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Phil Scanlon
Idlewild are a Scottish rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1995. The band's line-up consists of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Andrew Mitchell (bass), and Luciano Rossi (keyboards). To date, Idlewild have released nine full-length studio albums. Initially, Idlewild's sound was faster and more dissonant than many of their 1990s indie rock contemporaries. However, it developed over time from an edgy and angular sound (as heard in their early material—once described by the NME as "the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs") to a sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on ''The Remote Part'' and ''Warnings/Promises''. In 2010, the band entered an indefinite hiatus, but reunited in late 2013 to record their seventh album, ''Everything Ever Written'', released in 2015. This was followed by ''Interview Music'' in 2019. History Beginnings (1995–1996) Idlewild, named after the quiet meeting place in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, also known as King Tut's, is a live music venue and bar on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and managed by Glasgow-based gig promoters DF Concerts. The Glasgow live music venue takes its name from a club in New York that hosted music, comedy and performing arts events in the 1980s. History King Tut's was founded, in the former Saints and Sinners pub in St Vincent Street in the centre of Glasgow, by the DF Concerts boss Stuart Clumpas, who wanted to create a platform for promoting bands at club level, showcasing them with gigs seven days a week at a reasonable hour, after being unable to find such an establishment in the city centre's nightlife. The venue first opened its doors in February 1990, and has established a reputation for showcasing new talent and hosting many well-known bands' first Scottish appearances. This reputation was acquired early on in 1993 when The Verve, Radiohead and Oasis all played in the Glasgow venue in a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turn (band)
Turn are an Irish band. History Turn formed in 1998 when lead singer/guitarist Ollie Cole and drummer Ian Melady joined forces with Dublin bass player Gavin Fox, whom they met at a local recording studio. Cole and Melady had been friends since youth and had previously formed Pixies-influenced punk band ''Swampshack''. Through frantic gigging and the release of a few choice 7" singles, Turn started to earn a name for themselves and soon found themselves signed to Infectious Records. Their debut album, ''Antisocial'', soon followed and Turn looked to be on their way to stardom. Infectious, however, were not too interested in releasing any singles from the album and Turn soon found themselves in record company limbo once again. With their schedule clear, Turn hit the road again playing gigs to get funds for more recording. The ''In Position EP'' was the fruit of these labours, a six track snapshot on their own ''Nurture'' label in March 2002 which was a taster of what was to come. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interview Music
''Interview Music'' is the ninth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, released on 5 April 2019 on Empty Words Records. It was produced by Dave Eringa, who had worked on the band's previous albums '' 100 Broken Windows'' and ''The Remote Part''. It reached No. 22 in the UK album charts and No.1 on the Scottish album charts. Track listing Personnel Idlewild *Roddy Woomble – lead vocals, acoustic guitar *Rod Jones – electric guitar, acoustic guitar * Colin Newton – drums, percussion *Andrew Mitchell – bass guitar, backing vocals *Luciano Rossi – piano, keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians Recording personnel *Dave Eringa David James Eringa (born 30 July 1971 in Brentwood, Essex, Brentwood, Essex) is an English people, English record producer, sound and mix engineer. Biography He has a career long association with the Manic Street Preachers, he was on tea makin ... – producer, mixing References {{Authority control Idlewild (band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Ever Written
''Everything Ever Written'' is the eighth studio album by Scottish indie rock band Idlewild, released on 16 February 2015 on Empty Words Records. Produced by guitarist Rod Jones, the album was recorded after a lengthy hiatus, during which the future of the band was uncertain. The album is the first to feature keyboardist Luciano Rossi and guitarist and bassist Andrew Mitchell. Background In 2009, Idlewild released its crowd-funded sixth studio album, ''Post Electric Blues''. By the end of the following year, the band embarked upon an "indefinite hiatus" after touring commitments ceased. Vocalist Roddy Woomble noted, "My interest was kind of decreasing with what, latterly, we did with Idlewild, because it was very traddy rock-band, you know, rhythm player, lead player, bass, drums – I think we made some great records like that and had some great concerts, but I wasn't interested in doing that." In late 2010, the band issued a tenth anniversary of its second studio album, '' 100 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warnings/Promises
''Warnings/Promises'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish rock band Idlewild, released on 7 March 2005 by Parlophone. Following the release of their third studio album ''The Remote Part'' (2002), Gavin Fox replaced bassist Bob Fairfoull, and touring guitarist Allan Stewart became a permanent member. They spent the majority of 2003 writing material, before traveling to Malmö, Sweden to record at Tambourine Studios with producer Dave Eringa. After finishing five tracks, they went to Los Angeles to work at Sunset Sound Recorders with producer Tony Hoffer. Due to the laidback nature of the sessions, the band had to re-record everything; recording concluded in October 2004. Described as an college rock and folk rock album, ''Warnings/Promises'' emphasized more acoustic instrumentation than its predecessor. ''Warnings/Promises'' received generally favourable reviews from critics, some seeing it as a progression from ''The Remote Part'', while others felt it was weaker than that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Remote Part
