The Featherz

{{short description|British alternative rock band (e. 2011)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Featherz | image = | caption = | origin = London, England | genre = Punk rock, glam punk | years_active = 2011–present (Dormant since early 2019) | label = Flockrock, Charles of London | associated_acts = The Lurkers, Extreme Noise Terror, Poussez Posse | current_members = Danie Cox/Centric Dazzle Monroe | past_members = See below }}

'''The Featherz''' (formerly '''The Feathers''') are a Welsh and English band with glam and punk influences (self-styled as "'''Flock Rock'''") led by Danie Cox (born 15 December 1990 in Bridgend, also known as Danie Centric 2018-2020) on lead vocals and guitar. Cox formed the band with two fellow former members of Poussez Posse (aka Georgie Girl And Her Poussez Posse), a band fronted by Georgina Baillie and mentored by Adam Ant. After leaving Baillie and Ant to form their own group, they received press coverage in the ''Ipswich Star'',<ref name="ipswichstar2014-01" /> ''Wales On Sunday'',<ref name="walesonsunday01" /> ''Basingstoke Gazette'',<ref name="basingstokegazette2015-02" /> website ''Louder Than War''<ref name=haslaminterview /><ref name=haslamrebellion /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/featherz-camden-unicorn-live-review/|title=The Featherz: Camden Unicorn - live review|first=Martin|last=Haslam|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/live-review-jonny-cola-and-the-a-grades-at-camden-barfly-april-8th/|title=Jonny Cola And The A Grades: Camden Barfly - live review|first=Martin|last=Haslam|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=11 April 2014|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="ordinaryged" /> and rock magazine ''Vive Le Rock'' who included their track "RNR★" on the free CD with the January/February 2014 edition (issue 16).<ref name="Vive16" /><ref name="vlrdamned" /><ref name="5yireview" /> They also completed a UK national tour supporting Boy George, in three of whose videos Cox appeared<ref name="walesonsunday01" /> and subsequently toured with The Damned.<ref name="vlrdamned" /><ref name="whiterabbits" />

Since May 2014, Cox/Centric is the last remaining founder member. Since 2018 the only other permanent member has been longtime drummer Dazzle Monroe (formerly of Extreme Noise Terror, born 7 February 1966 in Ipswich). Together, Cox/Centric and Monroe continued to record and play live under the Featherz bandname either as a duo or else with guest lead guitarists/bassists until early 2019. Since then, the band has been mostly on hold while Cox focuses on her side project, all-female Slade tribute band '''Slady''' (styled '''SLADY''').

==History== ===2011–2014 - Formation=== Cox arrived in London in October 2010 to pursue a career as a professional musician.<ref name="trove">{{Cite web|url=http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/158536340925711/Danie+Cox|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000904/http://www.artisttrove.com/artist/158536340925711/Danie+Cox|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 February 2017|title=Danie Cox from South Wales|date=13 February 2017}}</ref> In January 2011, she was recruited to Georgie Girl And Her Poussez Posse as guitarist and backing vocalist. The band also included Baillie, Molly Spiers-MacLeod (the daughter of Spizz) on bass and backing vocals, drummer Rachael Smith<ref name="trove" /> and additional guitarist Fiona Bevan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/more-than-one-direction-for-fiona-bevan-1.1765356|title=More than one direction for Fiona Bevan|first=Lauren|last=Murphy|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref> This lineup supported Ant on four tour dates in Spring/Summer 2011 and recorded tracks for a planned single plus EP. Footage from early 2011 of a Poussez Posse band meeting at Ant's home is included in ''The Blueblack Hussar'', a documentary about Ant directed by Jack Bond.<ref>The Blueblack Hussar DVD Sunrise 001 2014. Credits include: "... In order of appearance: ... Danie Cox, Fiona Bevan, Molly Spiers Macleod, Rachael Smith, ..."</ref> Unhappy with the general direction of the band and Ant's style of mentoring, Cox, Spiers-MacLeod and Smith all left the group<ref name="trove" /><ref name="walesonsunday01" /> (to be replaced by a new lineup, still fronted by Baillie and including future Curse of Lono bassist Charis Anderson, which continued to support Ant on tour until the end of 2012.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/25352/|title=Georgie Girl and her Poussez Posse : interview|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=10 July 2012|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> The trio formed their own band The Feathers, making their debut guerilla gig appearance at the Occupy London camp outside St Paul's Cathedral on 23 October 2011.<ref name="walesonsunday01">{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/outrageous-dressing-welsh-singer-danie-6686651|title=Outrageous dressing Welsh singer Danie Cox teams up with 80s legend Boy George|first=David|last=Owens|date=8 February 2014|website=WalesOnline.com|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

The band's track "Life Stranger" reached the quarter-finals of the YouBloom online talent contest and was released on the compilation ''Hipsters 3''.<ref name="Hipsters 3" /> Cox and Spiers-MacLeod also performed an acoustic set on Garry Bushell's ''Rancid Sounds'' radio show on TotalRock in April 2012.<ref>"[http://totalrock.com/podcast/GarryBushellsRancidSounds.xml Sat, 28 Apr 2012 ... Garry is joined in the studio by reggae legend Dave Barker, rising Ska stars Buster Shuffle and the feisty Feathers"], ''Totalrock.com''</ref> Two years later in April 2014, they performed a second acoustic set for Bushell's show - by now transferred to online literary community Litopia's podcast section.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://litopia.com/featherz-infa-riot|title="The Featherz & Infa Riot - The Hungry and the Hunted" Garry Bushell radio show podcast - details and link to podcast 3 May 2014|website=Litopia.com|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> At around the time of the first session, Smith left the group to be replaced by Alex Gold, also of The Boys. Gold in turn would be replaced by Monroe in January 2013.

