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Nottingham, United Kingdom
Luxury Stranger is an English band, based in Nottingham, UK
Influenced by the gothic sounds of post-punk / cold wave from 1978 - 1984. Imagine: David Bowie and Iggy Pop’s Berlin years mixed with the disparate sound of Joy Division and early Cure with the melodies and power of The Chameleons - this is Luxury Stranger.
Luxury Stranger is a ‘Jekyl and Hyde’ style of band - a methodical architect in the studio and a passionate powerful monster on the stage.
Luxury Stranger began life in July 2007 as the solo project of Simon York . Simon recorded over 60 songs in various styles, using different instrumentation in order to find what he wanted as the starting point for the sound of Luxury Stranger. From this group of songs came the debut album Desolation which was solely recorded and performed by Simon. Shortly afterward, Simon started to look for musicians for the live side of Luxury Stranger. After a few rehearsals with various musicians, mainstay bass player Chris Ruscoe joined the band in February 2008 and April 2008 saw the arrival of drummer Owen Walton .
Luxury Stranger played it’s first gig on Friday, 5th September 2008 at Junktion 7, Nottingham (see the band’s Myspace blog for details). In December 2008, Luxury Stranger signed with Major Digital (an off-shoot of Germany’s Major Records). December saw the birth of the ‘A Funeral Party’ event which were live music and DJ nights currated by members of Luxury Stranger.
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snowy657 wrote about Luxury Stranger – Commitment And Discipline in The Top 50 Best Albums of 2011. December 2011
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snowy657 wrote about Luxury Stranger in The Top 50 Best Albums of 2011. December 2011
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snowy657 wrote about Luxury Stranger – Commitment And Discipline in a deleted journal. December 2011
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snowy657 wrote about Luxury Stranger in a deleted journal. December 2011
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