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Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (1990 – present)

Elbow is an alternative rock band which formed in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom in 1990 while at sixth-form college. The band consists of Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar), Mark Potter (guitar, vocals), Pete Turner (bass), Craig Potter (keyboards) and Richard Jupp (drums). Over the band’s 20 year career, it has released five studio albums, four EPs and ten top fifty singles in the UK.

The band is named after a line in the BBC TV mini-series The Singing Detective which says that the word “elbow” is the most sensuous word in the English language, not for its definition, but for how it feels to say it.

Elbow began specializing in “ ”, but changed the direction of its music after unanimously deciding that they were “shit.” The new songs were noticed from both Island Records and Universal, but the band was dropped before anything was released after it signed with both labels. The band then released two critically acclaimed EP’s on the independent Ugly Man Record label which caught the attention of V2 Records.

V2 released Elbow’s debut album: “asleep in the back.” The album was a surprisingly moderate success, gaining substantial critical acclaim and, ultimately, a nomination for the in 2001. The single “Newborn” received attention after being banned by for the lyric, “I’ll be the corpse in your bathtub.”

Word of mouth then began to work in Elbow’s favor. Its 2003 album, “Cast Of Thousands,” entered the UK Charts at #7 to critical acclaim. The lead single, “Fallen Angel,” charted at #19.

In 2004, Elbow became the first British band to ever play a concert in Havana during an unofficial Cuban tour. The tour was made into a short film by British documentary maker Irshad Ashraf.
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  • long_jack

    Очень недооценены.

    9 May 10:08am Reply

  • HimitsuUK

    FROW DOZE CURTANZ WIDE. This song get's abused on Britain's Got Talent.

    13 Apr 6:13pm Reply

  • steve__

    Elbow are ace but this comment "Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not." is equally idiotic as Funky_Nickie's.

    18 Mar 4:29pm Reply

  • Roverida

    Dear friend. This is a kind of song for my missing friends and ive been smoking their perfumes. This is called Claustrophobic. ELbow means everything to me. :X

    17 Mar 2:56pm Reply

  • Karma_Idiot

    Leaders of the Free World needs more love.

    13 Mar 1:01pm Reply

  • tallinspace

    What's the point of any band? Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not. (2)

    3 Mar 11:22am Reply

  • Schrammelhammel

    What's the point of any band? Your band list looks like you choose the music depending on whether your mother heard of them or not.

    27 Feb 2:50pm Reply

  • Funky_Nickie

    Pardon me, but what exactly is the point of this band?

    25 Feb 12:49am Reply

  • ohmysweetnurse

    “There is hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall” I love this song so much, I can't explain it beggars description

    1 Feb 10:02am Reply

  • FluffyMorbid

    they are just brilliant!

    20 Jan 9:30pm Reply

  • tresfoufou

    Guy Garvey is like an artist that paints with words.

    20 Jan 6:41pm Reply

  • always_peng

    Saw them in Birmingham not too long ago and now I think I love them even more

    25 Dec 2012 Reply

  • jamesusillxd

    Their first was my favorite, a darker edge that they seem to have lost...

    12 Dec 2012 Reply

  • alliedbakeries

    "People are drawn to us because we find the beautiful in the mundane." GUY GARVEY (December 2012).

    4 Dec 2012 Reply

  • JamestheJohnson

    Awesome in London last night! Proper nice bloke as well Gave his guitar to some guy in the crowd

    3 Dec 2012 Reply

  • RPGHeroine

    New song 'Charge ' is awesome too.

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • RPGHeroine

    Soooo good last night in Manchester makes me proud to be a Mancunian thanks guys :)

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • GaiusBertus

    If found Build a Rocket Boys very disappointing, but luckily Elbow is back on track Dead in the Boot!

    28 Nov 2012 Reply

  • alkattrazz

    согласен с лонг-джеком.групец заебок полный

    25 Nov 2012 Reply

  • iixdotbe

    The Night Will Always Win was used in the intro to the latest Call of Duty. When I played it this weekend I thought my computer magically started playing my tunes... it took me a few seconds to realize it was coming from the game. I think the song fit perfectly in opening scene as it really set the tone for it. At first I was thinking Elbow in COD?!? That's an outrage! But by the end of it... I was thrilled. You can see the intro here (scene starts at 0:20).

    20 Nov 2012 Reply
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