There are at least 3 bands with the name 'The Tides': 1. An Obscure 60 garage band 2. A Northen Ireland based band. 3. A Manchester, England indie band. Biographies listed below: 1. The Tides were an obscure 60s garage band. Their song 'Midnight Limbo' - a surf instrumental from '64 with Polynesian beat - was a b-side to Limbo Rock and can be found on Munster Records' "Purple Knif Show' comp & Crypt Records' Jungle Exotica Vol. 2 (oddly enough, L.A. session guitarist Billy Strange is heard here with his take on the 007 Theme from his 1964 platter James Bond Theme and Others - he who also wrote Chubby Checker's hit Limbo Rock). Earl Hagan & The Interns keeps the jungle theme going on the New Interns Watusi which has a Polynesian rhythmic workout on drums and flutes. 2. The band got together properly in 2002 following positive response from the media about a demo of their song ‘Something New’. Four days spent with Neal Caulderwood in Manor Park Studios during July and August of 2004 produced their self-titled first EP. Constant gigging and a significant amount of airplay gained The Tides the respect of many music fans across Northern Ireland. April 2005 saw the band go back to Neal Caulderwood to record their second EP ‘On Our Way’. 3. The Tides are a Manchester, England indie band. (Liam Pennington - Vocals, Mark Boswell - Lead Guitar, David Furnival - Guitars, Ryan Comac - Bass, James Correy - Drums). They have gained quite a following in the area as a band who a experts at delivering at very high level live. Such songs as 'Lights', 'Routine Life' and 'Friendly Fire' are not short of quality. They have played quite a few times at Manchester Acadamy 3 and Club Acadamy, usually with Juno Ashes. They are once again playing Acadamy 3 on the 20th of March. This is what Manchester Music had to say about them: "Strong, consistent and so much better than the majority of the bands of the moment who appear to have heard nothing other than The Libertines. Liam the singer sounds like the cool kid in the school choir. His voice sends shivers down your spine and makes the hairs on your back stand up". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.