Lee Elkins (roomfulls of scattered lyrics and a newly acquired bass guitar) and James Cradock (love for the blues and a cheap second-hand squier) frequented the live music scene in Bath to find a drummer and discovered Dave Lawson (drums go bang and fag in hand).
A month after forming Bloody Tourists we came a very close second in Baths Battle of the bands and followed this accomplishment by winning a free weekend recording at Iguana Studios in Londons Battle of the bands.
From this point on we used these recordings to get gigs all over the South of England from Portsmouth to Central London. Other awards include a 1200 first prize from a vote on littlebazzar.com as well as reaching the No.1 slot in the World Charts on extraplay.com. This lead to hosting many competitions giving away free t-shirts, free badges, free MP3 downloads, even free albums.
The Tourists live set has been described as outstandingly shameless and abrasive as well as resembling that of the lovechild of The Velvet Underground and The White Stripes.