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The Ronelles - Bolt The Doors
(single)
Release date: 24th October TETRA XS1
Bolt the doors
Better in the night
Turn around (Acoustic mix)
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THE RONELLES
Brought together by a mutual love of all things rock 'n' roll, The Ronelles formed in Spring 2004 and have been causing a stir on the live Glasgow music scene ever since. They are: Raymond Meade (Lead Vocals, Guitar), Daniel Meade (Guitar,Backing Vocals), John Dougan (Bass) and David Toohill (Drums).
Wearing their influences proudly on their sleeves, it sounds like The Ronelles spent most of their childhood days pinching records from their parents' collections. Few bands these days would name-drop Robert Johnson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry among their biggest influences, and while more might mention The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Jam, few put these influences to as good use as The Ronelles.
Solid tunes and flawless musicianship set The Ronelles apart from the current influx of rock 'n' roll wannabes, and while style is undoubtedly important to the regularly leather-clad and suitably retro-barnetted Ronelles, their stunning tunes and tight live performances prove they are anything but another bunch of bandwagon-jumping trendies.
PRESS REVIEWS
MAIL MUSIC : GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN LIQUID ROOM, This was an intimate gig for competition winners, as hosted by Beat 106. Support act The Ronelles, a Glasgow four-piece disappeared beneath an avalanche of bras and refused to leave until they played all their compact rock 'n' roll anthems. After that, GLC couldn't help but look a bit timid.
John Kelly - The Sunday mail
Support band Glasgow's Ronelles mixed Oasis' swagger with some Sauchiehall Street menace and as a result, GLC could only look like fakers after such genius rowdiness.
The Daily Record
The Ronelles - Bolt the Doors
THE Scots newcomers' jangly guitar sound has brought a deserved buzz. Bolt the Doors kicks off like The Kings of Leon put through country's Tom T. Hall's blender. Stick around - you'll be pleasantly surprised. John Dingwall, The Daily Record ****
MusicOHM Single Review
The Ronelles - Bolt The Doors (Neon Tetra)
UK release date: 24 October 2005
Since they formed a little over a year ago, The Ronelles have been causing something of a stir in their native Glasgow. Perhaps it's something to do with their catchy tunes, or maybe it's all about their charming front man Raymond Meade. More important than either, though, is that unlike most other bands, these guys aren't trying to be cool - they're just trying to be great, succeeding, and being pretty damn cool as an unintentional side effect.
Bolt The Doors is a prime example of what they do. It's shuffly old-fashioned cowboy-boot-wearing rock'n'roll that sounds like the product of a band who were cryogenically frozen in the sixties and brought back to life in 2004. They don't sound like they've ever listened to Joy Division or The Smiths or the Pixies, which is a refreshing change from, well, everyone else in indie right now.
There's a hint of modern garage rock about them, and while the influences are from an entirely different period in music history, the closest present day reference point would have to be The Libertines - and they've certainly got the talent and likeability to attract the same kind of cult-like following. If you need further evidence that The Ronelles know what they're doing and that what they're doing is great, the B-sides Better In The Night and Turn Around are every bit a rock'n'roll classic in the making as Bolt The Doors.
Fiona McKinlay
For those seeking a bit of old-fashioned rock and roll rudeness wrapped up in avatistic hair-dos, The Ronelles are playing on the 18th in the QMU. Theirs is a one-eyebrow up, sexy jaunt through garage rock that, although modernity never comes knocking, is great fun in a British sort of way. With the haircuts of the Kinks, the sexual appetite of Jagger and tighter trousers than most, The Ronelles have played more or less everywhere you care to mention...
Jasper@noisemagazine
The Lick Magazine, see the full page here
“The Ronelles are amazing”
Alan McGee, Poptones / Death Disco
Of the Scottish bands I caught, I was most impressed with The Ronelles. They opened the T Break Tent with a brilliant set.
Jim Gellatly, BEAT 106
The best band from this or any other era.
Billy Sloan. RADIO CLYDE
I KNOW what the future of rock and roll is. They’re from Glasgow, they’re called The Ronelles, they have the spirit of The Libertines and the tunes of The Stones. They’re the most exciting unsigned band I have seen in my entire life as a journalist.
Dominik Diamond, THE STAR
They stole the swagger from Oasis and the heart of the crowd. Fraser Thomson, BEAT 106.
Kicking [T in the Park 2005] off in style was Glasgow band The Ronelles. Drawing the crowd in like four magnets, The Ronelles really represented what T Break is all about - finding stars of the future. They certainly have the talent to take them all the way. Breea McGinness, THE EVENING TIMES
If The Libertines' influences had been taken from a decade further back, they might have ended up sounding like The Ronelles, They've got the tunes, they've got the guitar riffs and they've got an unstoppably energetic frontman with the voice of an angel to finish off what must be the most surefire hit of a rock'n'roll package since Jet. THE FLY
Their success has been astounding, the influences include rock and roll greats such as; The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Chuck Berry this eclectic mix sets them aside from the other rock and roll wannabes who are on the scene right now.
David Crow – THE EVENING TIMES
Frontman Raymond Meade has the swagger of a young Mick Jagger and songs like “Don't Leave Me Hangin’” “Bolt the Doors” and “Never stop love” are future classics.
Tony Gaughan, THE SUNDAY MAIL ****
The Ronelles - Nice "n Sleazy, Glasgow ****
Headlining tonight are The Ronelles, a band who look and sound like they've been taken straight from the dictionary definition of rock n' roll. Tight jeans and leather all round, their attitude is admirable. Getting past the image, the songs stand up equally well, showing that they have substance as well as style. One of the obvious high points is 'Bolt The Doors', the band's forthcoming debut single - opening with a riff that wouldn't be out of place on a Sons And Daughters record, it quickly changes to a much more upbeat song than one would expect from their hometown counterparts.
Tonight is also a night for new material as they debut 'This Is Murder', 'Black Leather', 'Just A Girl' and 'Bottles And Barstools'. It's clear in these rock n' roll tales of love and life that The Ronelles are heavily influenced by the Rolling Stones and The Jam - however, despite wearing this on their collective sleeve, they've managed to retain an individual sound. Filled with energy they do their best to make the set last all evening, calling at least four songs 'the last one'. Unfortunately, as so often happens, the licensee gets their way and the band finally finish - leaving a very happy audience behind them.
The Ronelles look like rock stars and they sound like rock stars; surely it won't be long before they become rock stars.
Lucy Smith - This is Fake ID
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