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The Heavy are a British indie rock band from Bath, England signed to Ninja Tune imprint Counter Records. ==History== The Heavy are Kelvin Swaby (vocals), Dan Taylor (guitar), Spencer Page (bass guitar) and Chris Ellul (drums). Taylor and Swaby became friends in 1998 when they bonded over vintage R&B music and Jim Jarmusch films and soon formed the band. The Heavy released two singles in the last half of 2007. "That Kind of Man", the first single, was released on Don't Touch Recordings and mixed by Corin Dingley who was the original drummer before Ninja Tune discovered it and promptly signed the band, Swaby, Taylor and Corin. The Heavy released their first album ''Great Vengeance and Furious Fire'' on 17 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and 8 April 2008 in the United States. On 26 March 2008, the Heavy were named artist of the day in ''Spin''.〔(The Heavy ) at ''Spin Magazine'' Online〕 The band was also mentioned in the ''Rolling Stone'' Hot List in May 2008. They played at the 2008 South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival on the 89.3 The Current Stage and collected one of the Best Discovery awards in ''Spin Magazines "Best and Worst of SXSW 2008".〔(SXSW '08: SPIN's Best and Worst ) at ''Spin Magazine'' Online〕〔(Live at SXSW ) at Minnesota Public Radio's website〕 The Heavy appeared on the 2009 album ''Johnny Cash Remixed'' with a version of "Doing My Time". On 2 October 2009 their second album ''The House That Dirt Built'' was released by Ninja Tune. 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「The Heavy (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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