In April 2013, Cox befriended Boy George after they met at the launch party of an exhibition of stage costumes of their mutual hero David Bowie at the Victoria and Albert Museum at which George was a guest speaker. Impressed with the appearance and demeanour of the glammed-up Cox, George invited her to show herself on stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidbowie.com/news/see-danie-cox-and-feathers-london-free-51711|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110003333/https://www.davidbowie.com/news/see-danie-cox-and-feathers-london-free-51711|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2014|title=See Danie Cox and The Feathers in London For Free - David Bowie Latest News|date=10 January 2014}}</ref> Subsequently, Cox appeared in three videos for singles by George: "I'm Coming Home" (also featuring a cameo by Monroe), "King of Everything" and "My God" directed by Dean Stockings. The band also supported George on his November 2013 solo UK tour to promote his album ''This Is What I Do''.<ref name="ipswichstar2014-01" /><ref name="walesonsunday01" /><ref name="Vive16" /><ref name="tourgeorgepage">{{Cite web|url=http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/wordpress/the-featherz-support-george/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100823/http://www.boygeorgeuk.com/wordpress/the-featherz-support-george/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=6 October 2014|title=THE FEATHERZ SUPPORT GEORGE » Boy George Official|date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

In early 2013, the band undertook a photo session for fashion designer Mark Charles and his Charles of London fashion label. From then until mid 2016, all band members regularly wore Charles' designs as stagewear<ref name="walesonsunday01" /> (as Cox did frequently for some time thereafter, resuming the practice with her Slady bandmates in 2019.) Charles also released the band's debut single "RNR★" on his Charles Of London Records label. The A-side was later included on the compilation CD ''Teenage Rampage'', cover-mounted on issue 16 of ''Vive Le Rock'' magazine. The magazine's track guide described Cox as a "rising star" and the band as "injected with glam rock attitude" which "will give you glitter-covered goose bumps and get your feet stomping."<ref name="Vive16" /> The single also received airplay on BBC Radio Wales<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/5e2e4d85-4597-3059-a76c-1f433801dbd5|title=This week's musical feast|date=17 February 2014|website=BBC}}</ref> and Radio Caroline.

The ''Ipswich Star'' gave a headline preview to the band's 25 January 2014 gig at the Steamboat Tavern in Monroe's native Ipswich, alongside a photo of the band, noting how "The London trio, fresh from {{sic|supo|rting}} Boy George on his recent UK tour, led by Danie Cox, are getting rave reviews for their brand of punk-pop."<ref name="ipswichstar2014-01">Featherz lead lineup at Steamboat, ''Ipswich Star'' 24 January 2014 page 4</ref> ''Wales On Sunday'' extensively interviewed Cox in the 9 February 2014 edition about the band, their associations with Ant, Baillie, George and Charles, and her life in general. Commenting on Cox and her band, the newspaper noted "With her electrifying red hair, extravagant make-up and outrageous dress sense, 23-year-old Danie Cox and her band The Featherz look every inch pop stars."<ref name="walesonsunday01" />

===2014–2016 - Alice Atkinson era=== Spiers-MacLeod left the band in May 2014<ref name=gonads /> and Alice Atkinson was announced as replacement bass player in early June. She made her debut on 28 June 2014 at the 100 Club alongside new additional guitarist Lily Marlene<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nemesis.to/vicesquad_100clublive.htm|title=Nemesis To Go - Live: Vice Squad|website=Nemesis.to}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/ruperthitchcox2/docs/fotozine_chapter_1_4cb8cd8aa26e88|title=Fotozine chapter 1|website=Issuu|date=3 August 2014 }}</ref> (the daughter of Bond's partner and credited on ''The Blueblack Hussar'' as Assistant to the Director).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5536955/|title=Lily Marlene|website=IMDb}}</ref> The gig also marked Cox's return to the stage following a severe knee injury days after Spiers McLeod's departure.<ref name=gonads>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-gonads.co.uk/blogmay2014.htm|title=THE GONADS|website=The-gonads.co.uk}}</ref> Due to Marlene's commitments outside the band, she left amicably and an ongoing vacancy for additional guitarist existed for 14 months until Daniel Jones' spell with the band.

In the meantime Cox, Atkinson and Monroe continued to gig in the three-piece format,<ref name=haslamrebellion /> occasionally joined by various guest guitarists, including David Donley,<ref name="forget" /> his student Zoe Keeling,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7hgaY_viKc|title=The Featherz perform with Zoe Keeling (stage right)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> Vera Wild of the band Jelly<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wherevent.com/detail/The-Featherz-THE-FEATHERZ-LIVE-AT-REBELLION-FESTIVAL|title=THE FEATHERZ LIVE AT REBELLION FESTIVAL|website=Wherevent.com|date=8 August 2015 }}</ref> and Polly Hedges of the band Seek Destroy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp6WT2QpdhA|title=The Featherz 01 Ballroom Blitz (12 Bar Club London 11/07/2015) |publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> In late 2014, they recorded fresh material at Broadoak Studios, Sussex with producer/guitarist Kevin Armstrong. Their 14 February 2015 headline gig at the Irish Centre in Basingstoke received praise from the ''Basingstoke Gazette'' "The headline band were The Featherz ... who continued the general theme of girls showing just how well they can rock it up ... Not quite as heavy as (''second on the bill act'') Petrol Girls, they still had a real fast punky set. They had also picked up a posse of new followers who were now ready to worship every bead and every bit of glitter - as well as dance along to their songs."<ref name="basingstokegazette2015-02">[http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/leisure/music/11800504.Neil_Duncan_reports_on_the_Valentine_s_night_gig_which_snatched_victory_from_the_jaws_of_defeat Neil Duncan reports on the Valentine's night gig which snatched victory from the jaws of defeat] ''Basingstoke Gazette''18 February 2015</ref>

