Whistler were a
British
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indie
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band who released two albums on the
Wiiija label.
Formed by
Ian Dench
Ian Alec Harvey Dench (born 7 August 1964) is an English songwriter and musician. He was the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF, who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with " Unbelievable" in 1991. ...
after leaving
EMF, the band consisted of Dench, Kerry Shaw (who had previously released a dance single through
EMI
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called "Could This Be Love") and James Topham (who had previously played with
Brian Eno).
[ Band biographyat AMG] Both of the band's albums feature contributions from Tim Weller (of Grand Drive) and
Fuzz Townshend
John Richard Keith "Fuzz" Townshend (born 31 July 1964) is a British drummer, TV presenter of National Geographic Channel's ''Car SOS'' (also shown on Channel 4/More4), motoring journalist for '' Classic Car Weekly'', former technical editor o ...
.
Whistler gigged regularly around London between 1998 and 2000, including four concerts at The Water Rats in King's Cross. Each of these performances included a special cover version. Studio recordings of these were put together as the ''Intermission'' EP.
Discography
Albums
*''
Whistler'' (Wiiija, 1999)
*''
Faith in the Morning
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'' (Wiiija, 2000)
Singles
*"Rare American Shoes" (Wiiija, 1998)
*"If I Give You a Smile" (Wiiija, 1998)
*"Don't Jump in Front of My Train" (Wiiija, 1999)
*"Happiness" (Wiiija, 2000)
EPs
*''Intermission EP'' (Wiiija, 1999)
References
British indie rock groups
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