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Hundred Reasons are an English alternative rock band from Aldershot, Hampshire, formed in 1999. The band consists of Colin Doran (vocals), Larry Hibbitt (guitar, vocals), Andy Gilmour (bass) and Andy Bews (drums). Having toured almost constantly for 14 months throughout the UK and Europe in support of their first releases EP1 (Cerebra), EP2 (Remmus) and EP3, (I'll Find You), Hundred Reasons released their debut album, ''Ideas Above Our Station'' (2002), to critical acclaim and commercial success. The album yielded the singles, "I'll find you", "If I Could", "Silver" and "Falter", and was followed by ''Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge'' in 2004. After being dropped by Columbia Records, the band released their third studio album, ''Kill Your Own'' (2006) on V2 Records.Guitarist and vocalist Paul Townsend departed from the band following its release, and was replaced by Ben Doyle for the band's fourth and final studio album, ''Quick the Word, Sharp the Action'' (2007). Following years of inactivity, the band reunited with Paul Townsend in 2012, and announced plans for a ten-year anniversary tour to celebrate the release of ''Ideas Above Our Station''. Hundred Reasons have had 6 top 40 hit singles, sold in excess of 400,000 albums, singles and downloads, and have been nominated for several Awards, winning three ''Kerrang!'' awards for: "Best New Band" (2000), "Best Album" (2002) and "Best Unsigned Act" (2004). ==Career== ''EP1, EP2 and EP3'' (1999-2001) The band had already built up a good Live reputation by early 2000 and had caught the attention of Fierce Panda Records, EP1 was released on Fierce Panda in July 2000, in support of this, the band toured for much of the rest of the year. Including an NME tour with Idlewild, they also went on to claim their first award, Best New Band at the Kerrang awards in London. In early 2001 the band signed with Columbia Records and immediately entered the studio to record EP2. It was released in May 2001 followed by UK and European tours with Incubus and Muse. The band would finish the year with the release of EP3 and their first headline tour of the UK. 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「Hundred Reasons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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