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About *Back Pocket Prophet* Although the idea for Back Pocket Prophet had been around for a few years, the band finally emerged blinking into the light from the practice room in late 2006. The line up consisted on TiNy on Vocals, Adam Gough on Guitar, Vic Barton on Bass and Tom Power on Drums. A handful of shows, including a slot at the legendary Ace Cafe in Wembley, quickly establishing the band's reputation for energetic live shows and coupled with a full on thrash assault. Work though December and January was carried out on the bands first self released EP Dead Men Walking, released in March 2007 with acclaim from bot critics and fans a like. 2007 saw the band take a step up with the number of gigs played covering large parts of the of the UK. This culminated with a headlining appearance at Chuckles Fest in June, a second stage appearance at the huge Greenbelt festival at Cheltenham racecourse in August and opening for Jeff Sheetz at Meltdown in November. By the end of the year BPP had played over 30 shows in 12 months. This also saw the first change top the BPP line up with the amicable departure of front man TiNy. Instead of replacing him the line up was trimmed down to a 3 piece with Adam doubling up lead vocals along side guitar duties and Vic stepping up the mike for the first time to provide backing vocals. The new line up was received very positively by both critics and fans alike and the band were reworded in October 07 with runner up nominations in Best Metal Band and Best 3 Piece categories at the Glasswerk New Music Awards. 2008 sees the boys beginning work on there second EP, already booking shows at new venues in new towns along side the old favourites. With return shows at Greenbelt and Meltdown planned along with first time visits to Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and a festival appearance in Denmark, 2008 looks to be an even more exiting year for this Metal Thrash Trio. |

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