The Crave

From: Brighton

Influences: Free, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Foo Fighters, Tom Petty, Tool, Queens Of The Stone Age, Rage Against The Machine.

Profile: The Crave got together in Brighton, where frontman Ryan Burnett, bassist Tom Swann and guitarist Carlos Garcia were studying music.

A break came when the band were invited to join an eight-week tour of America, The Brit Bus, in 2007. The band spent last year working on their debut album Anywhere To Everywhere. Since its release the band has been supporting US rockers Shinedown and former Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins’s new project Hot Leg.

The Stray (right click on the track to download, left click to stream)

Website: www.thecraveband.com

MySpace: www.myspace.com/thecraveband