Yeti are an English

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...

 rock band

Rock Band

Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

, founded in 2004 by John Hassall

John Hassall (musician)

John Hassall is an English musician and bassist for The Libertines. He now performs with his own band, Yeti. He has been described by Dirty Pretty Things bassist Didz Hammond as "...a fucking class bass player. Top grade...

, of The Libertines

The Libertines

The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...

. Hassall met Brendan Kersey, Andrew Deian and Mark Underwood (formerly Harmony Williams) through mutual friends, and the line-up was completed when drummer Graham Blacow responded to a classified advertisement. The band is based in North London.

Career

Yeti began with Hassall as the main songwriter, but soon Underwood started writing and singing a few of his own (including lead-off track on One Eye On The Banquet, "The Last Time You Go" and "Insect-Eating Man"), while Deian has also penned several tracks, including their single "Don't Go Back To The One You Love" and "Jermyn Girls". Critics have compared the band's sound to "early" Beatles, The La's, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Coral, The Zombies, Love and early "pre-Rough Trade" Libertines.

Their debut single "Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder

Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder

"Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder" is the debut single by English rock band Yeti. The title track and b-side Midnight Flight are included on the singles-compilation Yume!, released only in Japan in 2007 and is included on their debut album The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales...

" was released in March 2005, and reached #36 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. It was named "Single Of The Week" by NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

. "Keep Pushin' On

Keep Pushin' On

"Keep Pushin' On" is the second single by English rock band Yeti. It reached number 57 in the UK Singles Chart. All three tracks from the single are included on the singles-compilation Yume!, released only in Japan in 2007...

" was released on 29 August 2005 under Moshi Moshi Records

Moshi moshi records

Moshi Moshi Records is a small London-based record label that has released music by bands such as The Rakes, Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Late of the Pier, Hot Club De Paris, Kate Nash, Junkboy, Architecture in Helsinki, Tilly and the Wall, Slow Club, Yeti, and Au Revoir Simone...

 and reached #57.

The band was also featured in magazines such as Vogue

Vogue (magazine)

Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...

, Arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

, GQ, Spin

Spin (magazine)

Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

, Dazed & Confused

Dazed & Confused (magazine)

Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine, that was set up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and Rankin...

and Clash

Clash (magazine)

Clash is a popular music and fashion magazine based in the United Kingdom. Its magazine title is published 12 times a year. It has a circulation of around 40,000....

. In December 2005, Yeti played "Noise and Confusion 05" - their biggest show to date - at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium

Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

, opening for 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...

 and Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

. This was followed by a string of supporting shows on Oasis' European Tour in February 2006. Yeti featured in the 2006 advertising campaign for the Italian fashion label "Energie".

Yeti returned to action at the end of October 2006 and released a limited edition EP, One Eye on the Banquet

One Eye on the Banquet

One Eye On The Banquet is a limited edition EP by Yeti featuring tracks recorded with producer Craig Silvey, expected to be working with them on their debut album to be released in 2007. The artwork for the release was designed by the band...

, playing a series of small gigs within the UK throughout the final months of 2006.

In early 2007, Kersey left the band to join London band The Early Years

The Early Years (band)

The Early Years are an English psychedelic, electronic, guitar-based rock band from Hackney, London consisting of members David Malkinson , Roger Mackin , Phil Raines and Brendan Kersey .- Biography :...

.

The band played their first show as a four piece at the Proud Gallery in London in August 2007. Yeti released their a 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...

, Yume!

Yume!

Yume! is a compilation album of UK band Yeti, released on August 29, 2007 by Japanese indie record label, Vinyl Junkie. Most of the tracks had been previously released in the United Kingdom on singles or the EP, "One Eye on the Banquet".Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 written by John Hassall.2, 5, 7...

, in 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...

 on 29 August 2007, and the band played shows in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

, Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

, Sapporo and Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

 in September 2007 to promote the record. Yume!

Yume!

Yume! is a compilation album of UK band Yeti, released on August 29, 2007 by Japanese indie record label, Vinyl Junkie. Most of the tracks had been previously released in the United Kingdom on singles or the EP, "One Eye on the Banquet".Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 written by John Hassall.2, 5, 7...

was a success and peaked at number 3 in the Japanese HMV Foreign chart.

The band completed a thirty date UK tour, with tour mates London band The Foxes, to promote their album, The Legend of Yeti Gonzales. It was released in June 2008, and received favourable reviews from the NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

and Daily Mirror.

Singles

• "Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder
  Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder
  "Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder" is the debut single by English rock band Yeti. The title track and b-side Midnight Flight are included on the singles-compilation Yume!, released only in Japan in 2007 and is included on their debut album The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales...
  
  ", 28 March 2005 (Moshi Moshi
  Moshi moshi records
  Moshi Moshi Records is a small London-based record label that has released music by bands such as The Rakes, Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Late of the Pier, Hot Club De Paris, Kate Nash, Junkboy, Architecture in Helsinki, Tilly and the Wall, Slow Club, Yeti, and Au Revoir Simone...
  
  )
• "Keep Pushin' On
  Keep Pushin' On
  "Keep Pushin' On" is the second single by English rock band Yeti. It reached number 57 in the UK Singles Chart. All three tracks from the single are included on the singles-compilation Yume!, released only in Japan in 2007...
  
  ", 29 August 2005 (Moshi Moshi)
• "Don't Go Back To The One You Love
  Don't Go Back to the One You Love
  "Don't Go Back To The One You Love" is the third single by English rock band Yeti.-Track listings:*CD# "Don't Go Back To The One You Love " 3:39# "Don't Go Back To The One You Love" 5:10...
  
  ", 26 May 2008 [Get Up & Go Records)