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Courteeners
Courteeners are an English band formed in Middleton in 2006 by Liam Fray (lead guitar/vocals), Michael Campbell (drums/backing vocals), Daniel "Conan" Moores (rhythm guitar) and Mark Cuppello (bass); the latter was replaced by the band's producer Joe Cross in 2015. They previously toured with pianist Adam Payne, who has been featured on every album, but in 2019 was replaced with Elina Lin. In December 2012, the band dropped "The" from their name, continuing simply as "Courteeners". They have released six studio albums: ''St. Jude'' (2008), ''Falcon'' (2010), ''Anna'' (2013), ''Concrete Love'' (2014), ''Mapping the Rendezvous'' (2016) and '' More. Again. Forever.'' (2020). Furthermore, the band has released several EPs and two DVD albums. All the music and lyrics for the Courteeners' songs are written by the band's frontman Liam Fray. He claims that all of the songs he has written are about personal experiences. History 2006–2007: Formation The original band members have k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courteeners
Courteeners are an English band formed in Middleton in 2006 by Liam Fray (lead guitar/vocals), Michael Campbell (drums/backing vocals), Daniel "Conan" Moores (rhythm guitar) and Mark Cuppello (bass); the latter was replaced by the band's producer Joe Cross in 2015. They previously toured with pianist Adam Payne, who has been featured on every album, but in 2019 was replaced with Elina Lin. In December 2012, the band dropped "The" from their name, continuing simply as "Courteeners". They have released six studio albums: '' St. Jude'' (2008), ''Falcon'' (2010), '' Anna'' (2013), '' Concrete Love'' (2014), '' Mapping the Rendezvous'' (2016) and '' More. Again. Forever.'' (2020). Furthermore, the band has released several EPs and two DVD albums. All the music and lyrics for the Courteeners' songs are written by the band's frontman Liam Fray. He claims that all of the songs he has written are about personal experiences. History 2006–2007: Formation The original band members ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falcon (album)
''Falcon'' is the second studio album by English rock band the Courteeners. It was released through A&M Records on 22 February 2010. While touring the United States in 2009 as part of promotion for their debut studio album '' St. Jude'' (2008), the band wrote new material on their tour bus. In August 2009, the band recorded its follow-up with Ed Buller at ICP studios in Brussels, Belgium. ''Falcon'' has an arena and indie rock sound, influenced in part by the work of Elbow, and is slower-paced than their previous album. Before the end of 2009, the Courteeners played two shows in the United Kingdom. "You Overdid It Doll" was released as the lead single from ''Falcon'' in February 2010, which was then promoted with a tour of the UK the following month. "Take Over the World" followed as the second single from the album in April 2010. Over the next few months, they played at various festivals, leading up to another UK tour in late 2010, with support from Miles Kane and I Am Kloot. "Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna (Courteeners Album)
''Anna'' is the third studio album by British rock band Courteeners. It was released on 4 February 2013 through V2 Records and Cooperative Music. Following their second studio album ''Falcon'' (2010), the band took a break at the end of 2010. They played a few shows in 2011, spending most of the year working on their next album, debuting some new songs in the process. After frontman Liam Fray broke his ankle, he re-listened to the material they had up to that point and felt they could be improved on. Following a meeting with Joseph Cross, he was enlisted to produce the band's next album; sessions were held at 80 Hertz Studios. ''Anna'' is an indie pop album that leans more into the electronic elements found on ''Falcon''. ''Anna'' received mixed reviews from critics, with some commenting on the production, while others thought the songs were uninspired. The album reached number six in the United Kingdom, number seven in Scotland and number 85 in Ireland. Following its completion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concrete Love
''Concrete Love'' is the fourth studio album by British rock band Courteeners, released on 18 August 2014 via Cooperative Music label.XFM Announcement Tim Cocker, Courteeners announce new album Concrete Love, ''XFM'', 18 August 2014. It features the band delve further into a sound and was inspired by 1980s music. Promoted by two singles, ''Concrete Love'' received generally favourable reviews from music critics and reached number three on the . Background Courteeners released their third studio album '' |
Mapping The Rendezvous
''Mapping the Rendezvous'' is the fifth studio album by British rock band Courteeners, released on 28 October 2016. The album was announced in August while "The 17th" was made available on streaming platforms. In November the band embarked on a UK/European tour in support of the album. Background Courteeners released their fourth studio album '' Concrete Love'' in August 2014, peaking at number three in the UK Albums Chart. It was promoted with two tours of the United Kingdom, various festivals (including Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, T in the Park), and a one-off show at Heaton Park in Manchester to a crowd of 25,000. Following this, bassist Mark Cupello left the band in December 2015 and was replaced by their previous producer Joe Cross. They spent two weeks in Loch Ness, Scotland at a converted chapel, where they demoed new material. Following a month break, they re-listened to the material, which frontman Liam Fray deemed "good but it wasn’t great". The songs that would end u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Fray
Liam James Fray (born 15 May 1985) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and lyricist, best known as the founder and frontman of Manchester-based indie rock band Courteeners, which was formed in 2006. Fray hails from Middleton, Greater Manchester and he references his hometown in multiple songs. Background Liam James Fray was born on 15 May 1985 in Middleton, Greater Manchester into a family of teachers. Fray went to school with the three other members of the Courteeners whom he has known since he was 10. He has an older sister, Laura. Other Manchester bands such as the Smiths and Oasis inspired Fray to write and form the band. " Noel allaghers the reason why I picked up the guitar when I was 11-years-old – trying to learn ' Wonderwall'", admitted Fray. First he studied economics, then creative writing at the University of Salford. He ended up leaving in his second year, when the band started to take off. In 2015, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts at a graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Took You So Long? (The Courteeners Song)
