Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls
19th Jun 2010@ 16:00 Big Top
Miles has been the singer, rhythm guitarist & principle songwriter in UK based band The Wonder Stuff since 1986. The band continue to write, record & play live to this day but Miles also finds time to indulge himself in solo pursuits, sometimes accompanied by other members of The Wonder Stuff sometimes not.
The Wonder Stuff took an extended break between the years of 1994 to 2000 during which Miles spent an eighteen month period as the presenter for MTV Europe's '120 Minutes' alternative music show. In 1998 he began performing acoustic shows with Malc Treece (The Wonder Stuff) as well as shows in North America with Phil Hurley (Gigolo Aunts) and then eventually on his own.
In 2001 he signed to Eagle Records & made "The Miles Hunt Club" album with Andres Karu (Love In Reverse, The Amazing Meet Project & more recently The Wonder Stuff) and Michael Ferentino (Love In Reverse, The Amazing Meet Project & more recently Transfusion M). That band toured with Stuart Quinnel (Understand & The Wonder Stuff) on bass a number of times during the early 2000's before he decided to commit more time to The Wonder Stuff.
In 2004 the Wonder Stuff released their first album in eleven years, "Escape From Rubbish Island" (IRL) and followed it up in 2006 with "Suspended By Stars" (IRL). The band has been steadily touring both the UK & North America for the last three years.
In 2007, The Wonder Stuff took some time off so Miles could concentrate on writing & recording the "Not An Exit" (IRL) album with Wonder Stuff violinist, Erica Nockalls, and drummer, Andres Karu. Erica & Miles then toured the UK extensively throughout 2007 in support of "Not An Exit" which had an official release date in the UK of April 30th & in the US of June 26th, released on Fake Chapter Records.
2008 saw Miles & Erica touring constantly to promote the album. The Wonder Stuff played two shows in October 2008 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of our debut album, "The Eight Legged Grove Machine" followed by a tour and festivals in 2009.
March 2009 sees the release of another Miles & Erica album, recorded throughout 2008, titled "Catching More Than We Miss" .
We look forward to welcoming them both to the Big Session for the first time.
Related weblinks
http://www.myspace.com/theactualmileshunt
http://www.myspace.com/ericanockalls