The band also played the Pavilion Stage of the 2015 Rebellion Festival.<ref name=haslamrebellion /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321203240/http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2015|title=Line Up|date=21 March 2015}}</ref> Their set received an enthusiastic review from Martin Haslam of ''Louder Than War'': "Bringing their brand of self-styled ‘Flock Rock’ to the masses, I'm pleased that the venue is filling up. Glam anthems (Glamthems?) get the crowd onside, ‘When Was The Last Time You Had Sex?’ and other ear worms. I’ve seen them before, but this line up has added Alice Atkinson, which is a very good thing; the three-piece with Danie Cox and Dazzle Monroe are now tighter and born to entertain. Championed by Boy George and dressed by Charles Of London, they deserve your attention. Now!"<ref name=haslamrebellion>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/rebellion-festival-2015-blackpool-winter-gardens-live-review/|title=Rebellion Festival 2015: Blackpool Winter Gardens - live review|first=Martin|last=Haslam|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=14 August 2015|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> The band appeared again at the 2017 and 2018 festivals, both times on the Opera House stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606102906/http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2017|title=Line Up|date=6 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729070331/http://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2018|title=Line Up|date=29 July 2018}}</ref> Cox returned to the festival in 2023 on the Empress Ballroom main stage with Slady<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230605203427/https://www.rebellionfestivals.com/line-up Rebellion 2023 line up. Includes Slady.''Rebellion Festival''], ''Web.archive.org'', Retrieved 31 August 2023</ref> who also played 2024 on the Almost Acoustic stage as a duo of Cox and guitarist Dawn Firth-Godbehere. The full band played the Club Casbah stage in 2025.

A second single for Charles Of London Records, "You" was released from the sessions with Armstrong on download in early September 2015 followed by a CD release two months later.<ref name="auto"/> A video was filmed back in April 2015 in Brighton, directed by Stockings. Interviewed by Haslam at Rebellion for ''Louder Than War'', Cox announced that the band's next release would be their debut album. Cox also commented on her philosophy as a performer and bandleader: "I'd always had a dream, to write my own songs, to express myself through my clothes and how I present myself. Luckily, I found that in The Featherz, in London ... We are The Featherz, there is nothing else for me. I'd rather die than give up. Our songs are statements. It really is all I can do"<ref name=haslaminterview>{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/interview-featherz-self-styled-flock-rock-band-spoke-louder-war-rebellion-last-weekend/|title=Interview: The Featherz - the self-styled flock rock band spoke to ''Louder Than War'' at Rebellion last weekend|first=Martin|last=Haslam|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=20 August 2015|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

Around the time of the single's download release, the additional guitarist role was briefly filled when Jones joined. He left amicably three months later due to musical differences, shortly before the band played three high profile support slots in Sheffield, Liverpool and London, for The Damned.<ref name="vlrdamned">{{Cite web|url=https://vivelerock.net/the-damned-academy-is-the-life-for-me/|title=THE DAMNED: ACADEMY IS THE LIFE FOR ME!|first=Gerry|last=Ranson|website=Vive Le Rock Magazine}}</ref><ref name="whiterabbits">{{Cite web|url=http://www.whiterabbitskgs.co.uk/set_info/2015.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325015805/http://www.whiterabbitskgs.co.uk/set_info/2015.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2016|title=The Damned: Live Performances - 2015|date=25 March 2016}}</ref> Following the death of her hero David Bowie in January 2016, Cox was filmed by Italian television show ''Studio Aperto'' performing Bowie's songs at his shrine at the Heddon Street telephone box<ref name=studioaperto>{{cite web|url=http://www.video.mediaset.it/video/studioaperto/full/edizione-speciale-hero-in-onore-del-duca-bianco_587089.html|title=Studioaperto Edizione Speciale:Hero in onore del Duca Bianco|access-date=18 January 2016|publisher=Studio Aperto, Italia 1|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> while the Featherz performed at a Bowie memorial concert at the Union Chapel, Islington with Mick Ronson's sister Maggi guesting with the band on vocals for "Ziggy Stardust"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35340025|title=Bowie tribute gig held in London chapel|first=Gerry|last=Holt|work=BBC News|date=17 January 2016}}</ref> Cox and Mike Garson's biographer Clifford Slapper also performed a vocal/piano version of "We Are the Dead".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnBKjUkAu1M |title=We Are The Dead - Danie Cox at The Union Chapel With Clifford Slapper |publisher=YouTube |date= |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref>

Also in early 2016 the band, plus Donley again on additional guitar, recorded new material at Quadra Studios in Walthamstow with producer John "Lucifer" Pridige.<ref name="forget" /><ref name="moonage" /> A new additional guitarist, Chris Shepherd, joined the band in April. In June a video, featuring the new lineup, was filmed in Southend for Atkinson composition Forget All You Know.<ref name="forget" /> In early September, the video was posted to YouTube<ref name="forget" /> and this track and a cover of Moonage Daydream (featuring Slapper on piano), both from the Quadra session, were uploaded to the group's Bandcamp account and iTunes store. Prior to this, a trailer video featuring a clip from a third track from Quadra, a cover of "The Ballroom Blitz" had been posted to YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZuO7e22yQ|title=Trailer for September 2016 single release featuring clip of Ballroom Blitz|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> Cox and Slapper recorded another version of Moonage Daydream for the latter's planned album ''Bowiesongs 2'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bowiesongs.com/about-2/ |title=News – Bowie Songs One |website=Bowiesongs.com |date= |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> while Cox also collaborated with The Lurkers<ref name="lurkers1">{{Cite web|url=http://godslonelymen.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004005459/http://godslonelymen.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2016|title=God's Lonely Men - Official Website of The Lurkers GLM|date=4 October 2016}}</ref> on their track High Velocity, which was released as a single 24 November 2017.<ref name="lurkers2">{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/lurkers-high-velocity-single-pete-nigel-esso-reclaim-name/|title=The Lurkers: High Velocity -new single - Pete Stride, Nigel Moore & Esso reclaim the name...|first=Ged|last=Babey|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=22 October 2017|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> ''Louder Than War'''s Ged Babey praised Cox's contribution: "Dani (''sic'') has a likeable Honey Bane meets Beki Bondage singing style and is perfect on the song."<ref name="lurkers2"/> The track received airplay on Steve Lamacq's show on BBC Radio 6music<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097yksx/segments |title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Steve Lamacq, Downtown Boys live in session |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2020}}</ref> and Cox recorded further material with the Lurkers in December 2017, February 2018 and May 2018.

