Taking their name from a fictional character in the movie LA Confidential, the
teenage schoolfriends formed Rolo Tomassi in 2005 and immediately started
playing their hybrid of hardcore and heavy metal in clubs and pubs around
Sheffield in the north of England. Featuring his petite younger sister Eva as
feisty lead vocalist, keyboard player James Spence set up a label Mayday,
initially releasing demos and cassettes, and made a significant breakthrough at
the 2008 Download Festival. They released split albums with Mirror Mirror,
Cancer Bats and Throats and released their own debut...