A Brand was a

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rock group featuring Dag Taeldeman, active until 2013. Their hits include "Riding Your Ghost", "Hammerhead", "Beauty Booty Killerqueen" and "Time".

History

A Brand recorded their first album, ''45 RPM'', in a garage in 2004. "Riding Your Ghost" became their first single on alternative radio. In 2005 they performed on the Belgian festivals

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, Zeverrock and Ackerrock; and in 2006 several others, including

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and

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. In the same year, they also released their second album, ''Hammerhead'', and scored minor hits with "Hammerhead", "Beauty Booty Killerqueen" and "A Perfect Habitat For Foxes". In the summer of 2008, A Brand released their third album, ''Judas''. In 2011, they released their fourth album, ''Future You''. It featured the singles "What's taking you", "The Mud" and "For blood". A year later, they released a double CD. The first disc contained all of their fourteen released singles, including two new songs called "Christine" and "Humanoid", and a cover of

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's "Thunderstruck". The second disc contained "Grammar", a one-hour mash-up of their most famous songs, recorded live at the

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in Brussels in 2012.

Line-up

*Dag Taeldeman: vocals, guitar *Frederik Heuvinck: vocals, drums *Frederik De Lepeleere: vocals, bass *Tim Bekaert: vocals, guitar *Tom Vermeir: vocals, guitar

Discography

Studio albums

*45 RPM (2004) *Hammerhead (2006) *Judas (2008) *Future You (2011) *A Brand: the singles (2012)

Singles

*Riding Your Ghost (2004) *I Do As I Please (2005) *Hammerhead (2006) *Beauty Booty Killerqueen (2006) *A Perfect Habitat For Foxes (2006) *Time (2008) *The Bubbles (2008) *Mad Love, Sweet Love (2009) *The Mud (2011) *What's Taking you(2011)

References

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