Resident Heroes
Contemporary covers trio Resident Heroes offer a truly versatile performance. Tackling a unique and appealing selection of indie-rock, pop & hip-hop hits from the early 90's to today, they can strip down to the bare basics for a laid-back acoustic session, or plug-in and amp-up to bring your party to a rousing climax.
Price from £1,206 + travel
Resident Heroes
Rock and Pop Band Resident Heroes
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Set List / Repertoire
Indie/Rock
All The Small Things – Blink 182
American Idiot – Green Day
Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
Basket Case – Green Day
Beggin - Maneskin
Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
The Cave – Mumford & Sons
Chocolate - The 1975
Common People – Pulp
Creep - Radiohead
Dakota – Stereophonics
Dani California – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Disco 2000 – Pulp
Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
Easy – Faith No More
Fans – Kings of Leon
Figure It Out - Royal Blood
Find Me – Kings of Leon
Green Machine - Kyuss
Handbags & Gladrags - Stereophonics
Heavyweight Champion of the World – Reverend & The Makers
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Human – Killers
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys
I Predict a Riot – Kaiser Chiefs
I Wanna Be Your Slave - Maneskin
Lightning Bolt – Jake Bugg
Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons
Living On A Prayer – Bon Jovi
Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Killing In The Name – Rage Against The Machine
Monkey Wrench – Foo Fighters
Mr Brightside – Killers
Place Your Hands – Reef
The Pretender – Foo Fighters
Roll With It - Oasis
Seven Nation Army – White Stripes
Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon
She's Electric - Oasis
Shut Up And Dance – Walk The Moon
Sit Down - James
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Song 2 – Blur
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
These Days – Foo Fighters
Tribute – Tenacious D
Two Princes – Spin Doctors
Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Uprising – Muse
Wonderwall – Oasis
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
You Stole the Sun from My Heart – Manic Street Preachers
Pop
1999 - Prince
A Little Respect – Erasure
All About You - McFly
Back For Good – Robbie Williams (live version)
Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran
Black or White – Michael Jackson
Blame It On Me – George Ezra
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Budapest – George Ezra
Cake By The Ocean – DNCE
Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
Can't Stop The Feeling – Justin Timberlake
Castle On The Hill – Ed Sheeran
C'est La Vie - B*witched
Counting Stars – One Republic
Crazy In Love - Beyonce
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
Everybody - Backstreet Boys
Freedom - Wham!
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
Groove is in the Heart – Deee-lite
Happy – Pharrell
How Bizarre – OMC
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
I Don’t Feel Like Dancing – Scissor Sisters
I Kissed a Girl – McFly
Juice - Lizzo
Keep On Moving - Five
King – Years & Years
Kiss – Prince
Levitationg - Dua Lipa
Like a Virgin – Madonna
Marry You - Bruno Mars
Memories - Maroon 5
Mmmbop – Hanson
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
My Silver Lining - First Aid Kit
Never Gonna Give You Up – Rick Astley
New Rules - Dua Lipa
Paradise - George Ezra
Party In The USA - Miley Cyrus
Price Tag – Jessie J
Rude – Magic!
Shake It Off – Taylor Swift
Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
Shout Out To My Ex – Little Mix
Shotgun - George Ezra
Sing – Ed Sheeran
Take On Me – A-ha
Take Your Mama – Scissor Sisters
Three Lions – Baddiel & Skinner & The Lightning Seeds
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Toxic - Britney Spears
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
Wake Me Up – Avicii
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
Weather With You – Crowded House
What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
When You're Gone - Bryan Adams & Mel C
Year 3000 - Busted
Rap/Hip Hop
Billionaire – Travie McCoy feat. Bruno Mars
Dance Wiv Me – Dizzee Rascal
Dollar – Aloe Blacc
The Fun Lovin’ Criminal – Fun Lovin’ Criminals
Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio
Gold Digger – Kanye West
Got Your Money – ODB
Hey Ya – Outkast
Here Comes the Hotstepper – Ini Kamoze
I Wish – Skee-lo
Ignition (Remix) - R Kelly
It Wasn’t Me – Shaggy
Jump Around – House of Pain
Killing Me Softly – The Fugees
Like I Love You – Justin Timberlake
My Name Is – Eminem
No Diggity – Blackstreet
People Everyday – Arrested Development
Rappers Delight – Sugarhill Gang
Ride Wit Me - Nelly
She Said – Plan B
Walk This Way – Run DMC
Oldies
Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band
All Right Now – Free
American Pie – Don McClean
Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Crazy Little Thing Called Love – Queen
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da – The Police
Distant Sun - Crowded House
Does Your Mother Know - ABBA
Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
Down Under – Men At Work
Englishman in New York – Sting
Enter Sandman – Metallica
Everybody Needs Somebody – Blues Brothers
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
Happy Hour – Housemartins
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Higher & Higher – Rod Stewart
Hotel California – Eagles
How Long – The Eagles
I’m a Believer – The Monkees
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
The Joker – Steve Miller Band
Let’s Dance – David Bowie
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Man in the Mirror – Michael Jackson
Maria - Blondie
Message in a Bottle – The Police
Mustang Sally – The Commitments
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Power of Love – Huey Lewis & The News
Proud Mary – Tina Turner
Purple Rain – Prince
Rabbit – Chas & Dave
Raspberry Beret – Prince
Rocking All Over The World – Status Quo
Run To You - Bryan Adams
Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles
Shake A Tail Feather – Ray Charles
Should I Stay or Should I Go? – The Clash
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynrd Skynrd
Town Called Malice – The Jam
Under Pressure – Queen/David Bowie
Walk of Life – Dire Straits
Walking In Memphis – Mark Cohn
You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Christmas
All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
Auld Lang Syne – Traditional
Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses
Driving Home for Christmas – Chris Rea
Fairytale of New York – The Pogues
Last Christmas - Wham!
