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| years_active = 2006–present | label = XL Recordings | website = | current_members = }} Friendly Fires are an English band from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on 1 September 2008〔Drowned in Sound (Friendly Fires announce debut album details )〕 and was announced as one of the shortlisted twelve for the 2009 Mercury Prize on 21 July 2009.〔http://www.clashmusic.com/news/mercury-music-prize-nominations〕 ==History== Friendly Fires met at St Albans School. At age 13, in Year 8/9 (the second or third year), the members formed their first band, a post-hardcore outfit called First Day Back,〔El Naaqib, Sofi. Disorder Magazine (2007) (Friendly Fires )〕 covering songs by Green Day and other rock-like artists, which existed until they began university. During this time lead singer Ed Macfarlane released his own music (under his own name) through the electronica label Skam, and Precinct Recordings. Upon leaving university they formed a new band inspired by dance music, "lush shoegaze melodies",〔Hampson, Simon. Fact Magazine (2006) (Friendly Fires ) (Google cache result)〕 and classic pop songwriting.〔 The name Friendly Fires originates from the opening track of the Section 25 LP ''Always Now''. The band considers German techno label Kompakt, Carl Craig and Prince to be their greatest influences. In late 2007, they became the first unsigned band to appear on Channel 4's ''Transmission'' programme.〔T-Mobile Transmission: (Friendly Fires - Paris )〕 Their single "Paris" achieved "Single of The Week" in ''The Guardian'' newspaper, ''NME'' magazine, and also on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. They have toured extensively, with past performances and festival appearances throughout the UK, Europe, Japan, the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America and Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Friendly Fires」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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