Mice Take the Elevator Blog
Max pleased with new album - 20th August 2010
Being the band leader and principal songwriter, Max Wilson has quite a lot of work to do and much responsibility for the bands success. So this year, after line up changes, he and the ever loyal Lyndon have been pleased to be working with talented and reliable new band members, Tom and Hannah.
“Its very pleasant working with our team, which has mutual respect for each others contributions” , says Max.
“Now we’ve got that second album out of the way, I think we can take our time and produce some great music in the future, now that we all know where we are going”.
Early indications are that “A Good Place” is suprising people with its quality, its huge tunes and in yer face beats. “We have a lot to prove” says Max, ” a lot of people are dismissive of bands they haven’t had hyped at them by recording company publicists and there are so many bands out there that talk the talk but cant walk the walk and finally, older musicians like Lyndon and I are often assumed to be incapable of doing anything good”.
TOM OFF TO COLLEGE - 18th June 2010
Tom Dunkey, our wonderful young drummer, has gained a place at Gloucester Tech to read Music, and he starts there later on in September. Presently he is finishing off some exams at his school in the Forest of Dean.
He’s got just one track to drum on with us in order to finish his first album with MICE TAKE THE ELEVATOR.
Tom says he’s looking forward to making lots more and so are the rest of the gang, with him!
LYRIC to OH LA LA LA - 18th June 2010
Several of our visitors have requested the lyric to our song OH LA LA LA, including one lady who says it insults the President of France! We will make no comment except to say it is a tongue in cheek work ! Please judge for yourself.
OOH LA LA LA
Worldwide Copyright: Max Wilson
She’s a model and a singer,
Got the good things life can bring her,
Became so famous, had many lovers,
But she, wanted it all,
Had to have more,
Had to stand tall,
When would she fall?
Ooh La La La, Ooh La La La,
Ooh La La La, Ooh La La La.
All the small men have ambition,
When he made it, there was frission;
Wife don`t like it, in the limelight,
She, said “set me free”,
“I don’t want to be,
Where they can see,
All about me me”…..
To divorcees’s , there`s temptation,
Grab the headlines of the nation.
Record sales and big sensation,
He, said “marry me” ,
“Now let us see,
How big we will be
What a trophy”….
Ooh La La La
Interview with Tom - 3rd May 2010
Well Tom, here you are making records with Max Wilson and Lyndon Robbins who call themselves Mice Take The Elevator.
Q1: How did you get involved with them?
Well me and my dad ‘Jim Dunkley’ had a rave gig at Howel Hill, and when i was sound checking the drums Lyndon Robbins was watching me along with a few other people. So a couple of weeks after the gig Lyndon got in contact with Shawn Brain who was the organiser of the gig, and asked him about me and how to get in contact with me so Shawn obviously said he’ll be able to tell me that Lyndon and Max want me to be in there band and record albums with them and to get there number to me. So Shawn managed to pass on the message to me and I contacted Lyndon and asked him about it all then the following week Max Wilson came and picked me up and showed me around his studio.
Q2: The obvious thing to ask you is do you feel comfortable working with guys who are at least forty years older than you! Do you? What’s it like? Do you think your friends would feel comfortable doing it?
Yeah I do feel comfortable working with older people because I have been doing that ever since I was eight because that’s when i first got up on stage and showed my talent and ever since that I have been gigging week in week out with my dad and other musicians around his age group and I been gigging on my own with older musicians as we get double bookings. So I have no worries there.
Q3: Now old guys can`t possibly be cool can they? I mean, surely, they must be in a different world to you, I mean, way, way out of date?
It doesn’t matter how old you are you can still be cool but I’m not worried about being cool, you are who you are, you cant make yourself something your not because that wouldn’t be you. But I’ve found working with older musicians being more efficient because they would have more experience with gigging and how to handle people at gigs.
Q4: We`ve just heard the new track off the album you are making with them, i’ts called IBISA. What do you think of it? Do you like this style of music? Do you think your friends at school will like it?
I love the new track, its send a real buzz through your body and it in your face which I like. I think most of my friends would like it because its not this heavy rock you have now.