===2016–2018 - ''Five-Year-Itch'', ''Ordinary Girl?'' EP=== Atkinson and Shepherd left the band in late 2016. Guitarist Holly Henderson of the band Dorja and bassist Jenny Lane of the band Planet Of The Capes, both of whom previously deputised in these roles in The Featherz,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/rock-goddess-announces-new-bassist/|title=ROCK GODDESS Announces New Bassist|date=9 October 2018|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET}}</ref> served as temporary live members until the arrival of permanent replacements, Swedish bassist Gerda Lucy Rankka aka Lucy Lawbreaker and Italian additional guitarist Aryanne Maudit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=ce429c27fa69fcfe03b359f05&id=158ae27311&e=1db3ae3cd0|title=Real Music Club February 2017|website=us6.campaign-archive.com}}</ref> In the meantime, the band produced new music videos of the tracks Chelsea, Takes One To Know One and Moonage Daydream and recorded further material in Quadra Studios with Pridige and Faebhean Kwest.

Appearing on internet radio station K2K Radio's show Flipside London Radio hosted by Aidan McManus, on 28 March 2017, Cox confirmed that the band's imminent debut album was entitled ''Five-Year-Itch'' and would be 17 tracks long.<ref name=flipside>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170103091610/http://ktokradio.com/shows/flipside-radio/ Flipside London Radio]}} Episode 8 with Danie Cox from Flock Rockers The Featherz, transmitted 28 March 2017 K2K Radio. Event occurs at 01:50:14</ref> The album was released on 13 April 2017 and was compiled by Pridige (who also funded the release) from content from various sessions since 2012 (hence the album title) including material from his own sessions with the band at Quadra Studios as well as the Broadoak Studios sessions with Armstrong, both sides of the RNR★ single recorded in 2013 and the band's earliest attempt at making an album at Perry Vale Studios in 2012, as well as Pridige's own live recordings of the band.<ref name=pridigenotes>{{Cite web|url=https://thefeatherz.bandcamp.com/merch/five-year-itch|title=Five Year Itch from The Featherz|website=The Featherz}}</ref><ref name=rmc5yi>{{Cite web|url=https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?u=ce429c27fa69fcfe03b359f05&id=036ba908ee&e=1db3ae3cd0|title=Real Music Club News|website=us6.campaign-archive.com}}</ref> ''Vive Le Rock'''s Alison Bateman rated the album 7/10. Although lukewarm about the choices of covers included, she nevertheless enthused, "(The band) have already built a buzz with their energetic live shows, centred on flame-haired attitude-oozing young frontwoman Danie Cox. Their cheeky punked-up glitter rock risks being a tough act to translate to the studio, but ''Five-Year-Itch'' mostly manages with charismatic flair... They're neither short on musical chops, nor shy of buckling down to serious business of writing infuriatingly immovable hooks."<ref name="5yireview">''Five-Year-Itch'' review by Alison Bateman, ''Vive Le Rock'' issue 46 (July 2017) page 87</ref>

The band's next single, Ordinary Girl? recorded late 2016 at Quadra with Atkinson and Shepherd (shortly before their departures) and produced by Pridige, was released on Bandcamp on 1 May 2017.<ref name="ogirl" /> The single cover featured Cox's friend, the late Imogen Goldie<ref name="girl" /> whose mother Diane had previously designed and provided the costumes worn by the band in the Forget All You Know video<ref name="forget" /> and again in the video for this single, in which she herself appeared.<ref name="girl" /> In September, the band announced their intention to recruit a keyboard player. Successful applicant Catherine Robertson from Wales made her debut with the band on 26 October at the O2 Islington when they supported Penetration (whose song Don't Dictate previously appeared on ''Five-Year-Itch''.) In late November Maudit left and was replaced by Lawbreaker's partner and fellow Swede John Jönsson, who had already substituted for Maudit at two of the four dates of the band's November 2017 UK tour.

The CD edition of ''Ordinary Girl?'' was released on 3 January 2018, also including the last remaining tracks from the first Quadra studios session from early 2016. Ged Babey, reviewing the EP for ''Louder Than War'', was suitably impressed, describing the band as "brash, flash, glam, blam-blam wiggy, Ziggy, rockin rollin’, into Bolan… just a great old-skool party band," the lead track as having "the feel of a fab 1979 Noo Wave single -sprinkled with glitter and all over Radio Wun - not arf!" with "that staccato Lene Lovich feel that Hazel O'Connor nicked and lovely thick slices of guitar," the video as "beautifully lo-fi and am-dram and captures a band who take their music but not themselves too seriously," and the cover image of Imogen Goldie cover as "proving if nothing else that behind the glitter there are some tears and there is more ‘depth’ to the band than there might initially seem."<ref name="ordinaryged">{{Cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/hifi-spitfires-bamboo-vipers-the-glorias-the-featherz-punk-releases-round/|title=Hi-Fi Spitfires, Bamboo Vipers, the Glorias and the Featherz - punk releases round-up|first=Ged|last=Babey|website=Louderthanwar.com|date=23 January 2018|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

The band recorded a session in January 2018 with Centric (as Cox was now known) self-producing. Around this time it was announced that Centric was now permanent vocalist for The Lurkers, while also continuing with The Featherz. In February 2018 Maudit returned to the band after only three months away, to form a new six piece lineup, with Centric no longer playing guitar. Further work on the January recording was carried out in mid March; shortly afterwards however, Maudit, Lawbreaker, Jönsson and Robertson all left. In April, with Pridige once again producing, Centric and Monroe recorded another session, with lead guitarist Calle Englemarc of The Members and, together with Lane on bass, they filmed an official live video at the Dublin Castle<ref name=chelsealive>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSy_2elVWIM|title=Chelsea (live at Dublin Castle) official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> Bassist Emily Condon (of Southend band The Fleas) joined the band in July, making her debut in August at the Rebellion Festival, but was fired in September after pulling out of several gigs, the last of which, in Ipswich, went ahead regardless as a duo performance, which has since remained the band format. Centric, Monroe and Pridige also recorded yet further tracks at QRS Studios at the end of 2018.

