Paul Barry views the East Lancs music scene

BURNLEY rockers Kain have changed their name - after finding they shared it with no fewer than 12 other bands.

The five-piece, comprising singer and guitarist Roy Bright, guitarist Justin Beswick, bassist Andy Wood, drummer Matt Butterworth and keyboard player Roger Rawlinson, experienced difficulties booking a Manchester gig.

They later found they had been confused with a city band called Kane.

The picture was further complicated when young alternative rockers Tuesday's Child, also from Burnley, changed their name to Caine earlier this year.

Kain made inquiries on a national band name register and found 10 other groups with similar-sounding names, two of which had been signed to record labels.

So they are now Depon Eye - apparently an obscure Japanese reference.

"The name change is no big deal," said frontman Roy. "We are a different band now from the one that started out two years ago, we now play all our own material and original vocalist Carl Saunders has left the band."

The band now have a manager - Alison Cubbins, 21, who formerly promoted live acts at Chaplin's Bar, Burnley.

Kain were at pains to point out there was no ill-feeling towards their young counterparts Caine after the similarity in their names was revealed.

Now both outfits should be able get on with their music without fear of confusion.

Meanwhile Caine have denied rumours that they have split up. Drummer Chris Blakey told Pulse: "I can't deny there was a problem. But I don't want to go into what that was for the sake of the lads. Everything is back on track now."

The four-piece, whose debut album On The Edge Of Sleep showed their talent for tuneful grunge, battled against tough equipment problems at this month's Band In The Park festival but still managed to get most of their catchy melodies across.

TV break for A-Jay

FUNKY pop rockers A-Jay And The Maya have been invited to be part of a BBC TV show highlighting bands who are hotly tipped to make it in the first year of the new millennium.

The group, two of whom were brought up in Accrington, have been told filming for the Ten For 2000 programme will begin next month and the show could be screened by October.

Manager Alan Parker said the idea of the show was to find ten bands with the potential to make it big next year.

He said the band, who played their first East Lancashire gigs this month in Burnley and Accrington, had also generated some new record company interest. A-Jay And The Maya's show at Sound 99 last Sunday was a vast improvement on their performance at Burnley's Bands In The Park event, where a sudden downpour led to a crowd exodus.

Terrorvision's festival warm-up at Blackburn

ALTERNATIVE rockers Terrorvision, whose hit Tequila gave them a new chart-friendly image, play a Reading festival warm-up show in King George's Hall, Blackburn, on Friday.

Featuring Tony Wright (pictured) and his mates from Bradford, the band are the venue's first big-name alternative rock show since Mansun played the Windsor Suite last year.

Call the box office on 01254 582582 for details.

Home crowd gets the Drift

PENDLE band Driftwood Shell paid their second visit to the annual open air concert in Letcliff Park, Barnoldswick, last Sunday.

The group formed a year ago and a week later joined the line-up alongside more experienced musicians on stage at the annual concert in the park which attracts thousands of fans.

Since then the band - Pete Jeffries, Alex Harker, Sarah Tullett and Mike Heanue - have gone from strength to strength performing in and around Pendle building up a steady following. They all live in West Craven, so Letcliff Park is their home territory.

This year's appearance at Letcliff coincided with the release of their first EP The House of Heads featuring new percussionist Dave Hilton.

Veterans Slack Alice headlined the Pendle Council-run event with The Voodoos and Pete Gardner and Co also playing.

Sound return of the Warrior

VETERAN 70s dub campaigner Jah Warrior joins Blackburn dubsters Sasquash for a show in Blackburn tonight.

Jah Warrior became involved with sound systems in Manchester more than 20 years ago before becoming involved with crews in the Midlands.

Within a few years he was playing his own dubplates and played his own session on pirate radio station LWR, run by hip-hop DJ Tim Westwood.

Sasquash will once more team up with Operation Sound System for the event, at Tony's Empress Ballroom, from 9pm till 2am. Advance tickets cost £3.50 and are available from Reidys, Blackburn; Astonishing Sounds, Burnley; Action Records, Preston; and Jumbo Records, Leeds. Tickets cost £5.50 on the door.

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