BIOGRAPHY:
Local rock act formed
in 1996 by Steven Tosh (drums), David King (vocals / guitar) & Adam Stafford
(bass / vocals), who played one date at the Martell before Stafford left to
form Y'all Fantasy Island.
A year later he was replaced by Andy Hill (guitar / vocals) and, in October
1998, Craig Hayworth (bass). This line-up recorded a three track demo at Mainframe
Studios, Grangemouth in May 1999, and again in June, and released a three track
CD EP with the tracks "Tell A Lie", "Angry Red Member" &
"Go" early in 2000. Tosh left the band for five months in July 2000,
and although a couple of people were auditioned, no one replaced him. He returned
towards the end of that year.Bovine continued and played at "The Lark In The Park" in Grangemouth in 2001. That year they also supported both TV Smith & The Selecter locally and reached the final of the Martell "Battle Of The Bands". Late in 2001 the band recorded three tracks in Riverside Studios, Busby, which they released the following year as the "Worried & Wasted" EP. This recording session also yielded their debut mini-album, "Something In The Water" in January 2003 on Shatterhand's Mythical Records.
2002 also saw them playing at the Punkstravaganze Festival at the Martell.
In July 2003 Hayworth left to form The Declined, and King switched to bass. Adam Stamford then began working with the band again in a songwriting capacity, before rejoining them on second guitar. They released a new CD EP entitled "No Horizon" in 2004, with tracks being played on Jim Gellatley's Beat 106 show.
The band continued to gig regularly until 2005 , and re-emerged late in the year with a new line-up of King, Hill, Tosh and original member, Adam Stafford (guitar, also with The Chuck Norris Machine, Y'all Fantasy Island & solo). The band began work on their new album, provisionally entitled "Fishtank Theory" in an abandoned house, with Tommy Blair producing, which they planned to release in 2006, however with a change of direction they also changed their name to Waroffice.
Tosh, King & Hill also played in punk covers band The Rabid Dogs, whilst King & Hill were also in The Chuck Norris Machine.
RELEASES:
"Tell A Lie" (CD EP, 2000)
"Worried & Wasted" (CD EP, 2002)
"Something In The Water" (CD mini-album, Mythical Records, 2003)
"No Horizon" (CD EP, 2004)