Biography

The band that became Thick Syrup was formed in Leeds in 2013 by Guy, Paul and Tom out of a mutual love of 60s garage, 70s funk and early hard rock, with the intention of creating music outside of the stylistic ballpark of their other more straight up aggro bands Broken Arm, Mob Rules and Whipping Post.

In 2014 saw the group's desire to have an organ player fulfilled by the recruitment of Dom Berry (The Static Waves, Ambulance) who has played in a plethora of groups with Guy over the last 25 years.

Through 2015 the group solidified into a more coherent sound and their jamming began to give off a feeling of 'these would be cool songs if we had a singer'.

Not finding anyone quite right in the immediate vicinity of Leeds, the search was cast to friends further afield, and Gemma Fleet who has played in such groups as The Wharves, Trogons, Showman's Wagon & Kasms entered the picture, completing the jigsaw, answering the riddle and naming the now complete group 'Thick Syrup'.

An adequate description of the group's particular blend of guitar band genres is not easy, but touchstones exist on a continuum somewhere between The Meters Black Sabbath & Shocking Blue.

Robert Sotelo of The Robert Sotelo Group described the group as an: "Unmissable riff display, like Grace Slick fronting ZZ Top with an accentuated funk element. Solid, tight and acrobatic displays of full-on groove inducers."