Locksley is a four-piece rock and roll band, in the grand tradition. Hailing back to the early Beatles/Kinks days of the British Invasion, Locksley are equal parts raucous, energetic live performers and precise, melodic songwriters. Although the friends from Madison, Wisconsin's West High School performed together with regularity during those formidable years, the Locksley story doesn't really begin until the boy’s mutual love of a band set them on the road to New York. New York immediately saw Locksley - Jesse Laz (rhythm guitar), Aaron Collins (bass guitar), Kai Kennedy (lead guitar), and Sam Bair (drums) - developing as songwriters and musicians and, more importantly, coming together as a band. After initial setbacks, the lads got on their feet with the independent release of their debut album "Safely from the City" in June of 2004. The album established an individual sound for Locksley, separating them from the wealth of Strokes derived acts populating the city's scene. With the release of "Safely", Locksley has begun more frequent concert appearances in and around the city. Heavy grassroots promotional efforts and blistering live performances have resulted in a rapidly expanding fan base. The last month has witnessed Locksley move into regular rotation on a number of college radio playlists and has garnered them invites to play with some of New York’s hottest up and coming acts. The strength of the New York reaction has encouraged the band to release a new studio EP, due out in the spring of 2005, and has earned them a residency at the world-famous CBGB’s. Through it all Locksley remains steadfast in their crusade to create uplifting, accessible songs that, truly, anyone can enjoy, while harkening back to a time when music was fun and pop was rock. Locksley. Yeah, rock.