Welcome to the official Standards website

The Standards are a local band, based in South Leeds and have been performing (on and off) for more than 20 years. Re-formed after a 10-year absence, we have played a number of gigs and the response has been excellent. We are committed to providing quality live entertainment and will continue to strive for improvement by listening to, and acting upon what the audience has to say. Please E-mail the.standards@ntlworld.com to arrange a booking, or sign our guest book below with any comments or requests. Alternatively, you can contact Mark on 07929 504526. The line up is as follows. Please click on each name for a detailed profile.

John Metcalf - Lead vocals

Darren Briggs - Guitar and backing vocals

Dave Rhodes - Keyboards and backing vocals

Mark Hickinson - Bass

Richard Hurford – Drums

Originally a MOD outfit, we continue to support the MOD ideal, but have extended our musical range to new wave, ‘60s, rhythm & blues, soul and ska & the best in British guitar based music. Songs are carefully chosen to blend across the genres. Our strength lies in our ability to inject 100% energy on stage and we are always pleased to see audiences dancing and becoming involved.

You will hopefully have seen us in action by now. If not, please check the Gig Guide below and come along. We intend to take photographs of our supporters at forthcoming gigs for the website, and build up a following of good people, who are out for a good time.

It’s taken a while to get to this stage and we couldn’t have done it alone. We would like to thank everyone who has supported us so far and feel sure that we will see you all again and again.

Guest Book

Please read our guest book and post your comments about the band, gigs or website.

News

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at the Old Bank WMC in Mirfield on Sunday, especially our travelling supporters who did us proud once again. That was the most difficult venue to find in the history of Standards gigs - one of the lads asked for directions from a policeman and got an escort to the club! Thanks also to our hosts, the comittee and the lovely bar staff. Cheers Neil for doing the web photos this week. We hope everyone had a great afternoon and hope to return next year. Our regular drummer, Richard is out of action due to a knee injury, so our friend Nige is doing the honours and did a great job, especially as he has never played most of the songs before. Cheers Nige. Our next gig is at The Railwaymans in Armley (see details below) and we'll see you all there for another SUPERB night. ON TOUR WITH THE STANDARDS - COME ON.....

The Standards roadshow rolled in to the Drysalters on a sweaty Saturday evening in late July and had the whole pub (and outside) dancing to great tunes form the 60s to the present day. A shorter encore than usual, but it was so hot that we were all totally worn out at the end. Thanks to Jimmy for hosting the night. He's moving on, so we wish him every success at his new pub, where we'll be taking the band to see him next year. Cheers to Phil for doing his usual dance spot on stage. Thanks also to Neil for doing the web photos this week. These are now in the gallery, so you can see what you were up to last night if you can't remember.

One of our friends - Richard - has started a FACEBOOK group for The Standards. You can visit at FACEBOOK

We recently did 2 more radio shows on Leeds 11 FM. These will be available to listen again on the internet (details on their website) - remember - Leeds 11 FM - YOUR STANDARDS STATION. Please also check out the station's website at http://www.leedselevenfm.co.uk/.

We have a new 2008 Standards badge available at gigs. These are selling fast - not many of these collectors items left now. Please click on Badge Info at the top of the page for full details and photo of the new badge.

THE STANDARDS ON YOU TUBE - We now have 6 videos: I'll Remember You------Monkey Man------Poison Ivy------English Civil War------The Eton Rifles------Out On The Floor

MYSPACE - Click on MySpace to hear quality Standards tracks and interviews, as well as comments from our friends.

To see our website in its full glory with the 'Standards' font, please go to our 'other sites' page for details of how to download the font for free.

Thanks to everyone who visits the Standards Website regularly - we have now had more than 651,000 hits to date......

The Standards Gig Guide

Confirmed dates are as follows (please check on day of gig, in case of cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances).

Date	Venue	Address
23rd Aug 2008	Railwaymans Club	Driver Terrace, Armley
30th Aug 2008	Middleton Social Club	Middleton, Leeds
6th Sep 2008	West Leeds Social Club	West Leeds
20th Sep 2008	The Broadway	Dewsbury Rd, Leeds