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Hounslow, England (1994 – 2011)

The Bluetones were an English guitar band, formed in Hounslow, England in 1994, featuring Mark Morriss (vocals, keyboards & occasional guitar), Adam Devlin (guitars), Scott Morriss (bass guitar & backing vocals), and Eds Chesters (drums - the man who has both plural forename and surname!)

Understandably classed as a band, given that their appearance and initial huge success with songs such as Slight Return coincided synchronously with the Britpop explosion, their debut record Expecting To Fly appeared in 1996.

As time has gone by, the band have actually become a more conventional ‘indie’ band - whilst notching up hits such as Marblehead Johnson, If… and Keep The Home Fires Burning they have struggled to replicate the success of their debut. After seven singles reaching the UK Top 20 in total, they are now well out of the public eye, but unlike almost all of the fellow ‘’ bands, they continue to release new material and tour.

Following two further albums on major, A&M/Universal (1998’s Return To The Last Chance Saloon and 2000’s Science & Nature), they signed to the big indie, Cooking Vinyl in 2003 for Luxembourg and 2006’s The Bluetones.

Vocalist Mark Morriss released a solo EP under the alias Fi-Lo Beddow in 2006, which eventually bloomed into a full solo record under his real name. Memory Muscle was released in June 2008, and received a surprising amount of critical acclaim, given the music press’ frosty attitude to Bluetones material. It included new versions of the songs which made up the Fi-Lo Beddow EP, and featured strings arrnaged by film score composer David Arnold.
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  • Jeymie

    Great Band !

    24 days ago

  • CCSandman

    http://www.last.fm/music/The+Bluetones/_/never+going+nowhere

    January 2012

  • Jenana

    Yeah, they're still splitting at the end of the year though.

    August 2011

  • DeclanFREW

    Splitting up? They're playing CockRock this year.

    July 2011

  • odeka

    Wish they made Rescue Rooms as one of their final tour dates, good memories of them playing there.

    May 2011

  • proper89

    Gutted that these guys are splitting up. They write such affecting songs. You always knew a Bluetones release was going to be great, no matter what. Although they evolved, a Bluetones album was always a Bluetones album. Great stuff.

    April 2011

  • puppyhand

    First gig I ever went to. And I grew up in Hounslow too.

    March 2011

  • CCSandman

    Good to see Slight Return not at the top! :-P Oh so many great tracks, but their debut album is a perfect record. Seen them a couple of times live here in Cardiff, gonna catch them on their last gig here too. I shook their hands last time! :-D Gonna miss you guys mentally. Love.

    March 2011
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Yeovil Gig

7 Jul 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/Bluetones

Just a quick note that our gig in Yeovil on Saturday 3rd September has been moved from the Orange Box to Westlands due to venue closure. All tickets will remain valid.

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