Merry Christmas Everyone – Shakin Stevens
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree – Tony Bennett
Previous First Dance Requests (not exhaustive)
A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
All of The Stars – Ed Sheeran
Amazed - Lonestar
Better Together – Jack Johnson
Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Grow Old With Me – Tom Odell
Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Swede
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
It Must Be Love - Madness
Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Love Of My Life - Queen
Lover Of The Light - Mumford & Sons
More Than Words - Extreme
My Girl - The Temptations
Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
Never Stop – Safety Suit
Nothing Else Matters – Metallica
Only Love – Ben Howard
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
Rose Of Your Heart - Johnny Cash
Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
Shut Up and Dance (Slow version) – Walk The Moon
Slide Away - Oasis
Someone Like You - Van Morrison
Together In Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakley
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Unintended – Muse
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
You Are The Best Thing - Ray La Montagne
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
You Make Me Feel So Young – Frank Sinatra
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
Full Biography
Highlights
* 3 highly talented experienced music industry professionals
* Specialists in modern Rock, Pop, Indie & Hip-Hop, plus a few choice classics
* Over TEN years performing together across UK, Europe and North America
* 2 powerful lead vocalists exploit their prowess in a range of genres
* Tight, intuitive harmonies enrich and enhance the sound
* 2 mood options of mellow Cajon & Percussion, or full-blown Drum Kit
* Suitable for small, intimate settings and large, spacious venues alike.
* Start your night with cool, low-key vibes and finish with a jumping dance-floor!
* Over sixty years combined professional experience
* Basic DJ package of music between sets available at no extra cost
* Sound limiter friendly with optional electric drum kit available.
Why Us?
Many acts offer blistering performances of the choicest cuts in contemporary music, tailored to your tastes and needs. Many acts are experienced, versatile professionals- able to mellow the mood… or rock the joint. Many acts comprise exquisite instrumentalists, with years of dedication to their sound and performance. And many acts are genuinely lovely individuals, putting your mind at ease from the moment you book, to the moment your event wraps up.
Resident Heroes are all these things. But when three musicians spend over a decade on the road together – performing for audiences from 20 to 20,000, honing their act, exploring every nuance of their show night after night and developing their parts instinctively so they breathe as one unit – what happens is something else: Intuition. Symbiosis. Power.
Simply put, Resident Heroes will blow your socks off.
What Type of Music?
We specialise in the best tunes of the last 30 years. Stripped down, funked up, and brought to life by two fantastic frontmen, hot guitars and bass, tasty rhythms and tight harmonies. Taken as an unplugged Acoustic Trio, or an amped-up three-piece Rock Band, we deliver extraordinary renditions from the genres of Indie-Rock, Pop, Rap & Hip-hop, plus a few golden oldies thrown in to boot.
All killer and no filler. From the cool and eclectic, to the downright epic. And always tasteful… we like to leave the cheese course to the caterers.
Browse our song list and give us your requirements. We also learn requests.
We’ve Got History
Since 2005 the three bandmates have toured together as the powerhouse rhythm section behind several top UK tribute artists, bringing their recorded music to an extraordinary level of live showmanship. Diversifying into their own powerful covers act, and with Matthew & Robin at the helm, the band have continued entertaining audiences from rock clubs to holiday parks, theatres to cruise ships, weddings and corporate functions to huge music festivals in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Finland, Portugal & Poland. Our long list of previous clients includes global giants Versace, Microsoft, HSBC and Virgin, cruise lines Royal Caribbean and P&O, and hotel chains such as Intercontinental, Marriott and The Four Seasons. Since 2013 Resident Heroes have been regular favourites at London’s trendy Bunga Bunga pizzeria & bar.
