Exile Parade
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Formation
The band formed in the summer of 2006. After hearing the band's early demos on MySpaceMySpace
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, Owen Morris
Owen Morris
Owen Morris is a music producer who has worked with rock bands such as Oasis, The Fratellis, The View and The Verve.He started working in the music industry as a sound engineer at Spaceward Studio in Cambridge when he was 16. He continued as an engineer until 1994 when he started producing some...
called the former Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
guitarist Paul Arthurs
Paul Arthurs
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs is an English musician and one of the founding members of the English rock band Oasis, best known as their rhythm guitar player from 1991-1999.-Early life:...
, who had been playing the demos on his BBC Manchester Music show. Not long after the stamp of approval from Arthurs, he and Morris went to see the band play live. Soon after, Exile Parade were in Real World Studios
Real World Studios
Real World Studios is a residential recording studio in Box, Wiltshire, England associated with the Real World Records Ltd. record label founded by rock musician Peter Gabriel...
with Morris.
Brothel Ballet EP (2010–2011)
The band's debut EP, Brothel BalletBrothel Ballet
Brothel Ballet is an EP album by British rock band Exile Parade, released in April 2010. The EP was produced by Owen Morris, Rob Ferrier and Exile Parade.-Track listing:-Album personnel:* Exile Parade – writing, performance and production...
, was released in April 2010. The official video for the lead single, "Man is Sick
Man Is Sick
"Man is Sick" is a song by British rock band Exile Parade. It is the fifth track from the band's EP Brothel Ballet.-Lyrical interpretation:...
", was released in January to critical acclaim. The video was featured on the front page of MySpace Music from 1 to 4 March, and had a BBC
BBC
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feature about it. The band followed this with a tour of China in May, playing at the Zebra Music Festival.
Hit the Zoo (2011–present)
The band's debut studio album, Hit the Zoo, will be released in February 2012.Studio albums
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Brothel Ballet Brothel Ballet Brothel Ballet is an EP album by British rock band Exile Parade, released in April 2010. The EP was produced by Owen Morris, Rob Ferrier and Exile Parade.-Track listing:-Album personnel:* Exile Parade – writing, performance and production... |
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Music videos
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "Fire Walk With Me" | Nick Jones |
| 2009 | "Heart Into Suicide" | Exile Parade |
| 2010 | "Man is Sick Man Is Sick "Man is Sick" is a song by British rock band Exile Parade. It is the fifth track from the band's EP Brothel Ballet.-Lyrical interpretation:... " |
Ryan Davies |
| "Hello Blue" | Ryan Davies | |
| 2011 | "Life of Crime" | Ryan Davies |
| "Longest Day" | Exile Parade | |
| "Slo Mo" | Exile Parade |
Support
Rock writer Mick Middles stated that they are "the most promising band to emerge in the last five years." In April 2008, the band's song "Fire Walk With Me" broke into the Mediabase Active Rock Top 100 in the United StatesUnited States
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. Exile Parade was the highest placed British band in the chart that week.
Total Guitar
Total Guitar
Total Guitar is a monthly magazine based in the United Kingdom. The magazine is the best selling guitar magazine in Europe.The magazine is owned by Future Publishing, who publish many other magazines ranging from drums and video games to mountain bikes and knitting magazines.Total Guitar regularly...
magazine made "Heart Into Suicide" one of top 20 downloads in their June edition, and Disorder magazine wrote, "The guitar licks are pleasingly heavy and deep, and singer Daniel Lomax has Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher
William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, the former frontman of the English rock band Oasis and currently of the band Beady Eye. Gallagher's erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press...
and Robert Plant
Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...
sized aspirations sizzling through his blood. As long as they can side with the latter more than the former, they could be a new main stage pleaser in waiting."
Suburban Records released "Fire Walk With Me" on limited edition 7" Vinyl. Dutch station 3VOOR12
3VOOR12
3VOOR12 is a multimedia platform of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting VPRO for alternative pop.3VOOR12 has 2 digital television channels , different radio channels ranging from punk, Roots and Alternative rock to metal), radioprograms on 3FM, a website and a weekly live event...
made it their single of the week and leading Dutch music magazine Up gave the track a rating of 91/100. The band has played gigs in Amsterdam and at the Beeckestijn Festival. Local newspaper Haarlem Dagblad wrote after one gig, "The band sounded very tight with a huge sound; typically a band where you can say in a couple of years time just like Radiohead when they played the Beeckestijn Festival in 1993 - I was there!"
In March 2009, Exile Parade were featured in Beijing Today after picking up a significant online fanbase through Chinese social networking site Douban
Douban
Douban may refer to:*Douban.com, Chinese Web 2.0 website*Doubanjiang, spicy, salty paste made from fermented broad beans, soybeans...
. "Fire Walk With Me" was also chosen as a cover track on a free CD given away with X-Music magazine.
In popular culture
- A demo of the song "Fire Walk With Me" was used on the soundtrack of the first series DVD of SkinsSkins (TV series)Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
. - The song "Love Disco" was featured in the Ben StillerBen StillerBenjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
/Jack BlackJack BlackJack Black , is an American actor and musician, notably of Tenacious D.Jack Black may also refer to:* Jack Black , late 19th - early 20th Century author and hobo* Jack Black , drummer for 1970s UK punk band The Boys...
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. - The band's singer Lomax plays the unnamed main character in the 2010 short film Meathouse by Ryan Davies, who has directed most of the band's videos.
- They are featured on the soundtrack of Screwed and are close friends with Ronnie Thompson, the author of the book upon which the film is based.