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Not too often does a band fuse loud guitars with a great emphasis on purpose and meaning. The Breakaways strive to give people more than what pop culture expect both on and off the stage. “When I first started writing in my early teens all I wanted to write and play was punk rock music, but that genre really does not come naturally to me. Genres do not matter to me anymore, it is the content that counts” says How. Forming in 2008 after meeting at a Sundance Kids concert, Michael How (Upright Bass) and Matthew Button (Drums) decided on the name ‘The Breakaways’ representing freedom, stepping out, and bucking against the status quo. The two went to work putting together a demo and transforming the once very personal and acoustic tunes only played in secrecy, to a synergy of explosive guitar and drums. In 2009 long time friend Nigel Cornish (Guitar) keenly joined the ranks impressed with the sound that was being established. Still feeling that there was something missing, Lesley