''The Remote Part'' is the third studio album by Scottish Rock music, rock band Idlewild (band), Idlewild, released on 15 July 2002 by Parlophone. As they were becoming increasingly aware of their label's interest in them and their demos, the band's musical direction was being steered by guitarist Rod Jones (musician), Rod Jones. For the first half of 2001, the band recorded songs with producers Stephen Street and Lenny Kaye. Due to the uneven nature of the songs done between tours, they spent some time reworking 20 tracks in the Scottish Highlands. They recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, RAK Studios in London, and Sawmills Studios in Cornwall with producer Dave Eringa. Described as an alternative rock and indie rock record, it lacked the punk rock elements of their previous work. Bookending two UK tours, "You Held the World in Your Arms" was released as the album's lead single on 15 April 2002. The second and third singles "American English" and "Live in a Hiding Place" were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Fairfoull
Robert James "Bob" Fairfoull (born 6 August 1976) is a Scottish musician. He was the bass guitarist for the Scottish rock band Idlewild. He attended Portobello High School in Edinburgh between 1992–96 and was in the same class as Paul Thomson, the drummer from the band Franz Ferdinand. Roddy Woomble - a friend of Fairfoull and Idlewild's lead singer - asked Fairfoull to join in February 1997 following the departure of Phil Scanlon. His appearance and attitude are classically punk rock and his typical on-stage antics consist of head-banging and jumping around. Fairfoull became increasingly distant from the band in 2002, often going drinking on his own after shows and sitting separately on their tour bus. On 29 September 2002 he left the band following a show in Amsterdam in "a rain of misdirected punches". After leaving Idlewild, Fairfoull joined the band Degrassi, having been friends with its members for the past six years and feeling that their music possessed the rock edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Fox (musician)
Gavin Bernard Fox is bass player with the band Concerto for Constantine. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he has also been in the band Vega4 Vega4 was a four-piece alternative rock band formed in London consisted of Johnny McDaid (lead vocalist and songwriter), Bruce Gainsford (guitar), Gavin Fox (bassist) and Bryan McLellan (drummer). McDaid is from Northern Ireland and Fox is fro ..., Scottish rock band Idlewild, and Irish indie rock bands Turn and Little Matador. He now plays in Dublin indie band Sack. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Irish bass guitarists Musicians from County Dublin {{Ireland-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Russell (musician)
Gareth Russell is a Scottish musician, best known as the former bass guitarist for the indie rock band Idlewild (band), Idlewild. Russell joined the band in 2006, following the departure of Gavin Fox (musician), Gavin Fox, and recorded two studio albums with the band: ''Make Another World'' (2007) and ''Post Electric Blues'' (2009). Russell also performed in Astrid (band), Astrid until their split, and was also a member of The Reindeer Section. Discography with Idlewild * 2007: ''Make Another World'' * 2009: ''Post Electric Blues'' with Astrid * 1999: ''Strange Weather Lately (album), Strange Weather Lately'' * 2001: ''Play Dead (Astrid album), Play Dead'' * 2004: ''One in Four'' with The Reindeer Section * 2001: ''Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!'' References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Scottish bass guitarists {{UK-bass-guitarist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Stewart (musician)
Allan William Stewart (born 21 January 1977 in Coventry, England) is an English musician. He is the second guitarist in Idlewild, the bassist in Holy Mountain and guitarist for the band Desalvo. He grew up in Farnborough, Hampshire. Stewart joined Idlewild as a touring guitarist in 2000 and became a full member in 2003. He features on the Idlewild albums '' Warnings/Promises'', '' Make Another World'' and ''Post Electric Blues,'' of which, on the latter he is also pictured on the cover. He co-wrote "I Never Wanted" on ''The Remote Part''. Following Idlewild's hiatus in 2010, Stewart joined Glasgow band Holy Mountain with Pete Flett (drums) and Andy McGlone (vocals). Stewart also commenced work as a guitar, bass and drum tech for many popular touring bands such as Mogwai, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Franz Ferdinand, Primal Scream, Belle & Sebastian and Icelandic band, Of Monsters and Men Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic indie folk/rock band formed in Reykjavík in 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Newton
Idlewild are a Scottish rock band formed in Edinburgh in 1995. The band's line-up consists of Roddy Woomble (lead vocals), Rod Jones (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Newton (drums), Andrew Mitchell (bass), and Luciano Rossi (keyboards). To date, Idlewild have released nine full-length studio albums. Initially, Idlewild's sound was faster and more dissonant than many of their 1990s indie rock contemporaries. However, it developed over time from an edgy and angular sound (as heard in their early material—once described by the NME as "the sound of a flight of stairs falling down a flight of stairs") to a sweeping, melodic rock sound as displayed on ''The Remote Part'' and '' Warnings/Promises''. In 2010, the band entered an indefinite hiatus, but reunited in late 2013 to record their seventh album, '' Everything Ever Written'', released in 2015. This was followed by ''Interview Music'' in 2019. History Beginnings (1995–1996) Idlewild, named after the quiet meeting place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
