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26-631: In 2011, LeeStock was held over the weekend of 28 and 29 May and featured indie band Dodgy and ex- The Bluetones lead-singer Mark Morriss as the headline acts along with acts from all over the UK. It was held at the White Horse public house in Sudbury. LeeStock 2012 was moved to the larger capacity home ground of A.F.C. Sudbury , King's Marsh, after selling out in 2011. It was headlined by Mark Morriss, Nigel Clark of Dodgy, D:Ream and Wheatus . The acoustic stage

52-512: A China Drum t-shirt in the music video for their successful single " When I Come Around ". Over the next two years, China Drum released the Barrier EP and numerous smaller releases, many of which received national support from such outlets as BBC Radio One . The band soon signed with Mantra , a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Europe and Japan, and MCA Records in the United States, who issued

78-555: A benefit show in May 2009, as part of the homelessness charity Crisis ' 'Hidden Gigs' campaign, alongside The Bluetones . In 2009, Dodgy played at Glastonbury Festival , as well as appearances at Bug Jam 2009, Whatfest and Cornbury. On 29 August 2010, Dodgy played at The Galtres Festival in North Yorkshire, playing Dodgy tracks such as "In a Room" and "Staying out for the Summer", as well as

104-522: A part of the 2017 lineup, with further announcements expected before the end of the year. Dodgy Dodgy are an English rock band formed in Hounslow in 1990. The band rose to prominence during the Britpop era of the 1990s. They are best known for their hits "Staying Out for the Summer", "If You're Thinking of Me", and " Good Enough ". "Good Enough" was their biggest hit , reaching No. 4 on

130-751: A remix of Dodgy's " Good Enough ". The band played two sets at Guilfest in July 2008. The first set was an acoustic set in the Unison tent where they appeared in support of the organisation. They later played a set with full band on the main stage. They headlined the Sunday night at Beached Festival in August 2008, and appeared at the ToneFest in September. In November, the first tracks from new recording sessions appeared online. They played

156-502: A reworked version of the Barrier EP. They released their debut album, Goosefair , on 26 April 1996. The album peaked at No 53 on the UK Albums Chart and received good critical reception, with AllMusic critic Jack Rabid calling the material a mix of "wild catchy pop and charged rock and roll" and Hybrid Magazine' s Tom Topkoff praising the group for its heavy pop prowess. Extensive international touring followed in support of

182-529: A similar vein, and the theme tune to the television programme The Adventures of Rupert Bear also became a fan favourite at concerts. They released their second album, Self Made Maniac on 24 April 1997, via the Beggars Banquet imprint the following year. The album received mixed critical reception: while The Washington Post critic Mark Jenkins praised the record's balance of classic British rock and modern punk, Dean Carlson noted via AllMusic that

208-903: A version of Nigel Clark's solo track, "21st Century Man". On 23 April 2011, Dodgy played as the headliners at the Mash Fest Festival in Trowbridge and on 28 May 2011, Dodgy headlined at the LeeStock Music Festival in Sudbury , Suffolk , helping to raise money for the Willow Foundation . Mathew Priest said in an interview with the BBC that they would be playing a mixture of new songs and old favourites and talking of their new material said "If we can just get people to listen to it, they're going to love it". on 25 August 2011, Dodgy also Headlined at

234-688: The Diskin album via Mantra Records in this incarnation the following year. Diskin' s change of musical direction polarized fans and received lukewarm critical reviews, with NME noting the uneven results of the experimentation and awarding the album five out of ten stars. After being dropped by Mantra and embarking upon a poorly received tour in support of Suicidal Tendencies , The Drum ultimately disbanded in September 2000 due to financial and personal considerations. The McQueen brothers later played together in Servo, while Alkema formed Driven to Collision and Lee

260-559: The Garlic Festival, in the Isle of Wight . For live shows promoting the album, the band recruited Stuart Thoy of the band Smoke Feathers to play bass. In May 2012 they played at Lakefest festival. "What Became of You" was the first single to be taken from Stand Upright in a Cool Place , their new album. Rather than following the trend of bands re-forming to play their classic albums in full, Dodgy announced that on their recent UK tour, it

286-632: The Liverpool Dockers' Strike , Charter88 and youth democracy campaigns. The band became the second UK act, after China Drum , to play in Sarajevo after the lifting of the siege , giving a concert at the Kuk club in August 1996. They returned to Bosnia in 1997, to film a programme with Kate Thornton in Mostar . While Clark was absent from 1998 to 2007 to pursue ongoing solo projects, Priest and Miller continued

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312-557: The UK Singles Chart . They released their latest album, What Are We Fighting For , in September 2016. The band was formed by Nigel Clark, Mathew Priest, and Andy Miller. Relocating from Worcestershire to London in 1988, Clark and Priest played together in the trio Purple, with Frederic Colier  [ fr ] on the bass. They recruited guitarist Ben Lurie , who left the band after one week to join The Jesus and Mary Chain and

