JOSEF LINDSAY

HOW DID HE COME THIS FAR? JOSEFS EARLY LIFE

AND JOURNEY TO BEING A STAR.

tarting from the young

age of three, Josef
Lindsay, the lead singer of Table 21, was always
involved in performing arts.
He firstly attended a stage
school where he learnt
different types of dance,
singing, and acting. Initially he wasnt so keen on
singing and dancing but
he loved the acting side,
giving him roles in multiple
TV adverts, programmes,
and films. He was also invited to do many radio shows
on with the BBC on Radio
4. This made him determined to carry on acting,
however he found it very
hard to carry on acting
whilst achieving his full
potential in school. As his
GCSE exams approached,
Josef knew he had spent
too much time on acting
jobs and not independent
study. So, he decided to
carry on with singing and
dancing, but not acting
as the jobs were taking up
too much of his time. This is
when Josef really started to
enjoy singing.
So, in October 2014, Josef met up with a friend
from his stage school, who
played the bass guitar.

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Together, they started writing songs but they realised

they needed a drummer.
Josef knew his best mate,
a very talented drummer,
would be up for it and they
all formed a band. But,
they still felt they were missing something, and as Josef was a rhythm guitarist,
they needed a lead guitarist. After a few people said
they would do it, but didnt
turn up, Josef phoned an
old friend. Now the band
were sorted. They practised for months receiving
multiple complaints from
the neighbours but they
carried on until the songs
were perfect. They mostly
covered songs but when
their first big gig was offered to them in June they
started writing songs. Josef
wrote most of the songs,
expressing his struggles in
life along with the happy
moments.
The band were upset after the gig. It was meant
to be a warm day but it
rained, they thought they
would get all the songs
right but they made a few
mistakes and they thought
the audience was going
to be larger than 30 peo-

ple. But it was a start. In

fact, that night a man got
in contact with them after
hearing them play. He was
only 19 or 20 at the time
but he had faith in them.
He owned a radio show
and featured them on it
a few times and after he
got them a few more gigs
he became their manager. Their first successful gig
was at a local bar where
more than one hundred
people turned up into a
compact room where they
were playing. Everybody
was dancing and there
were even a few mosh pits.
It was the bands best gig
ever.

First 3 singles on
new EP:

Noise

5 times No.1

Narcissist
3 times No.1

Ellice

2 times No.1

It is
rock nt
conf withou
iden t
ce!

After this, the band continued rehearsing, writing

songs, gigging, and performing on different local
radios. Soon they will be
releasing an EP with all
their originals. Their views
and followers on social media are quickly increasing
by the minute and after all
the rehearsals and practice, the band has gone
from a bit of fun to national
fame.

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