Dragons were an English rock band, formed in 2005 in Bristol by drummer

David Francolini David Thomas Giuseppe Francolini (born 13 September 1969) is an English rock drummer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the drummer in Dark Star and Levitation. Career Prior to forming Levitation, Francolini played with several ban ...

. Although originally a studio project recorded by Francolini in Francolini's own studio "Ohm Recordings", they toured the album with several other musicians including fellow Dark Star and

Levitation Levitation (from Latin ''levitas'' "lightness") is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via any physical contact. Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts ...

members

Christian Hayes Christian David "Bic" Hayes (born 10 June 1964) is an English rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Best known as the frontman of Dark Star and guitarist with Levitation, he has also released solo material as Mikrokosmos, which was produced b ...

and Laurence O'Keefe, with original Levitation bassist Joe Allen stepping in to fill in for O'Keefe. After initial live dates with Francolini's former band mates, the line-up of Adam Coombs (synthesizer), Calvin Talbot (guitar), Will Crewdson (guitar) and Jim Fage (bass) was settled. Their brand of sweeping indie rock is compared to the sound of bands such as Joy Division and Editors. Their debut album, ''Here are the Roses'', was released in June 2007. A follow-up album was recorded with the full band line-up, but remains unmixed and unreleased.

Albums

References

External links

MySpace site

Gig review by Jackie Hitchen
at BBC Leeds

at alive.co.uk

of ''Here are the Roses'' at Musicohm.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dragons (band) English rock music groups Musical groups from Bristol