The March Violets
A Leeds-based band, started in 1981 by (among others) Si Denbigh,
the long-time Nurse to The Sisters' Doktor Avalanche.
Their first two 7" singles Religious As Hell and Grooving In Green
were released through The Sisters of Mercy's label Merciful Release.
Nowadays, they describe themselves as:
Original Post Punk Drum Machine Band From Leeds.
Started at the Beginning, Imploded, Reborn for the 21st Century.
For additional information about The March Violets history, please check The March Violets - Biography or the official links at the bottom of this page.
Recent Developments
The March Violets Today are:
 Si Denbigh - vocals |
 Rosie Garland - vocals |
 Tom Ashton - guitars |
 Jo Violet - bass |
In November 2010, The March Violets decided to undertake the project of their first full album
along Pledge Music. Over 600 fans pledged their support and had The March Violets raise
196% of the money required. In the course of this pledge project, the band provided funds to
the charity organisations of Friends of the Earth, Cloth Cat, Leeds Music Charity, and
In mid-2011, the limited edition EP Love Will Kill You was issued for sale at the gigs and
offered for free as a pre-release to people who had pledged toward the new album.
Check this link for an audio stream of "Road Of Bones", the first track of the EP.
A promo video of the song "Dandelion King!" from the 5-track EP was also produced including
the participation of pledgers and can be watched here on YT.
In between recording and production in 2012, The March Violets played
a short tour of the UK, some festival gigs at the WGT in Leipzig,
Germany and at the DV8 Fest in York as well as a support act with
the Psychedelic Furs in Leeds.
In April 2013 the new album Made Glorious was finally ready
for release and made available to the pledgers for a live listening party
at The March Violets' Facebook page on April 7, 2013.
Meanwhile all pledgers have received their items and an according
Made Glorious Tour started on October 26th and
ended on November 23rd, 2013.
The lyrics to all songs of the new Made Glorious album are now
available on The March Violets' Website.
Purple News
The March Violets' lovely Made Glorious Tour is over and it worked out fine.
Meanwhile, we've traced an extensive interview conducted by Plunder the Tombs with Si Denbigh ... talking about his resumee of the tour,
the band and the "genre", some future plans and gigs envisaged for 2014 ... enjoy reading it here:
An Interview With The March Violets, Si Denbigh, 15 Decmber 2013!
Touring
The March Violets are doing some April gigs this year on the following dates:
- Saturday, 5th April 2014 – Fulford Arms – York, England, UK
- Thursday, 10th April 2014 – Poppodium Nieuwe NOR – Heeren, The Netherlands
- Saturday, 12th April 2014 – Resurrection – Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Saturday, 26th April 2014 – Convergence – Chicago, USA
The March Violets are also playing at Alt-Fest, Boughton Estate, Kettering, Northamptonshire on August 16th, 2014
To order tickets online directly and for loads of additional information about the gigs
and about the according Facebook events, please check The Violets Live Page...
External Links
For various further information, please see any of the pages listed here below
- A Lighter Shade Of Violet - The March Violets's blog at wordpress.com - pretty and interesting, though not updated since early 2012
