of the Bond Theme that the Bond Tribute Band are playing.  If you are interested in booking a James Bond Tribute Band for your event then please get in contact – we’d love to hear from you!

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 Nail art

Well, we’ve seen everything now!  Ladies…. if you are going to a James Bond Themed event then you know you want to look your best.  Having done a search for some ideas for nail art we were surprised to see so many innovative ideas out there!  From having each nail with the various gun barrel opening sequences, to dinner jackets, martinis, union jack flags with guns over the top even down to Skyfall themed nail varnish and gold paint for The Man With The Golden Gun!

For some fantastic ideas you need to check out this page on Pinterest

And you’ll need a steady hand!  Some of these designs are intricate to the max!

If you are thinking about having a James Bond Themed event then please get in contact! The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band would love to hear from you and play at your event for the ultimate in Bond Tributes!

October 11, 2013 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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Happy Birthday FRWL

Happy 50th Birthday to From Russia With Love!

This James Bond film, the second by Eon Productions and the second with the suave Sean Connery in the role as Bond was released on the 10th October 1963!  This of course featured the gypsy scene where the two ladies fought furiously over James Bond with Spectre as the baddie and with Daniela Bianchi as the Bond girl Tatiana Romanova.

The theme at the start of the film was John Barry’s James Bond Theme but the title song was performed by Matt Munro and heard during the film and playing over the end credits.  This is a lovely piece of music and a favourite Bond Theme that The Name is Band – a Bond Tribute band love to play!  Our own crooner is of course Gavin Lazarus and our version can be heard here on soundcloud or here on our website – www.bondtributeband.co.uk

October 10, 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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Bond Themed Proms

Well although the weather isn’t really proof – it is actually summer! And that can only mean one thing:…. it’s time for school proms!

The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band are looking forward to a few Bond Themed Proms in the near future where glamorous dresses, fantastic hair styles, raised eyebrows and lots of serious and funky DJ’s will be worn.  Of course, there will be the casino tables, the cars for photographs, large golden guns, martini glasses and red carpets galore!

But, more importantly, there will be the Bond Tribute Band: The Name is Band, the 10-piece live band playing as guests arrive.  Sometimes we will start early with our versions of all the Bond Themes from Skyfall through to Live and Let Die, Tomorrow Never Dies to The Living Daylights. For the Bond set there will be lots of sequins, feathers and of course the dancers!  For some Cocktail receptions the Bond Tribute Band will be playing easy listening jazz standards with a bit of Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Ella Fitzgerald as guests arrive and the Bond Themed set through dinner.

Of course, once the cocktail or drinks reception with fun casinos and photographs with look-a-likes are over it’s time to party and the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band will be ready to get the dance floor packed with the best hits from the 1960’s to present day chart numbers!  So expect some great party hits by Paulo Nutini, Beyonce, Barry White, Tom Jones, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Bruno Mars and many more!

June 23, 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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NEW BOND GIRL

Well, if the rumours are true, then Penelope Cruz looks set to be the next Bond Girl in the next Bond Film with Daniel Craig again playing James Bond.

Penelope Cruz is a stunning woman and would make a great Bond Girl.  Sexy, sassy and surprisingly over the age of 40 years!  This is unusual for Bond films as normally the ladies are also a lot younger.  But Penelope isn’t the oldest Bond Girl so far – that title goes to Dame Judy Dench who played “M”.

Well, that’s the next Bond Girl sorted but what about the Bond Music?  Who will be successful in the bid for the next Bond Theme?  Having listened to a bit of Muse lately they fit the bill of Chris Cornell who performed the Bond Theme for Casino Royale with his “You Know My Name”.  This Bond theme was edgy, fiesty, rocky, was face paced and full of energy.  Muse would be fantastic with their dark, emotive, energetic and extravagant feel.  Their live shows are incredible and the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band think they would be really big contenders!

June 23, 2013 Short URL
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Diamonds Are Forever

 

Diamonds Are Forever.  This song has been recorded by the Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band and is one of our favourites!  A slow seductive start on the piano, a little gentle push with the vocals and then all the band enter with passion, feeling and a whole lot of brass.

Diamonds Are Forever – the James Bond Film made in 1971 with the title track of the same name, sung brilliantly by Dame Shirley Bassey and written by the incredible John Barry.  This Bond Theme only just made it however as the producer of the film hated it, and it was only through persuasion by co-producer Cubby Broccoli that ensured the song was used in the end!  The Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band are really pleased they did!  What a cracking number and as always, sung with passion by Dame Shirley Bassey.  According to rumours it was said that John Barry suggested, when singing the typical 007 Bond lyrics that were filled with innuendo – that she imagined she was singing to erm… well… a phallic shaped object!  We’re not really sure if that would have been inspirational or not!

To hear our version please follow the link to Soundcloud.  In order to give the best representation of our sound, this demo was recorded in the studio and mixed down by our own Sound Engineer Tony – who also happens to be one of the UK’s top recording engineers!  Please note – there are no multiple tracks or layers in this recording.  Just 10 musicians doing what they do best – and loving the end result.  Because we always bring Tony with us for all our Bond Themed events we can ensure that we always sound as authentic to the original music as possible – whatever bond music we are playing – whether in the recording studio or performing live at events.

As we only ever perform LIVE and only ever as a 10-piece, with the arrangements written especially for Bond Tribute Band The Name is Band, we know we sound like this each and every time we perform at all our events.  So, if you are looking to book band for a band for a James Bond Event then look no further! We are a lively Bond Tribute Band with an entertaining Cabaret style Bond themed set which is followed by a further set of non-stop party hits to really get the party started.  We know that for all the events we attend that our sound for the Bond Tribute set will be as close to the original themes as possible.  In addition, our performance is lively, professional, and above all we really do enjoy what we do.  This ensures that the client and all their guests also have an amazing evening and a night to remember!

April 11, 2013 Short URL
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