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Nottingham, United Kingdom
“…one of the UK’s standout dark alternative acts”. (Sphere Webzine)
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.
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:
Such a good band!
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evilinhell wrote:
"very nice", "GOOD BAND" - Are you kidding??? They are awesome
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
The Luxury Stranger website has been 'modified' and the video for Empty Men is OUT NOW! Go to http://www.luxurystranger.net
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hatori77 wrote:
don´t go is amazing!!
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CRAZYBALLIZTIK wrote:
The second album seems better than their first.
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CRAZYBALLIZTIK wrote:
Wow! These guys have really assimilated all the best from the cold-wave! Their stuff are high level!
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vamppir8 wrote:
Luxury Stranger, The Dutchess, York, 12th November 2011, be there or be square.
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Hey everyone - just to let you know that the contact email address for Luxury Stranger has now changed to info@luxurystranger.net Thanks :)
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Hey everyone - please note, the Luxury Stranger website is now found at http://www.luxurystranger.net Thanks :)
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Angelight2012 wrote:
BRMC + The Chameleons
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Just to let you all know - we're supporting Gary Numan at the Barbican, York as part of DV8 Festival on 22nd July :o) Tickets - http://www.dv8fest.com/numantickets.html
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LadyMaggie wrote:
Spinner DIRT by Luxury Stranger Spinner Buy MP3 Edit lyrics Spotify last.fm Translate! I'm dirt, living in a clean world. I'm dirt, chasing after clean girls. Wanting to change their minds, wanting to change their faces into something more beautiful to me now I'm dirt.... I love them:-*
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EchoedRuins wrote:
Wow.. it's like pre-1985 The Cure exploded in my speakers. :)
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Hi all - just a quick note to remind you that Luxury Stranger are playing the following shows this coming weekend: 22nd April 2011 - Coq d'Or, Tannwaldstrasse 48, Olten, Switzerland (with Dangereux-Party and support from Motorama), 23rd April 2011 - Raumstation, Sternen, Auggen Germany (with support from Die!Die!Die!), 24th April 2011 - Epplehaus, Tübingen, Germany (Twilight of Darkness Party and support from the Beauts). Hope to see you there :)
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joydivision1980 wrote:
GOOD BAND
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beautifulwaste wrote:
Good band! 'Don't Go' is lovely!
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
The buy link for 'Commitment & Discipline' is now working... go to Trash Vogue Records today... (or tomorrow if it's getting a bit too close to bed time) :o)
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Not sure why but Last.fm isn't letting us change some links at the moment - possible glich. If you'd like to purchase 'Commitment & Discipline' on CD go to Trash Vogue Records at http://www.trashvoguerecords.com/ Cheers :o)
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
'Commitment and Discipline' has currently SOLD OUT at MusicNonStop (yay!) but you can still purchase the album from http://www.trashvoguerecords.com/ as well as other LS related items - including LS t-shirtsand the Berlin Black EP which is part of Chris Tuke's (LS' bass player) solo project.
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LuxuryStranger wrote:
Last two tracks mixed yesterday - very interesting and experimental things went down... Considering not bothering with the 'inbetween' bits and saving that idea for the 3rd album.
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vamppir8 added Luxury Stranger to the lineup of 360 Music Festival York Showcase at Fibbers. last week
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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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LuxuryStranger tagged Luxury Stranger with ipad, wgw 2011, dark waters event may 2011 and 90 other tags. December 2011
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