"What Took You So Long?" is the third single released by indie rock band The Courteeners, available on their debut studio album '' St. Jude''. It was released on 14 January 2008 on a CD single and 7-inch vinyl, reaching #20 in the UK Singles Chart. This song was the Courteeners first single in the top 40. Lyrical meaning The song is a lyrical attack on bedroom exiles of the modern day with no experience of the real world and living their lives through internet fora and social networking sites, boasting that their musical taste is superior to that of people with real lives and real social tendencies due to liking a more obscure band. As Fray and Campbell put it in a 2008 interview for Channel 4: The song also features the lyric "Do you know who I am? I'm like a Morrissey with some strings", which did little to disassociate the band with their Manchester roots, but shifted the focus from traditional Manchester "lad-rock" contingents such as Oasis and the Happy Mondays, to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Street
Stephen Brian Street (born 29 March 1960 in Hackney, London) is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths, The Cranberries and Blur. Street collaborated with Morrissey on his debut album ''Viva Hate'' following the split of The Smiths. More recently he has worked with Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles and The Courteeners. For a time, he was managed by Gail Colson's company Gailforce Management. In February 2020, Street received the award for Outstanding Contribution to UK Music at the Music Producer's Guild Awards. Career Early career Street began his musical career in the late 1970s playing in various bands around London. He played bass in the new wave ska/pop group, Bim, with future Neneh Cherry/Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey. The band were featured in the ''Listen to London'' documentary film. Street started at Island Records' Fallout Shelter Studio in 1982 firstly as an "in-house assistant" and then as an "in-house engineer". The Smiths and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middleton, Greater Manchester
Middleton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk southwest of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester city centre. Middleton had a population of 42,972 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the northern edge of Manchester, with Blackley to the south and Moston, Manchester, Moston to the south east. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Lancashire, Middleton's name comes from it being the centre of several circumjacent settlements. It was an ecclesiastical parish of the Salford (hundred), hundred of Salford, ruled by aristocratic families. The Church of St Leonard, Middleton, Church of St Leonard is a Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Grade I listed building. The Flodden Window in the church's sanctuary is thought to be the oldest war memorial in the United Kingdom, memorialising the archers of Middleton who fought at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. In 1770, Middleton was a village of twenty houses, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loog Records
Loog Records is a UK-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as an imprint of Polydor Records. The label was launched in 2003 and managed by former NME editor James Oldham. It is named after former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. Loog has released recordings by artists such as The Bravery, The Open, The Troubadours, Starky and Hatcham Social. Former artists * Chapel Club (parted ways early 2012) * The Courteeners *Effi Briest * Envy & Other Sins (moved over to A&M before splitting up) * Hatcham Social (now on Fierce Panda) *The Horrors (now on XL Recordings) * Mad Action (split up) *Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf (born Patrick Denis Apps; 30 June 1983) is an English singer-songwriter from South London. Wolf uses a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano, and viola. He is known for combining electronic samp ... (now on Mercury Records) * S.C.U.M (now on Mute Records) References British independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
The Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, for ages 11–18. The school is named for Thomas Langley, a 15th-century prelate who hailed from Middleton. Location Cardinal Langley school is on Rochdale Road (A664), around one mile from the end of the Middleton spur of the A627(M). Hopwood Hall College anHopwood CloughNature Reserve are nearby to the north-west. History Grammar school It opened under the supervision of the De La Salle Brothers in September 1959 as a grammar school with the first two years, gradually increasing year by year. The second year students were drawn from existing grammar schools in the area. In the second year of existence the building work had not been completed and hence students attended on a half day basis. It was administered by Lancashire Education Committee and by 1967 had 780 boys. In 1974, it was taken over by the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. Since then, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignition Records
Ignition Records is a British, London based independent record company, owned by Marcus Russell and Alec McKinlay of Ignition Management. The company has been releasing music on a regular basis since the late 1990s, although its inaugural release came in September 1984 with Latin Quarter's single, "Radio Africa". The label is distributed by The Orchard. Throughout the last two decades it has signed and released music of both emerging and established artists. The company also provides comprehensive label services to various established artists to release on their own label imprints e.g. Stereophonics, Primal Scream. Ignition Records is also the primary label services and marketing operation for Big Brother Recordings and Sour Mash Records, which are also based at Ignition Records headquarters in Marylebone, London, England. Artists released by Ignition Records Compilation albums '' Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam'' Affiliated labels *Big Brother Recordings Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
