ARCHIE & THE INSTINCTS - 'Instincts' - Sammy Lee Drumz

'Instincts' by Archie and the Instincts
Recorded circa 2001, taken from the four track demo e.p (with sir Mark Whitley)
Pop Punk rock trio from Hampshire/Surrey U.K
Archie And The Instincts were:
Tom Stevens: Lead Vocals & Guitar
Bevan Stephens: Bass & Vocals
Sammy Lee: Drums

One of my many originals bands I was lucky enough to be a part of, I truly treasure these songs, the energetic, packed live shows, from our spiritual home of the West End Centre in Aldershot to the In the City festival in Manchester, the memories, the achievements of winning the XFM unsigned band of 2003 and subsequently recording our Burning Heart E.P at Sphere studios in Battersea, London with producer, legend and gentleman Dave Eringa, then releasing it on Gravity DIP Records.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/archie-and-the-instincts-the-xfm-factor-prevails-103008.html

http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/archie-and-the-instincts-burning-heart-ep/

https://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=47046&

After playing numerous successful headline club shows over the beginning of the 2000's the successful release of our e.p signalled a busier time ahead for Archie, and with an unwillingly practical decision I left the band to focus and dedicate my drumming to one band after years of double (sometimes multiple) drum duty.

Typically after slogging it out on the live circuit in numerous bands for the last 7/8 years -all of a sudden two awesome opportunities burst open like ripe rocking flower buds of potential in reaching that ultimate plateau of being a full-time musician (which is all I ever wanted in life... and I put in the hours and effort to make it a reality I can tell you) my other band I was simultaneously playing in alongside Archie and the Instincts was ::Seprembre:: featuring my old kingfisher music colleague/buddy Terry Abbott, fresh from his success in Vex Red and Jim Lee from local legends Mindwire. September and Archie were at that breaking point, both headlining bands, and so the inevitable heartbreaking decision to focus on just one or the other loomed large in my passionate for both banded brain... In the end I went with Septembre as I had a close friendship with Terry from before his Vex Red success, and the music we were playing leaned more to my own personal taste allowing, what I felt was important artistic self expression... that meant the ability to wear eyeliner and not be frowned upon by fellow band members!

Septembre was about to release the 'Rule 3: Conceal your intentions' e.p on Sugar Shack records and our management at the time 'On10' suggested it was now decision making territory and so I left Archie And The Instincts, which was so heartbreaking, I really was in love with our songs and playing them live with Tom And Bev always elevated me silly young soul, they were truly awesome, catchy, heartfelt, danceable and an absolute pleasure to rock out to!

Alongside the fact that Tom Stevens is one of the finest songwriters I have ever met- he is also a ridiculously good musician and vocalist, one of the best I have had the pleasure of playing on stage with! And Bev on bass and backing vocals... what can you say, stupidly talented and humble (unlike my flam-boyant self), one of life true sweethearts and a fellow Kiss fan/80's hard rock aficionado!

This drum cover 'INSTINCTS' is the start of a series I am creating that catalogues my own material with the originals bands I have played with over the years and will hopefully display some of my own songwriting and drum abilities alongside some experimental creative editing and band history.

And so I dedicate this video to my two fellow Archie amigo's as we sonically bamboozled audiences with our sonic Instincts...

For Tom & Bev!

Stay Frosty!

Sammy Lee (Feb 2019) xxx

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