Formed in late Nov 2006, Better than Avalon take the opinion of wearing their influences on their sleeve. The range of bands go from early 90s Brit-Pop right through to Modern Rock, with stop off points at folky pop-rock, spacey prog, and a smidge of funk to round things off. A meeting of minds between Nik Marden and his work colleagues Rob and Sam lead to a number of Jam sessions before the Christmas period of 2006. Soon ex-Blind Spider Andrew ‘Bandy’ Bushell came on board with lead guitarist josh and bass player Jack following in succession. While initial sessions were fruitful, it was felt that something needed changing with Josh leaving amicably in spring of 2007 to be replaced by Andrews work colleague James Hoskins. The band continued to write and rehearse untill the summer when the time came to take the fruits of there labor to the masses. There first gig was performed in front of a capacity crowed at the Blaise Inn in north Bristol and was received rapturously. This was then followed by other well received gigs towards the tail end of the year. In the early part of 2008 there was a little unrest within the ranks and it was felt that certain members were unhappy. With that Vocalist Sam Ward was asked to leave the band to be replaced with long time friend of the band Kyle Cullen. With this fresh input into the band it was decided to go on temporary hiatus from live shows in order to polish up some of there songs. This has resulted in the recording of the bands first E.P tentatively titled 'Now Is Not The Time For Narcolepsy' The band has now returned to the live arena with a handful of well received gigs and will shortly be announcing a more extensive live schedules, with the follow up ep due 8th April