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Kids In Glass Houses
Origin Flag of Wales Cardiff, Wales, UK
Genre(s) Pop Punk
Pop Rock
Powerpop
Years active 2003–Present
Label(s) Roadrunner Records
Website Kids in Glass Houses
Members
Aled Phillips (vocals)
Joel Fisher (guitar)
Iain Mahanty (guitar)
Andrew Shay (bass)
Phil Jenkins (drums)
Former members
Aled Rees (guitar)
Earl Phillips (bass)

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Contents

History

Beginnings (2003-2007)

The quintet had a series of support slots during late 2006 and early 2007, playing alongside Lostprophets, Cute Is What We Aim For, 30 Seconds to Mars, Hundred Reasons, Manic Street Preachers and The Goo Goo Dolls. Lostprophets (lɒstˈprɒfɪts are a Welsh rock band formed in 1997. Cute Is What We Aim For is a rock music band from Buffalo, New York. 30 Seconds to Mars (or Thirty Seconds to Mars and often abbreviated to 30STM) is an American rock band from Los Angeles California Hundred Reasons are a British rock band from Surrey, composed of Colin Doran (lead vocals Larry Hibbitt (guitar vocals Andy Gilmour (bass Andy Bews (drums Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as the " Manics " or " MSP " are a Welsh rock band consisting of James The Goo Goo Dolls are a Rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo New York by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac. In the bands early stages, they also shared the stage with the likes of Funeral for a Friend and The Used on the Taste of Chaos 2005 UK tour in Cardiff. Funeral for a Friend (commonly abbreviated to FFAF) is a Welsh Post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic The Used is a rock band from Orem Utah, USA. Their sound has been classified under many genres and subgenres of rock The Rockstar Taste Of Chaos Tour (or "TOC" is a Post-hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. They also supported Funeral for a Friend in their 2007 December tour. Funeral for a Friend (commonly abbreviated to FFAF) is a Welsh Post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic They have also supported Paramore and New Found Glory on the 2008 RIOT Tour - during which, guitarist Iain Mahanty, has been known to join New Found Glory onstage to perform their song, Hit or Miss. Paramore (ˈpærəmɔər is an American pop rock band that formed in Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee in 2004 consisting of New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida New Found Glory (often abbreviated NFG is an American Pop-punk band based out of South Florida

In 2007, the band appeared at Give It A Name Festival, The Full Ponty Festival, Download Festival, Hyde Park Calling, Farnham's Summer Breeze Festival, Collision Course Festival and the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Give it a Name, sometimes abbreviated to GIAN and named after an At the Drive-In song is an annual British rock music concert held on the weekend nearest to the end The Full Ponty is a Music festival first held in Pontypridd on the 27-28 May 2006 The Download Festival is a three day Music festival held annually at Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock Festivals between 1980 and 1996 Hyde Park Calling is a Music festival in Hyde Park London, which first took place on Saturday July 1 and Sunday July 2 2006. Farnham is a Town in Surrey, England, within the Borough of Waverley. Leeds ( is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England

During their time as an unsigned band, the band garnered a rare and unprecedented amount of press and support from the likes of Kerrang, NME, Big Cheese, Rocksound, Tuned and Total Guitar magazines, as well as BBC Radio 1 and XFM. Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Bleach is the debut album by the American Alternative rock band Nirvana. Total Guitar is a monthly Magazine in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling Guitar magazine in Europe. Xfm is a brand of Commercial radio stations focused on Alternative music, primarily indie, and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom In a television interview Lostprophets vocalist Ian Watkins claimed that 'relatively unknown bands such as Kids in Glass Houses are a lot better than a lot of known bands out there. Ian David Karslake Watkins (born July 30, 1977 in Pontypridd, Wales) is the Lead singer, and also one of the founding members '