===2019–present - Side projects, second album=== Centric's second single with The Lurkers, Electrical Guitar, came out in January 2019<ref name=electrical>{{Cite web|url=https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/the-lurkers-electrical-guitar/|title=The Lurkers - Electrical Guitar|website=Damagedgoods.co.uk|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> and topped the UK Vinyl Singles chart.<ref name=egno1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-singles-chart/20190201/897/|title=Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> Parent album ''Sex Crazy'' was released in October 2020, featuring the two A-sides recorded with Centric although "This Is Your Revolution" and other songs were rerecorded in 2019 without Centric for the release.<ref name=sexcrazyDG>{{Cite web|url=https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/the-lurkers-sex-crazy/|title = THE LURKERS - Sex Crazy}}</ref> Interviewed for ''Vive Le Rock'' in 2020 to promote the album release, Centric's fellow Lurkers praised her contributions. Esso recalled "I asked her to join us for a few tracks or whatever, and I'm glad she did. I think she sounds great, it gave us a bit of a lift - she's a great singer." Moore concurred, "We were looking for a fresh feel at the time, so when she asked to meet Esso to talk about his book ''God's Lonely Men'', I suggested she ask her if she like [sic] to do some vocals, she agreed and made a great job of "High Velocity" and "Electrical Guitar." I can't imagine anyone else singing "High Velocity."<ref>Nigel Moore and Pete "Manic Esso" Haynes, The Lurkers interview by Joe Whyte, ''Vive Le Rock'' issue 77, p55</ref>

Early in 2019, Pridige mastered the Featherz' 2017–2018 Quadra Studios sessions to form a second album with the working title ''Flock On'', to clear up most of the band's remaining songs thus far. However this was not released at the time as Centric was dissatisfied with the mix on one track. The combination of intensive Slady-related activity (as detailed below) and disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic has left this project on hiatus as of {{year}}. However, both Centric and Pridige expressed willingness to complete the album at some point in the future. The pandemic also halted plans for a collaboration between the two Featherz and TV presenter Gareth Jones on bass in early 2020.

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Slady | image = | caption = | origin = London, England | genre = Glam rock, tribute band | years_active = 2018–present | label = Sladydor | associated_acts = The Featherz, David Woodcock, | current_members = Gobby Holder (Danie Cox/ Centric) Jem Lea (Wendy Soloman) Davina Hill (Lisa Pattison) Donna Powell (Cheryl Marie Chitty) ---- part-time: Our Friend Stan (Devid Woodcock) | past_members = Davina Hill (Annie Needham) Davina Hill (Dawn Firth-Godbehere) Davina Hill (Georgia Levermore) Davina Hill (Dill Tasker) Donna Powell (Fiona Dulake) Donna Powell (Sophie Reed) Donna Powell (Jessica Dann) }}Centric also formed all-female Slade tribute band Slady, with drummer Fiona Dulake and bassist Wendy Solomon (aka Angel Melodyhorn - the partner of David Woodcock who has guested with the full band, billed as "Our Friend Stan"), who made their debut in Southend in November 2018.<ref>''Sirens of Noize, Blues, Electro and Garage'', Kelly Buckley The Echo 6 February 2019 p18</ref><ref name=darryl1>''Whatever Happened To Slade'', Darryl Eastlea, Omnibus Press 2023, p396</ref> The band were later joined by guitarist Annie Needham and drummer Sophie Reed who replaced Dulake. Respectively, Centric, Solomon, Reed and Needham adopted the aliases Gobby Holder, Jem Lea. Donna Powell and Davina Hill in the band. Since February 2019, this project has been Centric's main focus and they played at Slade's main fan convention in Wolverhampton in Octobers of 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/music/2019/05/20/don-powell-to-treat-slade-fans-to-exclusive-material-from-new-project-at-wolverhampton-event/|title=Don Powell to treat Slade fans to exclusive material from new project at Wolverhampton event|first=Rebecca|last=Sayce|website=Expressandstar.com}}</ref> 2021 and 2022. They were listed in ''Metro'' as one of three "Acts To Catch This Christmas" in their 'Going Out' section.<ref>Going Out: Acts To Catch This Christmas, Metro (London edition) 9 December 2019 p38</ref>

Slady's live set for 2021 featured a track-by-track performance of the hit album ''Slade Alive!''. Needham left Slady at the end of 2021, once all existing commitments were completed, to focus on her other band Sweet Giant (formerly Big Peyote). The search for Needham's replacement received press coverage in the ''Shropshire Star''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/music/2022/01/07/wanted-a-female-dave-hill-for-all-woman-slade-tribute-band/|title=Wanted: A female Dave Hill for all-woman Slade tribute band|first=Adam|last=Smith|date=7 January 2022|website=Shropshirestar.com|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> She was replaced by Dawn Firth-Godbehere as the new "Davina Hill" in early 2022. Shortly afterwards, Jessica Dann replaced Reed as "Donna Powell" on drums. Both Needham and Reed have occasionally returned to stand in for their respective successors. The band toured with The Rezillos in June and recorded a studio session in August 2022 for a first single, a cover of Slade's "Merry Xmas Everybody" and custom composition "Slade Are For Life Not Just For Xmas" (by Slade fan John Barker).<ref>The Echo [https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23138985.worlds-female-slade-tribute-band-sing-its-chriiiiistmas-/ ''World's only female Slade tribute band to sing 'It's Chriiiiistmas!'' Kelly Buckley 22 November 2022]</ref> A video for the former was filmed in a Hoxton pub in October; the filming attracted coverage from the ''Hackney Post''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hackneypost.co.uk/slady-slay-the-hoxton-stage/|title=Slady slay the Hoxton stage|first=Jamie|last=Barton|website=Hackneypost.co.uk|date=20 October 2022|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> and ''Hackney Gazette''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/23068574.female-slade-tribute-act-shoot-video-hoxton/|title='It's Chistmaaass!': Female Slade tribute band shoot video|date=21 October 2022|website=Hackney Gazette|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> The CD and download single were released and the video was premiered on Youtube on 1 December<ref name=petesrock /> followed by a video for the second track on 14 January 2023.<ref name="NotJust4" /> The band recorded their second single in April 2024 "Cum On Feel The Noize" b/w "Dig Me", the latter being the Featherz' song revisited, both being rerecordings of tracks from ''Five Year Itch''. It was released 23 August 2024, followed by music videos of both tracks. Georgia Levermore replaced Firth-Godbehere in April 2025. The new lineup recorded three tracks - "Coz I Luv You", "My Oh My" and the Featherz' "Do You Wanna Feel Free?"- for a third single. In summer 2025, Dill Tasker and Cheryl Marie Chitty replaced Levermore and Dann respectively. They have since rerecorded "Merry Xmas Everybody" as an additional track for the new release. The other three already released songs were incorporated into the project to make it a seven track mini album "Coz I Luv You" on the label Wienerworld.<ref name=luvalbum>https://www.wienerworld.com/product/slady-cuz-i-luv-you/</ref> A video of the title track was filmed at The Ship pub in Soho. ''Classic Rock'' magazine made the lead song one of their Tracks of the Week for 1 December, 2025.<ref>https://www.loudersound.com/music/tracks-singles/classic-rocks-tracks-of-the-week-december-1-2025</ref>. The band made its US debut - also Cox's American debut - in March 2027 with gigs in San Diego and Los Angeles plus a video of "My Oh My".<ref name="myomy" />. Lisa Pattison replaced Tasker in Spring 2026.

