Hockey was an American
indie rock
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band from
Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
,
Oregon
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.
Members
Until October 2010, the band consisted of singer Benjamin Grubin, guitarist Brian Stuart White, bassist Jeremy Reynolds, drummer Anthony Stassi and touring keyboardist Ryan Dolliver, and have been compared in their sound to bands such as
The Strokes
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and
LCD Soundsystem.
In October 2010 the band announced that Brian White and Anthony Stassi "have left the group to pursue other interests/horizons", as published on their
Facebook
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page. In 2016, Ian Luxton joined the group as a touring member.
History
After the band released a home-made EP called ''Mind Chaos'' in 2008, they signed to
Capitol Records in the
US and
Virgin Records
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in the
UK.
Hockey played on the stage of
John Peel at
Glastonbury 2009
The 2009 Glastonbury Festival/Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 24 to 29 June 2009.
Tickets
Registration
In a similar way to previous festivals, tickets for the 2009 event required pre-registration (of a ph ...
.
In July 2009 they played on the Red Bull Bedrooms Jam Futures Stage at the
T in the Park
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festival in Scotland. They have also made appearances at the 2009
Bonnaroo Festival
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, and the main stage of the 2009
Hove Festival
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in Norway on 23 June. The band's debut single "
Too Fake" was released in the UK on March 16. The song was later sampled on a
Big Sean
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track of the same name. The band released "Learn To Lose" on June 1 ahead of their debut album ''Mind Chaos'', which was released in the US on September 14 and in the UK on September 28.
In late 2009, the band was chosen as one of ''
Beyond Race
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Magazines "50 Emerging Artists," resulting in a spot in the publication's #11 issue, as well as a Q&A for the magazine's site.
In January 2012, the band announced that they had started recording their upcoming album, and hoped to have it finished by the summer of that year.
In March 2018, singer Benjamin states "Hockey is dead" in a Facebook post on the original Hockey Facebook page. On this post also announcing his new band called '' Brand'', which finished recording the first album.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Mind Chaos'' (released September 28, 2009)
* ''Wyeth Is'' (released May 7, 2013)
*''Roller Coaster Sounds'' (released June 5, 2018)
Singles
* 4 Track EP (2006)
* "
Too Fake" (March 16, 2009) #25 US Billboard
Alternative Songs,
[ Hockey : Chart HistoryBillboard.com] #49
Rock Songs
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* "Learn to Lose" (June 1, 2009)
* "Song Away" (September 14, 2009)
References
External links
Official website*
Talking Shop: Hockey interview from
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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