| The Hoosiers | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop, Pop rock |
| Years active | 2003 - Present |
| Label(s) | RCA Label Group |
| Website | http://www.thehoosiers.com |
| Members | |
| Irwin Sparkes Martin Skarendahl |
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The Hoosiers (formerly known as The Hoosier Complex) are an English pop-rock/indie pop band from the UK and Sweden. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other "Twee" redirects here For a definition of the word see its entry at wiktionary. Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The band members are Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, guitar), Martin Skarendahl (bass and guitar for acoustic performances) and Alphonso Sharland (drums). Their first single "Worried About Ray" reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2007. " Worried About Ray " is the debut single by London Pop rock band The Hoosiers, noted for its remarkable resemblance to The Turtles' The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry They released their debut album, The Trick to Life, in October 2007. The Trick to Life is the debut album by London Indie pop band The Hoosiers.
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Biography
Hailing from Exeter, Reading and Stockholm, the band claim to create a sound that they call "we want to be indie but we're not cool enough", combining a number of musical genres. The band members cite their influences as The Cure, Jeff Buckley, The Flaming Lips and XTC. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17 1966 – May 29 1997 raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American Singer-songwriter and Guitarist He was the son The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983 is an American rock band XTC was a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005
According to their band biography, Alphonso Sharland and Irwin Sparkes the lead singer spent some time in the United States, encouraged by their chemistry teacher (Grant Serpell[1] who was part of the band Sailor during their fame in the 1970s), in an attempt to broaden their horizons. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Grant Serpell was a member of several bands during the 1960s and '70s including Affinity and Sailor, and was an encouraging influence over two of the members Sailor were a British pop group mostly famous in the 1970s Career Much of the best material revolved around sailors' adventures on The pair won themselves a football scholarship at the University of Indianapolis despite a reputed claim to be "allergic to running". A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education The University of Indianapolis is a University located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Having gathered enough material to compile an album, Alphonso and Irwin returned to London where they met Swiss keyboard player and sound engineer Duri Darms, and Martin Skarendahl, a Swedish ex-fireman who was then working with Darms as a recording studio engineer and studying at The London Music School.
The trio of Sparkes, Skarendahl and Sharland subsequently signed to RCA and released their first album The Trick to Life on 22 October 2007. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The band have spoken of their desire to write songs that are about more than just "boy and girl. . finding love on a Friday night on the lash with your mates",[2]
They are produced by ex-member of Jamiroquai, Toby Grafty-Smith. Jamiroquai is a Grammy Award -winning English Acid jazz / Funk / soul band Toby Grafftey-Smith (born 29 October 1970, London) is a Musician, most famous for being the Keyboardist and lead Songwriter
The band's second single, "Goodbye Mr A", appeared in the game FIFA 08, and FIFA 08 can be seen in The Hoosiers music video for "Goodbye Mr A" in which Irwin Sparkes (vocals, guitar), who is from Reading, Berkshire is playing on the game as Reading FC against Manchester United. " Goodbye Mr A " is the second single by the UK indie band The Hoosiers from their 2007 album The Trick to Life. FIFA 08 is the next to latest installment of Electronic Arts ' series of football Video games Developed by EA Canada FIFA 08 is the next to latest installment of Electronic Arts ' series of football Video games Developed by EA Canada The Hoosiers (formerly known as The Hoosier Complex) are an English band from the UK and Sweden. Reading (ˈrɛdɪŋ as Redding) is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. It also appears in a trailer for the 2007 film, 'Juno'.
Following the release of "Worst Case Scenario", the next release from The Trick to Life was "Cops and Robbers", as confirmed in a live webchat with The Hoosiers on GMTV. " Worst Case Scenario " is the third single by the English indie band The Hoosiers from their 2007 album The Trick to Life. " Cops and Robbers " is a single by the UK Indie Band The Hoosiers. The video was broadcast on Channel 4 at 12:10pm on 22nd March,2008. Their song "Worried About Ray" reached the final five in the Single Of The Year category of the Brit Awards 2008, but came second to Shine by Take That. " Worried About Ray " is the debut single by London Pop rock band The Hoosiers, noted for its remarkable resemblance to The Turtles'
Before the game was released this information was released on this website: " Cops and Robbers will feature in the game Grand Theft Auto IV ". " Cops and Robbers " is a single by the UK Indie Band The Hoosiers. However now the game has been released, the song is not found on the GTA IV game. This said it may feature in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV epsisodic packs, released later this year.
They recently completed a tour with support from The Script along with I Am Finn, Envy & Other Sins, and JP Jones. The Script are a three-piece Irish rock band from Dublin, Ireland.
Comparisons to other songs
Several of the Hoosiers songs have been compared to other songs, most notably Goodbye Mr A is compared to the Electric Light Orchestra single Mr. Blue Sky[3] and the apparent similarity was noted in a Drowned In Sound article[4], Worried About Ray has been noted for its resemblance to The Turtles' song Happy Together[5][6][7] and Cops and Robbers has been noted as sounding similar to The Cure song The Lovecats. Mr Blue Sky is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra. DrownedinSoundcom or DiS is a UK based music Webzine financed by artist management company Silentway (who manage Mick Hucknall and Brett The Turtles are an American pop and Folk rock band which produced at least a dozen memorable radio-friendly chart singles but remain best known for " Happy Together " is a 1967 song from The Turtles ' album of the same name. The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 " The Lovecats " is the name of a 1983 single by The Cure. [8]
Discography
Studio Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions[9] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SW | IRE | World | Fre | |||||||||
| 2007 | "The Trick to Life" | 1 | 65 | 47 | 29 | 82 | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Chart positions[10] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | SW | IRE | GER | |||||||||||
| 2007 | "Worried About Ray" | "The Trick To Life" | 5 | 85 | 38 | 94 | ||||||||
| "Goodbye Mr A" | 4 | - | 23 | - | ||||||||||
| 2008 | "Worst Case Scenario" | 76 | - | - | - | |||||||||
| "Cops and Robbers" | 24 | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| Top-ten Hits | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Top 40 Hits | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Top 100 Hits | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
"-" indicates that the single was not released in the specified location, or it did not chart. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Trick to Life is the debut album by London Indie pop band The Hoosiers. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The official Music Charts in Germany are collected and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft (Federal " Worried About Ray " is the debut single by London Pop rock band The Hoosiers, noted for its remarkable resemblance to The Turtles' " Goodbye Mr A " is the second single by the UK indie band The Hoosiers from their 2007 album The Trick to Life. " Worst Case Scenario " is the third single by the English indie band The Hoosiers from their 2007 album The Trick to Life. " Cops and Robbers " is a single by the UK Indie Band The Hoosiers.
References
- ^ Why The Hoosiers are getting seriously cheery - Features, Music - The Independent
- ^ The Hoosiers. stv. tv. Retrieved on 2008-01-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes.
- ^ The Hoosiers: 'Goodbye Mr A'
- ^ Drowned in Sound - News - Chart round-up: grief-stricken children
- ^ The Independent (2007/09/24) http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/the-hoosiers-ica-london-464623.html
- ^ The Guardian (2007/09/15) http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2169628,00.html
- ^ BBC Radio 1 (2007/06/21) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2007/06/hoosiers_worried_about_ray.shtml
- ^ The Hoosiers, The Trick To Life
- ^ U.S. and Canadian Singles Chart Positions. The Independent is a British compact Newspaper published by Tony O'Reilly 's Independent News & Media. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. All Music Guide. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Accessed December 22, 2007. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ U.S. and Canadian Singles Chart Positions. All Music Guide. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Accessed December 22, 2007. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
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