We may not be the guys you knew, but our souls are still right in it, coming back with a better sound, yeah the town is gonna dig it.” – ‘Coming Back’ by Social Icons.

When you’ve worked your way so far up the musical mountain that you can almost taste the peak of success, having to climb your way back up from the bottom may not be an ideal situation to find yourself in.

Yet for North West rockers, Social Icons, it’s a challenge their approaching with aplomb.

Formed in 2004 under a different name, the band wasted no time in attracting a large, devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic.

At home, their catchy, infectious, pop-punk stompers, delivered in countless enthralling live shows, won over gig-goers in their droves and helped them deliver a rabble-rousing headline set in front of 800 music fans in their hometown of Wigan.

Meanwhile, the formidable foursome earned themselves a growing audience in the States thanks to the power of the internet and a little ditty entitled ‘Your Johnny Depp’.

The tune, a punk-infused ode to the Hollywood heartthrob, rapidly became a favourite with internet radio stations and American rock fans alike, as well as providing the highlight of many a gig back home.

With the band’s ever-growing army of American fans begging them to cross the pond and tour, and their home-town crowds getting bigger by the show, the next step to superstardom seemed inevitable.

And it nearly was.

Garnering interest from labels and booking agents in the US, the lads were hotly tipped to make the leap from cult status to bonafide rockstars.

That was, until the proverbial glass ceiling that has cut short many an aspiring star’s career was sealed tightly over their own aspirations.

“To be honest, that was probably the best thing that could’ve happened to us,” explains frontman, Dave Costello.

“By the time ‘…Johnny Depp’ really started to get us noticed, we were already growing as a band and wanting to move away from playing that pop-punk style, but that’s what people had come to expect from us and it was working, so we stuck with it for the sake of success.

“On the outside, everything looked great for us, but behind close doors we were bored with playing the same stuff. It wasn’t the happiest time to be in the band.

“Then, after all the label interest and the buzz surrounding us at the time hit a brick wall, it made us reassess a few things.

“We all still wanted to be at the top of the mountain, but we wanted to get there playing music that we all enjoy, which is a edgier and more grown than what we were doing before. It was time to move on.”

After playing a storming farewell Christmas show in 2007, the band called time on their pop-punk days and spent the next eight months holed away; writing new, harder material and planning their second assent to the top.

Now, armed with a new direction, a new name and a new collection of big riffs and slick licks, Social Icons are coming back.

And this time, they’re determined to smash the glass ceiling and finally hit that peak of success.

Social Icons are:

Dave Costello – lead guitar / lead vocals
Ian Graham – rhythm guitar / vocals
Matt Highton – bass / vocals
Kevin ‘Down Town’ Brown – Drums.

Website: http://www.socialicons.co.uk/
Myspace: www.myspace.com/socailicons

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