In late 2023 "Holder", "Lea" and "Stan" formed a stripped-down three piece acoustic version of the band for smaller bar gigs. Cox/Centric has also formed the band "Cilla's Back" - a tribute act to Cilla Black and other female 1960s singers - and performed as Black in several performances of stage show s ''This Is Merseybeat''

Monroe meanwhile contributed for some time (until his 2022 return to Suffolk) to Slady as a concert photographer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/dazzlemedia/albums/72177720297844886 |title=Slady Cart & Horses 2022 photos by Daz Monroe|website=Flickr.com|access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> and as a graphic designer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/sladyofficial1/status/1198187195749797889|title=X.com|website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> and on one occasion (an August 2019 support slot for John Rossall's disputed version of The Glitter Band at the Dublin Castle) as substitute drummer for Reed, once again on stage with Cox/Centric. In addition, he has occasionally played reunion gigs with his early Suffolk scene band, Rue De La Mort.

==Personnel== ===The Featherz=== '''Current members''' * Danie Cox/Centric – vocals September 2011 – present, guitar September 2011 – February 2018 and April 2018 – present * Dazzle Monroe – drums January 2013 – present (Band dormant since early 2019)

'''Former members''' *Molly Spiers-MacLeod – bass September 2011 – May 2014 *Rachael Smith – drums September 2011 – April 2012 *Alex Gold – drums May 2012 – December 2012 *Lily Marlene – lead guitar April 2014 – August 2014 *Alice Atkinson – bass June 2014 – December 2016 *Daniel Jones – lead guitar October 2015 – November 2015 *Chris Shepherd – lead guitar April 2016 – December 2016 *Aryanne Maudit – lead guitar February 2017 – November 2017 and February 2018 – March 2018 *Lucy Lawbreaker – bass February 2017 – March 2018 *Catherine Robertson – keyboards, October 2017 – March 2018 *John Jönsson – lead guitar December 2017 – January 2018, rhythm guitar February 2018 – March 2018 *Emily Condon – bass July 2018 – September 2018

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===Slady=== '''Current members''' * Danie Cox/Centric – vocals and guitar as "Gobby Holder" November 2018 – present * Wendy Solomon – bass as "Jem Lea" November 2018 – present * Cheryl Marie Chitty – drums as "Donna Powell" July 2025 – present * Lisa Pattison – lead guitar as "Davina Hill" April 2026 – present

'''Part time member''' *David Woodcock – keyboards as "Our Friend Stan" intermittently 2018–present

'''Former members''' * Fiona Dulake – drums as "Donna Powell" November 2018 – April 2019 * Sophie Read – drums as "Donna Powell" May 2019 – January 2022 * Jessica Dann – drums as "Donna Powell" February 2022 – June 2025 * Annie Needham – lead guitar as "Davina Hill" May 2019 – December 2021 * Dawn Firth-Godbehere – lead guitar as "Davina Hill" February 2022 – March 2025 * Georgia Levermore – lead guitar as "Davina Hill" April 2025 – May 2025 * Dill Tasker – lead guitar as "Davina Hill" June 2025 – March 2026 '''Timeline'''

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==Discography== {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = The Featherz | Image = | Caption = | Alt = | Studio = 1 | Live = | Compilation = | EP = 1 | Singles = 4 | Music videos = 9 | B-sides = | Soundtrack = }} The discography of The Featherz consists of one studio album (including some live material), one EP, four singles including the EP title track, nine music videos and one original appearance on another release.

A second studio album, recorded 2017–2018, remains unreleased.

Cox/Centric has also sung on two singles by The Lurkers and played guitar and sung on a mini album and two singles by Slady.

===Album=== *''Five-Year-Itch'' (Flockrock Records, FRO1, 2017 - CD album only)<ref name=flipside /><ref name=pridigenotes /><ref name=rmc5yi /> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} # "Takes 1 2 Know 1" {{Efn|Tracks 1 and 2 previously released on Bandcamp 18 December 2014, recorded 2012 at Perry Vale Studios, produced by Pat Collier, previously circulated as radio singles|group=upper-alpha}} # "When I Fall In Love" # "RNR★"{{Efn|Tracks 3 and 4 were previously released on vinyl as the RNR★ single - see below|group=upper-alpha}} # "When Was The Last Time You Had Sex?" # "Dig Me"{{Efn|Tracks 5 and 6 were originally recorded at Broadoak Studios during the 2014 sessions for the "You" single, produced by Kevin Armstrong. Mixed by John Lucifer Pridige at Quadra Studios, February 2017|group=upper-alpha}} # "Chelsea" # "Bad Girl"{{Efn|Tracks 7 and 8 were recorded January 2016 at Seacroft Studios, Southend, for the studio's internet radio show, Live And Unsigned. Produced by Paul Finch|group=upper-alpha}} # "Party Crasher" # "Forget All You Know"{{Efn|Tracks 9–10 were previously released as an MP3 package as the "Forget All You Know" single. Tracks 12–14 are further material from the same session at Quadra Studios.|group=upper-alpha}} # "Moonage Daydream" # "Patience" (Live - Acoustic) {{Efn|Tracks 11 and 15–17 are live recordings made by Pridige with official authority from the band.|group=upper-alpha}} # "Ballroom Blitz" # "Give Over Darling" # "Cum On Feel The Noize" # "Beat On The Brap" (Live) # "Hopeless Summer" (Live) # "Don't Dictate" (Live) {{div col end}} {{notelist-ua}}

===Singles/EP=== * ''RNR★'' (Charles Of London Records, COLRecords1, 2013, 7" vinyl only) # "RNR★" # "When Was The Last Time You Had Sex?"

