UP-and-coming Worcester band Rainmaker are looking to create a storm on the music scene with their explosive new sound.

The three-piece rock 'n' roll band formed in January this year after 24-year-old drummer Jamie May, from Perdiswell, Worcester, received a New Year's Eve text message from University College Worcester student and the band's lead guitarist and vocalist Anthony Rooney, from Droitwich, asking how he was.

The two were in Worcester band Columbus Four about four years before and decided to have another crack at playing together.

They teamed up with fellow UCW student Chris Scott, aged 22, from St John's Worcester, on bass.

Since then, the band - whose raw rock 'n' roll sound draws influences from legendary performers such as Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, to more recent indie acts such as Muse, Foo Fighters, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Supergrass - have been touring the regional pub circuit.

They recorded a demo in Croydon in March and have also performed at Worcester live music venue, the Marrs Bar's open band nights, on Wednesday - most recently playing out of the back of a lorry, of all places, for a charity gig at the Goodrest Inn in Rainbow Hill over the Bank Holiday weekend.

"We started to put something together and it just worked really, really well," said Jamie, who works for a conservatory cooling system company in Alcester.

"There was a real spark and both Chris and Anthony had got a lot of original material which they wanted to put together and I was the missing link really."

The threesome - who are currently looking for a record deal - have since attracted interest from the BBC, who asked them to write three tracks for a property programme.

They are now set to record a live demo on Monday at UCW's student bar before laying down a 10-track studio recording - with the hope of releasing an album in October.

"It's been extremely good - we've had a lot of people who have come to us and been blown away by the music," said Jamie.

"The music scene has been a bit stale over the last few years and it's been quite samey and not from the heart, or very gutsy.

"We're looking to change that and do whatever it takes to get our name heard."

n See the band play live at the Farriers Arms in Fish Street at 7.30pm on Sunday and The Apple Tree in Lowesmoor at 7.30pm on Friday, September 17.

They will also be playing at the student night at Worcester's Images nightclub and the Bedwardine pub in St John's, Worcester.