In August 2007, the band were nominated for Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang Awards, where the group were beaten to the award by Gallows. Gallows are an English Hardcore punk band from Hemel Hempstead. Despite Kids in Glass Houses' disappointment at not winning, fellow countrymen Lostprophets brought the band up on stage with them to claim their own award. Lostprophets (lɒstˈprɒfɪts are a Welsh rock band formed in 1997. During the run up to the awards, Kids in Glass Houses played a special show, titled The Day Of Rock, inside Virgin Megastores on Oxford Street, London, alongside Enter Shikari, Fightstar, The Answer and Turisas. Virgin Megastores is an international chain of Record shops founded by Sir Richard Branson on London 's Oxford Street in January or February Enter Shikari (ɛntɜr ʃɪkɑriː is a British band formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire where all four members are from Fightstar are a four-piece Post-hardcore band from London, England. Turisas are a Finnish Viking metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström

During October 2007, the band completed a 16 date headline tour of the UK supported by London's Tonight Is Goodbye and friends of the bands rotating on the tour - Saidmike and The New 1920. Following that they supported fellow Welshmen, Funeral For A Friend on their December 2007 UK tour. Funeral for a Friend (commonly abbreviated to FFAF) is a Welsh Post-hardcore band that was previously signed to Ferret Music and later Atlantic

Smart Casual (2008-Present)

Between the October and December tours, the band recorded their debut album at Long Wave Studios with Romesh Dodangoda, who also produced the band's previous EP. [1] During a studio session, the band recorded a live version of Glassjaw song Ry Ry's Song. Glassjaw is an influential four-piece Hardcore punk band from Long Island New York. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence is an LP released by Glassjaw in 2000 The song was uploaded to their MySpace page for a limited time. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and

They signed to Roadrunner records on the 8th of December 2007, shortly before going on stage to support Funeral For A Friend. [2]

The band released "Easy Tiger" as their next single. " Easy Tiger " is the second single by Kids in Glass Houses, and the first single from their debut album Smart Casual. They recently completed the video, which has received considerable rotation on music channels, as well as entered the Kerrang! Top 10 Overdrive upon the first week of its release. [3]

The band released their debut album, entitled Smart Casual, on May 26, 2008. Smart casual (as distinct from Business casual) is a loosely defined dress code casual yet "smart" enough to conform to the particular standards of certain Western Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The album features re-recordings of three songs from E-Pocalypse!. Prior to this, the single "Give Me What I Want" (a re-recording of the track "Me Me Me") was released on May 19, 2008. " Give Me What I Want " is the second single by Kids in Glass Houses to be taken from the band's debut album Smart Casual. " Me Me Me " is the first single released by Welsh rock band Kids In Glass Houses, and is taken from their first EP E-Pocalypse!. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

On Sunday 25th May 2008, Kids In Glass Houses were amongst other bands, performing on the Glamour Kills stage, in Leeds at the Slam Dunk Festival. It was said that the band had received the best reaction from the crowd.

Live Performances

During live performances the band are known to cover a number of songs, these have included Ashlee Simpson's 'La La' combined Glassjaw's 'Pretty Lush', 'New Noise' by Refused and 'AM/PM' by American Nightmare. Glassjaw is an influential four-piece Hardcore punk band from Long Island New York. Refused was a hardcore band originating from Umeå, Sweden. They formed in early 1991 with Dennis Lyxzén, David Sandström, Pär Give Up the Ghost was a short-lived and highly influential Hardcore punk band from Boston Massachusetts The band also covered 'Thriller' by Michael Jackson at their Halloween shows in 2006 and 2007, as well as Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' the previous Christmas. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Footage of their covers can be found on YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees In addition to this, Iain, Shay, Joel and Phil all have the 'iconic' flamingo design - from the band's t-shirts - tattooed on their legs.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Chart Positions

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
UK Singles Chart UK Rock Chart UK Indie Chart
2008 "Easy Tiger" 113 - - Smart Casual
2008 "Give Me What I Want" 62 - - Smart Casual
2008 "Saturday" - - - Smart Casual

Notable Press Coverage

Other Projects/Bands

Previous projects/bands the band have been involved with include:

References

  1. ^ rocklouderKids In Glass Houses recording and demoing debut album - retrieved January 7th 2008
  2. ^ Kerrang! Kids In Glass Houses sign a deal!
  3. ^ myspace- blog post- Wednesday, January 02, 2008 "mission statement"

External links

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