The 286 with Dead Rat Society and AM Shanley live at Gunners Pub in London

The 286

CLASSICAL-INSPIRED ROCK LIVE IN LONDON! Okay, let’s clear something up: no, there aren’t quite 286 of us. But there’s a fair handful. Seven at the last count. Think of us as a rock ‘n’ roll orchestra: a multi-limbed, Frankenstinian experiment which sees sonatas stitched up with synthesisers; ballets bisected by bass hooks. UN peacekeepers have tried in vain for years to get cellists, violinists, guitarists and drummers in the same room at the same time – let alone playing in some sort of vague harmony. We reckon we might have just about managed it.