The story starts back in February 2005 when RBS brought two music lovers together in a Lanarkshire call centre in the form of new recruits Graeme Farmer and Pete Stewart. Here the gratitude towards RBS ends.

Graeme and Pete started regular beer and writing sessions and their contrasting approaches produced songs that showed promise of becoming something special. After jamming and playing covers gigs they decided that they were meant for better things. Their search for the next level was fulfilled with the arrival of Chris Macrae, bass player extraordinaire from Pete’s previous band Jigsaw.

A series of acoustic gigs across the South Lanarkshire and Glasgow area followed and the trio started churning out material that was more than worthy of a full band. And the dream became a reality when old friend Drew Morgan moved back to his native Scotland and filled the vacant position on drums.

With much excitement they plotted world domination...but what to call themselves? A string of bad names followed; from Threefold to Crimes Against Badgers, when suddenly all the pieces fell into place...

One evening in late October, Table 57 launched onto the Glasgow music scene in style! As soon as they took to the stage in McChuills and the first intro rang out the band knew they were onto something special. After the gig friends and punters alike expressed their excitement in the unique sound of the newest band on the block.

In the remaining months of 2005 the band gathered momentum with a series of gigs culminating in a headlining show in Soundhaus before going into Maybank Studios to record their eagerly awaited demo, Life Beyond Pleasure. The ambition and talent of Table 57 combined with the skill and expertise of producer Matt Harvey to create something a bit special in the resulting EP. The single Not Alone attracted widespread praise with reviewers calling it sheer class of well orchestrated guitar/skins and stomping bass...and one proclaiming This track is something for Radio 1 airplay and needs elevation! 

Table 57 spent Hogmanay jumping and screaming along to their EP and after a few beers vowed to make 2006 a great year for the Tables - and they weren’t joking! In the first few months the band have played gigs in The Vale, Firefly, Barfly, Liquid Lounge and further afield in Kilmarnock and Falkirk with good friends Superslide. With every gig came new fans and friends but the band were not happy and kept striving to take it up yet another gear, both in terms of music and awareness.