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Members

Joel Morris Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris are a British comedy writing duo. Their work includes a collection of parody Ladybird books, and they have written scripts for many British comedy series and films, including ''That Mitchell and Webb Look'', Charlie Bro ...

- vocals, acoustic guitar * Alex Morris - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals * Ian Painter - bass guitar, vocals, production Brothers Joel and Alex Morris are the co-writers of

The Framley Examiner ''The Framley Examiner'' is a parody of a newspaper in a small provincial English town, created as a website and later a book. It is written by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris and Joel Morris. History The ''Framley Examiner'' ori ...

website, and the book ''

Bollocks to Alton Towers ''Bollocks to Alton Towers: Uncommonly British Days Out'' () is a humorous travel book written by Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, and Joel Morris (the creators of '' The Framley Examiner''), which showcases unusual attractions, l ...

''.

Discography

Albums

* ''Taking on the Enemy's Sound'' (2000) * ''Tiger Flies'' (2002) * ''Nuada'' (2002) * ''Under the Skylon'' (2005) * ''Oxengate'' (2007)

References

External links

Official site

Interview with Joel Morris about the ''Nuada'' project

Positive Review of ''Under The Skylon'' at The Digital Fix
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