Q5: Do you have anything in common with these guys? Seriously? (You can say exactly what you like you know! No-one will be offended!)
Well we like the same music and the same bands…umm cant think.
Q6: What do you think of MiCE TTE`S chances of attracting a big audience and even a Record Company to step in and work with them to make better progress?
The chances are strong that we’ll be attracting bigger audience and a record company because of it being on the website and on Kerrang radio and all the little leaflets, more people with check it out and buy are CD’s.
Q7: Your own tastes in music. What are they?
Well i like…
red hot chili peppers, motorhead, green day, offspring, muse, tenacious d, ac/dc, oasis, the prodigy, the police, nirvana, canned heat, artic monkeys, nickelback, foo fighters, gueens of the stone age, white stripes, blur, the darkness, deep purple, incubus, lynyrd skynyrd, led zeplin, linkin park, metallica, goril laz, static, three days grace, system of the dowN, mark knopfler, rolling stones, Paramore, radio head, Mumford & Sons, the clash, john butler trio, zz top, madness, the specials, paolo nutini, counting crows, jason mraz, Brian Protheroe, eric clapton, the verve. The beatles, dr. feelgood.
and more.
Q8: What are your ambitions for the future? Do you see yourself staying with these old guys if they have some success?
I’m going to collage to do music, so I want bigger gigs like going on tour, but yeah i will see myself going on tour in the future with these guys.
Q9: Well, thanks Tom. Do you think you are a typical teenager?
yeah ha ha.
A Good Place - 26th April 2010
Our latest track ‘A Good Place’ is now available to listen to and purchase on the Third Floor
New musician joins “Mice TTE” - 20th April 2010
29 year old Hannah Wrieden from Ross-on-Wye has joined Max ,Lyndon and Tom in the band. Hannah plays bass guitar and tenor and alto saxaphone and is a talented musician.
Hannah plays upon the latest track recorded by the band,
a Max Wilson composition called “A Good Place”. Look out for it on the website shortly, it’s a gem.
Mice TTE has a new drumer - 28th December 2009
TOM DUNKLEY has joined the band as drummer. A teenager from Christchurch, Forest Of Dean, Tom says he is enjoying playing with Max and Lyndon and learning lots of things.
The band is now working away on their second album.
LYNDON has penned a new song for the new album which is provisionally called “Second Floor”, the song is entitled “Lucky Strike”.
MUSIC FESTIVAL HOSTESS LAUNCHES A ROCK BAND! - 28th October 2009
Lynda Webb, attractive 48 year old co-owner of The Alma Inn, Linton, Herefordshire to-day launched a new rock band , MICE TAKE THE ELEVATOR by making the very first hit on their new website www.micetaketheelevator.com Lynda thereby launched this new band whose first album “Rock My World” is waiting to be listened to by rock enthusiasts all over the county and in fact all over the world.
Lynda helps run the annual Linton Blues Festival held each June at the Alma Inn. This years festival was the most succesful ever, with thousands of blues and R&B fans attending.
Lynda visited Mice Take The Elevators recording studio which is near Linton to launch the website for 65 year old singer-songwriter Max Wilson, who with guitarist 59 year old singer guitarist Lyndon Robbins, are the leaders of the band. The two previously played together as The Boomer Brothers . On the new album Max and Lyndon were accompanied by some leading local musicians and some old friends of Max`s from Mersyside.
Lynda,asked to become a “rock chic” for the morning, was pleased with the website and commented with pleasure that it has a “novel design” and being a seasoned blues music listener she liked the new rock tracks recorded by the new band. These are “in your face” , tuneful, rocky and nicely retro. Lynda took away a copy of the “Rock My World” album to play in “The Alma Inn”.
Mice TTE will now begin to promote themselves and their new website which has downloads available and many interesting features including The Cellar and witty “Mice Space”. Meanwhile songwriter Max Wilson is busy composing the follow up album!
He explained to Lynda his intention to “rock untilI I drop”.
Rock My World - 28th October 2009
Mice Take the Elevator are proud to announce the launch of their debut album “Rock My World”
Download Tracks or buy the CD plus more Information on this Rock Band