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Stagecoach is a five piece alternative rock band from Surrey ==History== The band formed in Dorking, Surrey in November 2003. Originally starting out as a two-piece country band Stagecoach progressed their sound with the addition of each new member, to become the rock band they are today. Stagecoach signed to Alcopop! Records in 2009 after sending the 'We Got Tazers' EP to label boss Jack Clothier. The EP was recorded by Harvey Birrel known for his work with Johnny Foreigner and Dananananaykroyd at Southern Studios in Wood Green. The studio is located below the famous Southern Records Prior to this the band recorded a self funded EP at Iguana Studios in Brixton titled School Day. 1000 copies were pressed and distributed to record labels, press and also sold at shows. The first ever recordings were produced in the home studio of Alex Miles in Dorking, Surrey and included Small Town, Cut Throat and Textbook Answers. They played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2010,〔(Readingfestival.com )〕 the End Of The Road Festival,〔(Endoftheroadfestival.com )〕 and The Great Escape amongst others in 2010. Their single, "Not Even Giles (Would Say We'll Be OK)", a split 7" single with Johnny Foreigner, was released to a host of positive reviews in November 2010. Their songs have been played on UK national radio stations, including BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and XFM.〔(BBC )〕 'Crash My Ride' EP and single 'Not Even Giles' and 'Jonah Lomu' were recorded with producer James Kenosha, who is achieving recognition through a string of successful production jobs including Grammatics, Pulled Apart By Horses and Dinosaur Pile-Up. Kenosha also has the strongest face in record producer history. In May 2013 Stagecoach released their first full-length album titled Say Hi to the Band It was titled this by Luke Barham, he explains "after 10 years of writing together we finally have a full length record to present to the world. We wanted to introduce the band to new fans but also reacquaint with older friends. The title also reminds us of the warm friendly welcome of classic albums like Meet The Beatles and The Beach Boys Love You." The album was released on CD, 180g heavyweight vinyl, download and MiniDisc which was limited to only 20 copies and came as part of a bundle via Alcopop! Records. Say Hi To The band was produced by former Test Icicles member Rory Attwell who achieved recognition through a string of successful productions including The Vaccines, Veronica Falls, Yuck, and Male Bonding. The record was recorded in September 2012 at The Lightship 95 studio in Docklands. The album was preceded by two singles. Work! Work! Work! was released as a screen printed poster (with download) designed by illustrator Nicholas Stevenson and limited to just 100 copies. The screen prints were made by Oxford collective The Blessing Force The second single from the album 'Action' was released in a physical cassette format for Record Store Day 2013. Only 100 copies were made which were copied by the band themselves and came on 1970's Eagle reel-to-reel style tape stock. The band announced their split on 12 September 2013. They played their final show to a sold out crowd at The Brixton Windmill on 21 December 2013. Drummer Matt Emery continues to make music under his own name with a full-length album produced by James Kenosha due in 2014. Singer Luke Barham also continues to write under the name 'Uncle Luc' An album produced by Henri Vaxby of French for Cartridge and Icons of Elegance is also expected in 2014. 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「Stagecoach (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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