* ''You'' (Charles Of London Records, COLR002, 2015, mp3s on Bandcamp plus CD single) # "You" # "Bad Girl"

* ''Forget All You Know'' (2016, mp3s on Bandcamp and iTunes. A CD single edition was planned, but did not materialize - instead the tracks were included on the ''Five-Year-Itch'' album.)<ref name=pridigenotes /> # "Forget All You Know" # "Moonage Daydream"

* ''Ordinary Girl?'' EP (Flockrock Records, FRO2, 2017, Track 1 only mp3 single on Bandcamp and iTunes. 2018 CD EP of full release)<ref name="ogirl">{{Cite web|url=https://thefeatherz.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-girl|title=Ordinary Girl?, by The Featherz|website=Thefeatherz.bandcamp.com|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="girl" /> {{div col|colwidth=40em}} # "Ordinary Girl?" # "Do You Wanna Feel Free?" # "20th Century Boy" # "When Was The Last Time You Had Sex?" (Live) # "Ordinary Girl?" (original mix) # "Bad Girl" (Live - Acoustic - bonus hidden track){{div col end}}

===Compilations=== * ''Hipsters 3'' (Acid Jazz Records, AJX287, 2012, CD<ref name="Hipsters 3">{{Cite web|url=http://acidjazz.bigcartel.com/product/hipsters-3-various-cd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041118/http://acidjazz.bigcartel.com/product/hipsters-3-various-cd|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2014|title=Acid Jazz Records — Hipsters 3 - Various CD|date=22 February 2014}}</ref>) # "Life Stranger" (also released as standalone mp3 on iTunes. Reissued on Bandcamp 18 December 2014) * ''Teenage Rampage'' (''Vive Le Rock'', VIVE016, 2013, CD<ref name="Vive16">''Vive Le Rock'' issue 16 (January/February 2014), p28 & covermount CD</ref>) # "RNR★" *''Redrock Festival 2016: All Day Rock Fest - National and International Bands 2nd Oct 2016'' (Redwire, RED002, 2016 CD<ref name="The Featherz are playing at Redrock Festival 2016">{{cite web|title=The Featherz are playing at Redrock Festival 2016|url=http://www.redrockfest.com/the-featherz-are-playing-at-redrock-festival-2016/|publisher=Redrock Festival}}</ref>) # "Bad Girl" *''The Punk Lounge Presents.. Songs From The Sofa Volume 1'' (The Punk Lounge, download on Bandcamp, 2018) #"You"

===Other projects by Danie Cox/Centric=== ====The Lurkers==== ''See also The Lurkers discography'' *''High Velocity EP'' (Human Punk/Damaged Goods, DAMGOOD491-HP002, 2017, limited edition 500 copies on 7 inch pink vinyl) # "High Velocity" (single A side - two non-Centric tracks on B side)<ref name="lurkers2" /> *''Electrical Guitar'' (Human Punk/Damaged Goods, 2019, limited edition 750 copies on 7 inch split black/clear vinyl) - UK Vinyl Singles chart no.1<ref name=egno1 /> # Electrical Guitar # That Was Julia<ref name=electrical /> *''Sex Crazy'' (studio album, two Centric tracks) Damaged Goods DAMGOOD541 2020 <ol start="7"><li>High Velocity</li></ol> <ol start="11"><li>Electrical Guitar</li></ol> : (Track 10 This is Your Revolution had also previously been recorded with Centric and performed live by The Featherz. The Lurkers recorded initial versions of several other tracks with Centric early in the album sessions.)

====Slady==== {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Slady | Image = | Caption = | Alt = | Studio = 1 | Live = | Compilation = | EP = | Singles = 2 | Music videos = 6 | B-sides = | Soundtrack = }} Mini Album: *''Coz I Luv You'' (Wienerworld 2025)<ref name=luvalbum /> #"Coz I Luv You" #"Do You Wanna (Feel Free)" (The Featherz song) #"My Oh My" #"Cum On Feel The Noize" #"Dig Me" (The Featherz song) #"Merry Xmas Everybody" #"Slade Are For Life, (Not Just For Xmas)"

Singles: *''Merry Xmas Everybody'' (Sladydor, 5624, 2022, CD single and Download)<ref name=petesrock>{{Cite web|url=http://petesrocknewsandviews.com/slady-release-merry-christmas-everybody-charity-cover-1-12-22/|title=SLADY release 'Merry Christmas Everybody' charity cover 1/12/22|website=Petesrocknewsandviews.com|date=14 November 2022|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> # "Merry Xmas Everybody" # "Slade Are For Life, (Not Just For Christmas)" (by John Barker/Slady) *''Cum On Feel The Noize'' (Sladydor, 2024, CD single and Download) #"Cum On Feel The Noize" # "Dig Me" (The Featherz song)

