Harrow band story (the first version)

A HARROW band dazzled the crowd in the biggest original music competition Live and Unsigned which is just like The X Factor.

Toxic Funk Berry, with its originality and unique performance style, impressed the judging panel at the Midland final on May 8, and is now set to showcase their talent at the grand final The Live and Unsigned Festival.

The competition, attracted over 30,000 entries in the past three years across the country, aims to promote unsigned acts and offer all genres music to audience.

Joe Berditch, of Fernbrook Drive, Harrow, bass and synthesizer player of the band, said: “We feel good to reach the final, a lot of industry people will be at the final, and we are really looking forward to it.

“The competition is just like The X Factor. If we win we will work with someone in the industry, it is very helpful for us to get experience and achieve things.”

The band also include a guitarist and synthesizer player Jonny Wharton, 26, and Joe's brother Dom Berditch, a drummer, 29.

The act will perform their music in front of the biggest names such as Noddy Holder, Urban DJ, Greg James on July 10 at The O2, Greenwich, south-east of London.

The 26-year-old said: “We are not the traditional band and we are not the band to be categorised.

“We play quite unique music and have unique performance style.

“We use lap top and synthesizer, we interact with people and make the crowd move and dance with us.”

The band will be touring Brighton, Bath, Barcelona and Germany with its gigs before hitting the final battle in July. 

The Midland heat was held at the Corn Exchange at Saint Paul's Square in Bedford.

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