Meet the Band…
For over 30 years drummer and percussionist Dave Williams has travelled all over the world backing an esteemed list of amazing artists. Dave's extensive knowledge of styles stretches from rock, pop and soul to Latin, jazz and World Music – making him an exceptional mentor. Dave is the Manager and Musical Director of the internationally acclaimed American Divas live show, and his recording work includes sessions for industry leaders Sony Music.
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Robin Firth has clocked up over 20 years in the industry as a bass player and vocalist, later adding keyboards, guitar and a plethra of oddities to his musical armoury. In the early 2000s he achieved notoriety fronting original bands Dummy Head Stereo & Yamaguchi, and performed live as Stumpy Ovation - later touring with Super Furry Animals and The Levellers. Robin writes music for TV, films & games, while recording and producing emerging artists at his own studio.
Matthew Anthony is a highly accomplished vocalist and guitarist. After graduating in Popular & World Musics at Leeds University, Matthew started out in the entertainment industry in 2004 with P&O cruises, continuing to tour the world with globally-renowned productions Vogue Madonna and Typically Tina, as well as theatre and arena tours Faith: The George Michael Experience, Into The Groove, Lost In Music and Fastlove World Tour. Also represented by Alive Network, Matthew runs his own successful solo show, working for corporate clients O2, Boots, British Gas & Tui Sensatori.
On the Subs Bench...
Resident Heroes work primarily as a fixed unit of three, however occasional circumstances have required us to draw from an outstanding cohort of close colleagues to complete our strong line-up. In the case of unavailability, we will always try to notify the client before booking: notable exceptions including the unpredictable era of Covid, and in one instance, a broken leg! Rest assured, our quality "Deps" have hitherto never let our clients down. Working alongside us for over 15 years, Frontgirl Tara Simms (guitar & vocal) owns the rock, acoustic, lead vocal (and harmony) brief like no other. Drummer Chris Prendergast is the exemplar session pro, having recorded and toured extensively with The Kooks and Alex Clare among countless others. Lloyd Daker is a seasoned drummer and performance lecturer, working with us regularly in Typically Tina: The World Tour. And on bass, vocals and sound duties we have been blessed to work with acclaimed producer and composer James Myhill, as well as the exceptionally versatile Jon Ford of Moretallica.
Lineup
Default lineup: 3 members
Trio: Lead Vocals, Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar/Acoustic Bass, Drums/Cajon & Percussion
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Just as good as we remembered!
Phil C booked Resident Heroes for their Wedding in Northamptonshire • September 2024
“We hired Resident Heroes off the back of my cousins wedding a few years ago. We loved them then & we love them now! Their ability to switch between acoustic sets, live sets and dj sets was seamless, whilst accommodating any requests that had been put forward to us from our guests. The venue also had a specific dB rating that needed to be achieved, meaning they had to supply an electric drum kit, which was no issue to them at all. They were that good that friends of ours who are getting married next year have asked for their details! ”
Hannah B booked Resident Heroes for their Wedding in Surrey • July 2024
“The set was amazing. The band members are approachable and friendly. All our guests had the best time and the music selection was just perfect and catered to our special day. The base player had a nightmare getting to us on time but they kept us updated throughout the evening and it all worked out perfectly. Would recommend resident hero’s 100%”
Katie H booked Resident Heroes for their Wedding in Worcestershire • May 2024
“They were exactly what we wanted, played a range of music and kept the dance floor busy! Lovely band who made the whole process easy even when our venue was running behind. Everyone said how good the band was and they just made our special day even better.”
Absolutely Rocked our NYE Wedding - Highly Recommend!
Max N booked Resident Heroes for their Wedding in Cornwall • December 2023
“We got Resident Heroes for our NYE wedding down in Cornwall. They had a massive repertoire to choose from and I just gave him a list of all the songs I liked from it and they curated probably the best set we could have asked for that had something from everyone while still rocking the house down! They were extremely professional but also a great crack to have at the wedding as well, as it was a NYE wedding they played past midnight and even did a little count down for us as well. Couldn't have asked for a better wedding band and would recommend them to anyone, book them while you still can!”
An incredible band from start to finish!
Kitty D booked Resident Heroes for their Wedding in Lincolnshire • October 2023
“We chose the band because of their varied and amazing setlist, we were put in touch with them and had a chat with Matt about the songs we'd like and vibes we were going for, before we booked them. In the run up to the event, Matt was easy to get a hold of answered all our queries. The day off, they arrived on time, were very professional and friendly. They played two live sets and a DJ set before, inbetween and after. They adapted to the vibes of the crowd and played impeccibly. They truly were incredible and we are so grateful to them for making the evening so special!”
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