#AmazingAccrington - Autumn 2019

DannyWilkin had a chat with #AmazingAccrington about his Hyndburn roots and riding the wave of the music industry INTERNATIONAL POP SENSATION

After a 4-year hiatus push baby, the band formally known as Rixton, are back and shocking fans with new edgy material. After a change in style, label and sound, they are barely recognisable. Did you know one quarter of the band grew up in Hyndburn? Danny managed to fit an interview in with us, in-between international flights and recording newmusic, to tell us about his own journey. Chatting to us from Lisbon, Danny reflected on the early days of the band, when it was about mates making some extra money and having a laugh. “We would write together, play covers and get drunk... exactly how college should be.” “Some songs we wrote were bad, some were really really bad...” Danny was introduced to Jake Roche, frontman of the band, in late 2009 by his best mate and drummer Matt Bamber, who he previously performed with. “When I first met Jake, we focussed on making covers and this grew into writing songs together. I have to say, some songs we wrote were bad, some were really really bad... but you know if you have a spark with someone, myself and Jake definitely had that connection.” Alongside this Danny was working at his parent’s pub as a chef then decided to start university. “I was making good money as a chef, plus earning a little from our band on the side but I always thought I wanted to go to university, it seemed like a natural progression for me.

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I dropped out aer a few months and very much felt like I didn’t fit in there. It was quite quickly I realised the course wasn’t for me. This did give me opportunity to focus on music more and at the time, we were all searching for our own identities. We found management in London, which was a really exciting time. It was through themwe pulled in Charley Bagnall on guitar, he added a great rock and RnB element to the band. We then brought in Lewi Morgan on the drums who was channelling blink 182 and Travis Barker... it worked so well. Slowly but surely, we built something awesome.”

Left: Danny Wilkin. Right Danny Wilkin (left) and Jake Roche (right).

Overleaf: push baby.

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