338-530: The indie rock group Sickhoose. Following their breakup, China Drum retained a cult following and continued to influence other bands: the Australian group Bodyjar , for example, covered "Fall Into Place" on their 2001 album You Got Me a Girl's Bike You Idiot . In 2013 the band reformed with a line up including Lee, the McQueen brothers, and new members John Steel on guitar and Kate Stephenson on drums. Returning to

364-664: The China Drum moniker and focusing mostly on early material, they played their first gig after reuniting at The Garage in London on 21 February with support by Midway Still and Vanilla Pod. Further concerts followed thereafter, starting with Newcastle University Students' Union on 10 May and a subsequent tour of the United Kingdom. The band released the "Water" single in October 2014. They played dates without Bill McQueen in 2014, and entered

390-530: The Lightning Seeds and an acoustic set by Terrorvision . In late 2014, the headlining act for 2015 was announced as the pop rock band Scouting for Girls . The event in May 2015 was the largest to date and on site camping again sold out over the weekend. The 2016 festival saw The Feeling headline with support from The Hoosiers , Lucy Spraggan and The New Town Kings . Tickets sold out in advance for Saturday entry with record numbers also in attendance on

416-614: The Sunday. Organisers announced in the week after the event that the total now donated to the Willow Foundation in Memory of Lee Dunford now exceeded £100,000.00. Now a well established family friendly weekend music festival, the May 2017 edition, again at Melford Hall Park in Suffolk, will be the 10th 'birthday'. On 4 November, it was announced that 'Toploader' (www.leestock.org/toploader-to-return-to-melford-hall-in-2017) would be returning as

442-567: The album, including dates in North America, Bosnia, and Sarajevo, and shared bills with Ash and Supergrass. Their breakthrough hit came via a high-tempo cover version of Kate Bush 's " Wuthering Heights ", which received its first wide release as the B-Side to Goosefair' s lead single, "Can't Stop These Things". This inaugurated the band's practice of recording punk versions of pop songs: they later recorded Crowded House 's " Fall at Your Feet " in

468-503: The band as a five piece joined by the vocalist David Bassey, keyboardist Chris Hallam, and bassist Nick Abnett. This line-up of the group recorded one album, Real Estate , in 2001. The album was produced and mixed with Robin Evans at T-Pot Studios in Perthshire . In the meantime, Clark released the solo album 21st Century Man in 2006, and in 2007 he teamed up with the dance music duo to record

494-426: The band's sound had "ripened" but now lacked "fervor and melody". In 1998 the group added former Compulsion drummer Jan Alkema to their live lineup, freeing Lee to act exclusively as lead vocalist during concerts. The group promoted Alkema to full-time member status and renamed themselves The Drum in 1999, while also introducing elements of alternative rock and electronic music into their new sound. They released

520-456: The members first began rehearsing in a local farm's empty pig shed powered by an electrical generator. After four years of extensive local and regional gigging, the band self-released their debut single, "Simple", in 1993, which was championed by John Peel and other members of the British radio press. They were also heartened when Frankie Stubbs and his influential punk band Leatherface received

546-450: The name The Drum beginning in 1999. The group released three moderately successful full-length albums and toured in support of noted punk and alternative rock groups, including Green Day , Ash , and Supergrass . They reformed in 2013 under the China Drum moniker. China Drum were formed in rural Northern England in 1989 by brothers Bill and Dave McQueen, a guitarist and bassist respectively, and singing drummer Adam Lee. Then teenagers,

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572-506: The single warmly and covered the B-side track "Meaning" on their "Little White God" single the following year. The "Great Fire" single was issued later in 1994 by the London -based Fluffy Bunny Records imprint before a UK tour with Green Day which also included an Amsterdam date, their first international gig. Green Day remained supporters of the group, and bassist Mike Dirnt can be seen wearing

598-705: The solo album Make Believe Love in 2020, and also works as a music teacher at the Aspire Academy in Worcester. AllMusic biographer Stephen Thomas Erlewine described the band as "clowns of Brit-pop" that played "infectious, goofy punk-pop", which "alternately sounded like the early Who and the Stone Roses." China Drum China Drum are an English punk rock band from Ovingham in Northumberland , England, active initially from 1989 to 2000, playing under

624-464: Was headlined by Nick Howard who went on to win that year's The Voice of Germany . In 2013 the festival moved again, to the stately home and National Trust property Melford Hall , in Long Melford . The festival was headlined by Toploader and Space . By early 2014, the festival had raised almost £50,000 for the Willow Foundation and that year's event, held again at Melford Hall, was headlined by

650-526: Was replaced by Miller. After Colier's departure, the band renamed itself Dodgy. The band played an eight-month residency at a wine bar in Kingston Upon Thames and created a following. In 1991, they signed a six-album deal with A&M Records and signed publishing with BMG . Dodgy's debut album was produced by The Lightning Seeds ' Ian Broudie . The band concerned themselves with social issues by supporting The Serious Road Trip, War Child ,

676-450: Was their new album that would be previewed live in its entirety. The album was released 20 February 2012 via the independent Strikeback Records, to favourable reviews from MOJO, the Guardian and Q Magazine. Thoy would then join the band as a full member and participate in the recording of their fifth album, What Are We Fighting For , which was released on 2 September 2016. Clark released

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