Thee Unstrung
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Thee Unstrung were an English
group
, signed to Mercury Records
(originally signed to Alan McGee
's record label Poptones
. Thee Unstrung released an album
in 2005 entitled Lie, Cheat and Steal. One of the band members, Ben Bailey is one of Pete Doherty's`mates.
Thee Unstrung was made up of Ben Bailey (lead guitar
), Steve Holbrook (rhythm guitar
, vocals
), Rob Power/Bobby Cooper (bass guitar
) and Ben Tweedy (drum
s). They toured extensively in 2005. Over the 10 years the band were together many members came and went, although Bailey was the founder of the group. Ben went on to form a new band, His Lost Boys. Holbrook, Power and Tweedy went on to form 1984, joined by lead guitarist Gareth Sutherland and were featured on a Japan
ese compilation album
, Sound Of An Era II.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
group
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, signed to Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
(originally signed to Alan McGee
Alan McGee
Alan McGee has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for The Guardian.McGee is best-known for co-forming and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983–1999, and then Poptones from 1999-2007...
's record label Poptones
Poptones
Poptones is a record label launched by Alan McGee after the demise of Creation Records in 1999. Named after a Public Image Limited song, it is seen as something of a return to the staunchly independent roots of Creation...
. Thee Unstrung released an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in 2005 entitled Lie, Cheat and Steal. One of the band members, Ben Bailey is one of Pete Doherty's`mates.
Thee Unstrung was made up of Ben Bailey (lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
), Steve Holbrook (rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
), Rob Power/Bobby Cooper (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Ben Tweedy (drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s). They toured extensively in 2005. Over the 10 years the band were together many members came and went, although Bailey was the founder of the group. Ben went on to form a new band, His Lost Boys. Holbrook, Power and Tweedy went on to form 1984, joined by lead guitarist Gareth Sutherland and were featured on a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, Sound Of An Era II.