With more and more music fans looking to local unsigned bands for originalty and trying to catch the next rising star, the bar has been set pretty high for unsigned bands. Many bands have risen to this challenge and exceeded expectations and Theory of Thieves is one of them. Formed in 2012 Joel Hawkins ,Karim K , Steve Newcomer and Mangy James have created a truly dynamic band. As stated by the band "Theory of Thieves music is not just songs, they are stories that pull you in" Theory Of Thieves live show is intense, the hard work and dedication from these brilliant musicians is on full display! Catch them or request them at a venue near you!
DDR: Can you explain the name Theory Of Thieves, the meaning etc?
Joel: The name of Theory of Thieves means that sub consciously we all no matter how hard we try... pull from our past to
create new music and write
new songs...nothing is ori-
ginal. Unless you were
raised in a box by silent ro-
bots and never heard music
or watched TV or did any-
thing but live, and then
wrote a song can you boast
it was an original song.
DDR: We know that the
band itself formed in late
2011, but how far back does
theidea of starting the band begin? How did it get its start and how did you meet?
Joel: I was signed by K2Records back in early 2011 as a solo artist. I was working on my album
and Karim the owner and my
long time friend was helping
me write and produce. Some
of the songs were a bit
heavier than I was going for
and and we decided to form a
band so we could play those
songs. We both k new Steve for years so Karim
called him and we started to
write. We had another friend
of ours Fonz play bass but he
was in like 18 projects and
we wanted someone who could have the
free free time to really write with