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Hounslow, United Kingdom (1994 – present)
The Bluetones were an English guitar band, formed in Hounslow 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 britpop band, given that their appearance and initial huge success with songs such asSlight 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 ‘britpop’ 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.
Understandably classed as a britpop 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 ‘britpop’ 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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CCSandman wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Bluetones/_/never+going+nowhere
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Jenana wrote:
Yeah, they're still splitting at the end of the year though.
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DeclanFREW wrote:
Splitting up? They're playing CockRock this year.
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odeka wrote:
Wish they made Rescue Rooms as one of their final tour dates, good memories of them playing there.
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proper89 wrote:
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.
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puppyhand wrote:
First gig I ever went to. And I grew up in Hounslow too.
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CCSandman wrote:
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.
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slazey wrote:
Will be missed, and known forevermore as a Britpop band that recorded a minor classic while Britpop was in its death throes. Never released a bad album, the latest was their best since 'Science and Nature'. Awra best!
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BlitzK wrote:
The Bluetones will be doing one final tour in September before they call it a day. Tour dates are all up on the events page. This is your last chance to see them and thank them for the past 17 years of great music. Whether you've been listening to them since the start or are just discovering them from Sleazy Bed Track being in Scott Pilgrim, I can promise they always put on a great show, and this should be a great mixed set to have one final gig with them.
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ijja77 wrote:
Emily's pine. About murdering his girl and burying her under a tree. sweet.
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shvtr wrote:
firefly <3
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BrilliantNerd wrote:
Love them.
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MoninAleksey wrote:
Мне нравится))
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titiemon2 wrote:
@Aragorn_501 - "Singles" is best choice.
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kageru-hinoryu wrote:
@Aragorn_501 - If you enjoyed Sleazy Bed Track, it'd do you good to check out the album that song is from (Return to the Last Chance Saloon). Expecting to Fly, however, is widely regarded as one of the band's best. :)
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Aragorn_501 wrote:
Any advice on where the best place to start with them is?
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marta-emilia wrote:
putting out fires <3 beautiful song
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PuchiHale wrote:
slight return <3
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evanmorg wrote:
Great band, somewhere inbetween The Stone Roses and Oasis.
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smackie1973 wrote:
Most underrated band in the history of history!! Still try and see them live everytime they play in Glasgow
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Yeovil Gig
7 Jul 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/thebluetones
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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