Glasgow mods would like to congratulate the Group Modus who did a gig at zicos and also appear in today’s Daily Star page 9 and also in the express. They have just been signed by a US based company. For more info you can click the picture and it will take you to their myspace page.
THE music industry is known for its eccentric characters, with the stresses of fame proving too much for some. But that’s no problem for trained psychiatrist Dr Sarah Kennedy, now heading for the charts after her band signed a big deal with a US record company. my day, Dr Sarah Kennedy works as a senior staff psychiatrist at the Brig mental health unit in Galashiels in the Borders. After work, though, the glamorous 31-year-old spends every spare minute fronting a Mod band. Her obsession with the sounds of the Sixties led to her singing with an organ-influenced band called Modus And now they’ve been snapped up to record their first CD.
The doc dons Sixties gear and becomes “Miss Modus” on stage. The band’s debut album, Sounds from the Kitten Casino, is now due for global release and will appear too on iTunes. Edinburgh-based Sarah, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatry, said: “I manage to keep a good balance between work and music. “I work all week, then at the weekend I’m playing gigs.
People at work are far less surprised about my double life than folk I meet on the music scene. They’re shocked when I say I’m a doctor. “I suppose the stage persona’s not what you’d expect from a psychiatrist, but I don’t see a conflict. My work is very rewarding but I’d be happy to put it on hold for a few years if the music took off.”
While Sarah performs, her drummer brother Scott Kennedy, bassist Bruce Wagener, guitarist Mel Johnson and Hammond organ virtuoso Rod Spark complete the line-up – signed to the Hammondbeat label. The Portland, Oregon-based record label’s managing director, Kahlil Breitchaupt, said last night: “We’re really excited about Modus. We’ve been looking for an exciting band with a great singer and we think they’ll have a huge global appeal.”
Full article written by Ron Mills of the express is here
April 24th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
The goddess of Modus is “BABELICIOUS!” officicial! Oh aye the band is not bad as well!!! ha, ha! Good luck in the U.S and Japan, your committment and hard graft is paying dividends, its your time, enjoy! All the best from Charlie and Jimmy the Mod!
April 24th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Can you not put some of their tunes on the site?………Lets push them here if we can
April 24th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I will ask them am connected to them on myspace…
April 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am
good folks over at Modus sent us a sample of their sounds to promote here, if you want to support them and buy the album, you can go over to their myspace by clicking the picture above.
Thanks to mel for allowing us to support the band.
April 25th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Good to see the deal with Hammondbeat Records.
April 25th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
hi scott hope to see you when I arrive on the 7th of May will be there for a few months so will venture over to the melting pot…
April 25th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Hi Jimmy, would be good to see you there, think we’ve met at Friday Street late last year, I was a bit ****** though. We have a couplpe of Do’s coming up at Starka and we are doing another special at Zico’s the second Saturday in June so come along if you can.