A.K.A WEAVE

A.K.A WEAVE (Leicester 1996 - 2003) A.K.A WEAVE were originally formed in Leicester in 1996 under the name Weave by founder member KAV (Kavin Sandhu). After various line-up changes the band settled in 1999. The band toured as part of the Groove Harder club nights where they played as part of their own nights with guest dj’s such as Mani Primal Scream, Shaun Ryder, Clint Boon, Bonehead, and Bez to name a few. The band also worked with ex Oasis Bass player Guigsy in 2001 at the legendary Rockfield Studios.

A.K.A WEAVE (Leicester 1996 - 2003) A.K.A WEAVE were originally formed in Leicester in 1996 under the name Weave by founder member KAV (Kavin Sandhu). After various line-up changes the band settled in 1999. The band toured as part of the Groove Harder club nights where they played as part of their own nights with guest dj’s such as Mani Primal Scream, Shaun Ryder, Clint Boon, Bonehead, and Bez to name a few. The band also worked with ex Oasis Bass player Guigsy in 2001 at the legendary Rockfield Studios. A.K.A WEAVE had many notable fans and many well-known musicians often attended their gigs.

The band were classed as unusual in their style and sound and going against the trend with their two DJ’s one playing beatz the other scarachin with a 3 piece rock n’ roll band of drums, bass and guitar. A.K.A WEAVE came across as original in their sound especially live, They mainly took their influences from bands like The Space Monkeys, Primal Scream, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Stone Roses & Oasis. The band had also been described as sounding like Manchester’s Happy Mondays at the time who members KAV and Mikey Westerman (Mikey Shine) went onto join on guitar and bass after the split of A.K.A WEAVE in 2003. Mikey still currently tours with Shaun Ryder’s solo band and KAV played his last show for Happy Mondays at V Festival 2007. He now tours and releases with his self-titled band KAV with a former A.K.A Weave and Weave drummer Jim Portas. KAV also went on to creating the Getloaded club nights in 2003 & co-launched The Getloaded in The Park Festival, which he has no longer any involvement with anymore.

KAV now based between LA and London has launched his new label Electric Dirt Junkie, released a track with Mr Nice aka Howard Marks & has an album due out in 2011. Check out www.facebook.com/kavmusic for more info. Final Line-up Kav Sandhu- Guitar/Vocals Mikey Shine – Bass/Vocals Craig Allen – Drums DJ Cutz – Decks n’ Beatz Kev Lawrence – Decks n’ Beatz Past Members include – Jim Portas Lawrie Malen Simon Morley Gaz Adams Poss Scott Gilbert DJ Priceless Greg Gent User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..