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Manchester, United Kingdom (1999 - present)
The band members are:
Sel Balamir - Guitar/Vocals
Neil Mahony - Bass
Matt Brobin - Drums
Amplifier are best known for their trademark massive live wall-of-distortion which is conjoured out of multiple amps and many many effects pedals. Their music is often described as progressive rock, psychedelic rock, post classic rock, melodic rock, stoner rock and mega rock
A quick history of the band would be thus:
Proto-Amplifier formed in 1998, but did their first gig on 4th May 1999 at Manchester’s Band On The Wall. After some years and many many gigs, and equally as many floors that were slept upon and miles travelled in their trusty and rusty white transit van, they signed a record deal with Music For Nations, the stalwart indie rock label that housed such names as Metallica, Slayer, Tool, Frank Zappa, err… Bowling For Soup.
They recorded their eponymously titled album in 2003, which came out in the UK in 2004, with a very very very limited run in Europe that year also. The album came out to tremendous press and a Kerrang awards best new band nomination. Unfortunately, the same week as the records release the label MFN was dissolved in a business merger between Zomba, the label’s parent company and giant corporate behemouth Sony/BMG. The band spent about year trying to get out of the clutches of their new masters, before buying their freedom in an act of artistic manumission which is called an “override” deal. Trust me, if you’re in a band - you don’t want to hear this phrase.
The band members are:
Sel Balamir - Guitar/Vocals
Neil Mahony - Bass
Matt Brobin - Drums
Amplifier are best known for their trademark massive live wall-of-distortion which is conjoured out of multiple amps and many many effects pedals. Their music is often described as progressive rock, psychedelic rock, post classic rock, melodic rock, stoner rock and mega rock
A quick history of the band would be thus:
Proto-Amplifier formed in 1998, but did their first gig on 4th May 1999 at Manchester’s Band On The Wall. After some years and many many gigs, and equally as many floors that were slept upon and miles travelled in their trusty and rusty white transit van, they signed a record deal with Music For Nations, the stalwart indie rock label that housed such names as Metallica, Slayer, Tool, Frank Zappa, err… Bowling For Soup.
They recorded their eponymously titled album in 2003, which came out in the UK in 2004, with a very very very limited run in Europe that year also. The album came out to tremendous press and a Kerrang awards best new band nomination. Unfortunately, the same week as the records release the label MFN was dissolved in a business merger between Zomba, the label’s parent company and giant corporate behemouth Sony/BMG. The band spent about year trying to get out of the clutches of their new masters, before buying their freedom in an act of artistic manumission which is called an “override” deal. Trust me, if you’re in a band - you don’t want to hear this phrase.
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Machauer wrote:
Only listened the "The Astronaut Dismantles HAL" EP - their sound is amazing. Too bad i have so little chances in seeing them live. I can bet they kick ass live.
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the_dooner wrote:
Hello canbera ,you will be able to get Eternity straight from the amplifer website and it is a lovely EP to celebrate the bands 10 years playing together.
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thekillingspree wrote:
It's not the same as the first one, but it's far more similar to it than what we can hear from the Octopus on MySpace.
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Acquiescence wrote:
I'd hardly describe Insider as their "usual sound."
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captainfutility wrote:
superb night. have a great christmas! :) :)
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thekillingspree wrote:
You seriously think those MySpace songs are better than anything on their second album?! Well, I guess you're not a fan of their usual sound, then.
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detommy wrote:
what i've heard so far on myspace sounds incredible. after a weaker 2nd album, this might be the album, topping the debut! i'm glad, that they allow themself plenty of time :)
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thekillingspree wrote:
I'm guessing it'll be out until next Summer, but its release date has been pushed several months already... So who knows?
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M_E_T_E_O_R wrote:
When Octopus come out?
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Jonzo67 wrote:
Ordered an Amplifier T-shirt. Sel's email address sends you an email to thank you. Aint that nice?
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paalrune wrote:
Merry Octopus! Best christmas card ever :)
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thekillingspree wrote:
You guys are funny. You should definitely get it on.
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Pk_Henry wrote:
Wtf are you talking about?! the only songs that were on myspace (from 2009) were the songs from Eternity (that is a release to celebrate their first decade of existence as a band), so i believe you are a bit mislead.
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canbera wrote:
Wait, what is it with this Eternity EP? On wikipedia it is listed as a 2009 release, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyways, I can't wait for the release of The Octopus... even if that album is weaker than the previous ( which is possible after two incredibly great ones ), their live show will always kick ass.
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thekillingspree wrote:
Same here. After listening to those MySpace tracks from Octopus I'm left wondering whatever happened to those crazy guitar riffs and amazing walls of sound... :|
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NickWK wrote:
Love the debut, HAL, and Insider but I'm skeptical about Octopus from what I've already heard. Prove me wrong Sel
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slave_guard wrote:
Space suits > everything
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thekillingspree wrote:
@ unref: to help you hate me even more, I also find Radiohead boring :P It's not that I think Porcupine Tree and Radiohead are crappy bands, they're clearly NOT. I just don't like them and don't understand all the hype and fanbase around them. But all in all, music is a very subjective thing. My mistake was to think PT were a similar band to Tool, which I thought they were after listening to a couple of songs. But if I want some nice epic riffage, I go for Amplifier instead (or Tool for that matter). Also, cheers for the compliment on my music taste, unref ;) And yeah, I try to be EVERYWHERE on last.fm... even though it's tough.
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unref wrote:
@thekillingspree: I see you on a lot of shoutboxes of bands I like (Pumpkins, Biffy Clyro, here) so you seem to have a pretty good taste :D . BUT: How can you find Porcupine Tree boring? That is blasphemy :D No seriously (@ xanderglz): I don't think you can compare the two bands. Amplifier's compositions much more straight and the style of the two studio albums is quite similar imo whereas PT's records are pretty different (so to which PT record would you compare Amplifier?). Amplifier are much easier to listen to which makes it easier to like their music (which is a strength!), PT's strength lies in detail (headphones!), atmosphere (I get sucked into the music) and complexity of the songs without wanking on the instruments (which are other strengths). If I like two bands for different reasons they can't be too similar, right? ;)
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xanderglz wrote:
actually, I would like to extend on the similarity between amplifier and PT. IMO is a good thing they influence the new generation of prog bands (Amplifier, Oceansize, Dredg, Pure Reason Revolution, Riverside, Gazpacho and so on), because hey! look at all the great music we have to listen to now! =D BTW ---> "Seriously, vote for this pic http://www.lastfm.de/music/Amplifier/+images/31999"; <--- O LOOK MUSE LOL. That being said: no, no vote ): I like when they look more original.
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