Village to feature on Japan TV

A small village near Oswestry is soon to be seen by million of music fans all over Japan.

Midlands Indie-rock band, the Subkicks, spent two days shooting their new video in and around the Old Chapel in Pant.

The Old Chapel is owned by the band's manager Vince Davey. He recently converted it into his home.

He said: "Somehow, the band has made it in Japan before the UK.

"The filming did cause a lot of interest to the locals as some shots were taken outside, under bright lights with large cameras on tracks and two borrowed brand-new Mercedes cars.

"It is quite bizarre to think that MTV in Japan will be showing the video and on that video will be a little village like Pant."The video has been made to promote the band's first single Fatman which is taken off their forthcoming album.

Mr Davey said there was a lot of music industry interest in the Subkicks and many were quietly confident in them making it big in the UK before the end of the year.

He said the band was "a notch or two above" many bands trying to make it in the industry.

He added the band would be playing at the Ironworks in Oswestry tomorrow as a thank-you to all their friends in the area who helped in the making of the video. Mr Davey said the Subkicks included a number of musicians from a now-defunct band called Exist.

Exist enjoyed success during a number of UK tours and supported the likes of music bands Boy Kill Boy, Maximo Park and the Shins.

The Subkicks play regularly at venues throughout the Midlands including Birmingham Academy and Wolverhampton's Little Civic.

The band are due to play at a number of shows across the UK during June as they aim to reconnect with old fans and bolster new ones whose interest has been fostered via the internet.