==Videography== ===Music videos=== '''The Featherz''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Song ! Director ! Notes ! Sources |- || 2012 | "Life Stranger" | Rachael Smith | Only stills/snippets are reported as surviving of this video. Featured Cox in close-up performing the song with overlaid effects | |- | 2013 | "RNR★" | Julian Napier | Filmed at the Charles Of London Records launch party at Madame JoJo's October 2013 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVDq_yQUsfU|title="RNR★" official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> |- | 2015 | "You" | Dean Stockings | Stockings had previously directed music videos for Boy George featuring Cox | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFqx5zpa7w|title="You" official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| 2016 | "Forget All You Know" | Danie Cox (Centric) | Filmed at the Railway Hotel, Southend, produced by Gaz De Vere | <ref name="forget">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCnUohiThc|title="Forget All You Know" official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> |- | "Chelsea" | rowspan="3"| Dazzle Monroe | Filmed in Kings Road, Chelsea, London, December 2016 | <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-YwatmWUNo "Chelsea" official music video] Access date - 5 September 2021</ref> |- | "Takes One To Know One" | Filmed at Winter Wonderland, London, 19 December 2016 | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiPJ1aBfpas|title="Takes One To Know One" official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|2017 | "Moonage Daydream" | Released to commemorate the first anniversary of David Bowie's death | <ref name="moonage">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNlhKjl-rSk|title="Moonage Daydream" official music video|publisher=YouTube|access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> |- | "Ordinary Girl?" | Danie Cox (Centric) | Dedicated to the memory of Imogen Goldie, daughter of Diane Goldie | <ref name="girl">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIpwIFboeNk|title="Ordinary Girl?" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- | 2018 | "Chelsea" (live) | Suncan Stone (edited by Dazzle Monroe) | Official concert footage from Dublin Castle, Camden 20 April 2018 | <ref name=chelsealive /> |}

'''Other projects by Danie Cox/Centric:''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Project ! Song ! Director ! Notes ! Sources |- |2017 |The Lurkers |"High Velocity" |Roger Holdstock | |<ref name="veloc">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh5Ss6xt8cE|title="High Velocity" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2022 |rowspan="6"|Slady |"Merry Xmas Everybody" |rowspan="3"|Jason Reed |rowspan="2"|Dedicated to the memory of Slady's manager Dave Kemp who died of COVID-19 in December 2020 |<ref name="Merry4Kempy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x4ZlG_X0hE|title="Merry Xmas Everybody" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref>

|- |2023 |"Slade Are For Life (Not Just For Xmas)" |<ref name="NotJust4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9XsMPV73kc|title="Slade Are For Life (Not Just For Xmas)" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2024 |"Cum On Feel The Noize" | |<ref name="Noize">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TheD2I8INIw|title="Cum On Feel The Noize" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |"Dig Me" |Jude Dulake | |<ref name="Digme">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvQG2u2Jmv8|title="Dig Me" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2025 |"Coz I Luv You" |Danie Cox, Wendy Soloman, Alan Doyle | |<ref name="Cozvid">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAQ8DVrI7jY|title="Coz I Luv U" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2026 |"My Oh My" |Jamie Frazer |Filmed on tour in California |<ref name="myomy">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXYHGsTVdRY|title="My Oh My" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |} '''Appearances by Danie Cox/Centric in other acts' official videos''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Band/Artist ! Song ! Role in video ! Director ! Notes ! Sources |- |2011 |Project B |"Disco Dollys" |Choreomania casualty |Jessica James |Filmed at The Shadow Lounge, London, inspired by ''28 Days Later'' |<ref name="Dollyvid">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdKHzjB4t1o|title="Disco Dollys" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2012 |Johnny Cola and the A-Grades |"Malborough Road" |Audience member at gig |Heidi Heelz, Jez Leather, Jonny Cola (Alex Poterill) |Also featured Molly Spiers McLeod in similar role. |<ref name="Colavid">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQJPuGFxCM|title="Malborough Road" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2013 |Dharma Protocol ft A Boy Called George |"Coming Home" |Train Traveller | rowspan="3"|Dean Stockings |Brief cameo by Dazzle Monroe as another passenger |<ref name="Georgevid1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fda06aWNO7s|title="Coming Home" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2013 | rowspan="2"|Boy George |"King Of Everything" |"Crying King" | |<ref name="Georgevid2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCNF3wPgqFc|title="King of Everything" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |- |2014 |"My God" |Guitarist | |<ref name="Georgevid3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEuuGObqchs|title="My God" official music video|website=YouTube}}</ref> |} In addition, in 2015 Cox starred in and Monroe directed an unofficial video for "Never Marry A Railroadman" by Shocking Blue.<ref name="Danierailroad">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfweRSB612k|title="Never Marry A Railroad Man by Shocking Blue" |website=YouTube}}</ref>

== Concert tours == === Headlining === * November 2017 UK tour - four dates including London 100 Club support slot for The Members

=== Opening act === * Boy George's ''This Is What I Do'' UK tour, first leg - all seven dates (November 2013)<ref name="walesonsunday01" /><ref name="tourgeorgepage" /> * The Damned's December 2015 UK tour - three dates plus afterparty for London date and headline show in Camden one night before opening date<ref name="whiterabbits" /> * Healthy Junkies' ''Box of Chaos'' UK tour - four dates plus headline show in Southend two nights before opening date (June–July 2016) In addition, as sidewomen in the Poussez Posse, the founding line-up of Cox, Smith and Spiers-MacLeod toured supporting Adam Ant's ''The Good the Mad and the Lovely'' UK tour - three dates including preview show (May 2011) Side project Slady toured with The Rezillos on their Summer 2022 national tour - three dates plus headline show in Brighton, day after final date (June 2022)

== Equipment == Prior to 2021, Cox/Centric's signature instrument was her emerald-glitter painted Stratocaster "Alian". In the aftermath of Kemp's death, she received a cherry red Gibson SG as a birthday present from her Slady bandmates, named "Dave" in his memory which has become her main guitar. Since early 2015 she has also had a light blue Fender acoustic guitar, named "Glas" (Welsh for "sky"/"blue") which has been used with both Slady and The Featherz-related acoustic performances (replacing an earlier black acoustic guitar, a gift from Smith).

When Spiers-Macleod joined the Poussez Posse in 2011, Cox loaned her a replica Music Man bass "Gravy" which she continued to use until leaving The Featherz in 2014. Atkinson had her own bass "Dallon" - a white Gibson Thunderbird which she continued to use with subsequent bands the Black Bullets, Neverlanded and Bitchin' Hour - and a blue Dean Exotica acoustic bass named "Lola" (to visually match "Glas" at acoustic gigs).

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://artistecard.com/TheFeatherzOfficial The Featherz official website] * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/5722654-The-Featherz-2 The Featherz discography on Discogs.com]

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