Thenewno2 (styled as thenewno2) is an English

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from

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. Originally composed of

Dhani Harrison Dhani Harrison (; born 1 August 1978) is an English musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, '' Brainw ...

and Oliver Hecks, with Harrison playing

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and singing

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, and Hecks playing

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and

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. As of 2014, the band consisted of Harrison, Jonathan Sadoff, Jeremy Faccone, Paul Hicks, Aaron Older and Frank Zummo. The name "Thenewno2" is a reference to the 1960s British television show ''

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''. Thenewno2 have been credited with the album design for

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's '' Brainwashed'' and '' Dark Horse Years'' box set, and for ''

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'', and the menu design for the 2005 ''

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'' DVD. Hecks was the still photographer for the

in 2002, and some of his photographs appear in

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' limited-edition book from the same event. Thenewno2 released their debut album, ''You Are Here'', in February 2009. ''

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'' chose thenewno2 to be one of the show's final musical guests, a spot that also marked the band's TV debut in the US. Later that spring, thenewno2 played

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, where ''

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'' magazine dubbed their performance one of the "best debut performances of the festival". After concluding a US tour, the band took a break and Harrison focused on his side project,

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featuring Harrison,

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and

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. Their debut was released in October 2010 and was named "One of the Best Side Projects of 2010" by NPR. On 31 July 2012, thenewno2 released their second album, '' thefearofmissingout''. ''

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'' listed the band as one of the ten "Must-See Acts" at the 2012 Lollapalooza festival. Thenewno2 scored the music to the 2013 film '' Beautiful Creatures''.

History

Formation

Thenewno2 formed in

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in 2006, but Harrison and Hicks had been collaborating since as far back as 2001. Harrison and Hicks chose the name Thenewno2 (pronounced "the new number two"), because they wanted a "faceless entity" that they could use to make music, which would give them a chance to legitimatize without the help of Dhani Harrison's famous last name (he is

's son). They took the name "Thenewno2" from the British cult classic television series ''

'', liking the idea of an anonymous person. As Dhani explains, "I wanted it to be a faceless entity, because I didn’t want to be 'Dhani Harrison and the Uncles', or whatever. There was just too much flak around the name 'Harrison' at the time. I started the band so I could send anyone to a meeting, and when they were asked who they were, they could simply say 'The New No. 2.'"

In the media

The song "Yomp" was released as a downloadable track for the music video game ''

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'' on 29 July 2008, and the song "Crazy Tuesday" was released as one of 20 free songs for '' Rock Band 2''. In 2009, Dhani Harrison and Thenewno2 were featured in an issue of ''

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'' magazine, discussing their concert experiences and debut album, ''You Are Here''. On 16 February 2009 Thenewno2 performed the song "Yomp" from the album ''You Are Here'' on the American television show ''

'' in

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. On 13 April 2009 they played at the Casbah in San Diego, California. The band played a 30-minute set at the

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Festival in Chicago, Illinois on 8 August 2009. In 2009, Thenewno2 began their first US tour, joined by The Heartless Bastards, and headlined by

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. The tour began in Dallas, Texas on 29 October running through to Los Angeles, California, on 24 November. The band agreed to do the soundtrack to the film '' Beautiful Creatures'', and recorded it at Abbey Road Studios.

Discography

Singles

* "Another John Doe" (2008) * "Choose What You're Watching" (2008) * "One Way Out" (2011) * "Live a Lie" (2011)

Albums

* '' You Are Here'' (2008) * '' thefearofmissingout'' (2012) * '' Beautiful Creatures'' (2013)

EPs

* ''

EP001 ''EP001'' is the debut release by Thenewno2, a band composed of Dhani Harrison and Oliver Hecks. Originally released as a promotional single on 28 August 2006, the EP was released on the iTunes Store in early February 2007. The songs on the EP fea ...

'' (2006) * ''EP002'' (2011)

Music videos

* "Choose What You're Watching" (2008, directed by Oliver Hecks) * "Another John Doe" (2008, directed by Oliver Hecks) * "Yomp" (2009, directed by

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and John Gutierrez) * "Make It Home" (2012, directed by Liam Lynch)

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:newno2 Musical groups established in 2006 Musical groups from London English electronic rock musical groups English art rock groups Neo-psychedelia groups English indie rock groups