Warm Jets were a British

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 pop

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 indie

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 band, who had two UK top 40 singles and a top 40 album in 1998.

History

The band formed in 1995 by Louis Jones, Paul Noble (formerly of Eat

Eat (band)

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) and Ed Grimshaw and signed to This Way Up records in early 1996. They recruited former Pale Saints

Pale Saints

Pale Saints was formed in 1987 by Ian Masters , Graeme Naysmith , and Chris Cooper in Leeds, England. The group began as a jangly indie pop band, influenced by Primal Scream's early sound.-History:...

, Parachute Men and Rialto

Rialto (band)

Rialto were a Britpop band of the late 1990s. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998, and Night on Earth in 2002. Their most famous single was their debut, "Monday Morning 5:19", however "Untouchable" charted higher at number 20 in the UK Singles Chart.-Band members:* Louis Eliot -...

 member Colleen Browne on bass guitar

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 duties.-- soon replaced by one Aki Shibahara.-- After the release of their debut EP

Extended play

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 Autopia the band received some positive press and played some prestigious support slots and festival appearances including an arena tour with Blur

Blur (band)

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. The band appeared on NME

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's annual tour of up and coming bands in early 1998. Their only album Future Signs was released in 1998, mixed by Glyn Johns

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. The band had top forty hits in Britain with "Never Never" and "Hurricane". The group's name derives from Brian Eno

Brian Eno

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's 1973 album, Here Come the Warm Jets

Here Come the Warm Jets

Here Come the Warm Jets is the debut solo album by Brian Eno. Produced by Eno, it was released on Island Records in 1974. The musical style of Here Come the Warm Jets is a hybrid of glam rock and art rock, similar to Eno's previous album work with Roxy Music but with songs that are more quirky and...

.

The band had some short lived tabloid fame when singer Louis Jones had a relationship with DJ Zoe Ball

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. They were also often namechecked by Jones's friend / media buddy Paul Kaye

Paul Kaye

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 under his famed Dennis Pennis alter ego. Soon after their brief dalliance with the charts and a moderately successful tour in 1998 to support the "Future Signs" album, Paul Noble departed from the band. The remaining trio then recruited former Strangelove

Strangelove (band)

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 and Blue Aeroplanes guitarist Alex Lee

Alex Lee

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 as a temporary replacement, but from that point onwards very little was heard of the band's further activities with regard to recording any new material. The group disbanded shortly after Island Records

Island Records

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 dropped them.

Warm Jets line-up

• Louis Jones - Lead Vocals & Guitar
• Paul Noble - Guitar & Keyboards (replaced temporarily with Alex Lee
  Alex Lee
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   as a touring member)
• Craig 'Ed' Grimshaw - Drums & Keyboards
• Aki Shibahara - Bass & Vocals

Singles

• Autopia EP (1996) This Way Up
• "Never Never" (1997) This Way Up
• "Move Away" (1997) This Way Up
• "Hurricane" (1997) This Way Up
• "Never Never" (1998) This Way Up (UK #37)
• "Hurricane" (1998) Island
  Island Records
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  (UK #34)