Little Man Tate (band)

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Origin	Sheffield, England
Years active	2005–present
Genres	Indie Rock
Labels	Yellow Van Records,V2 Records
Members	Jon Windle Edward 'Maz' Marriot Ben Surtees Dan Fields

Little Man Tate are a four-piece indie band from Sheffield, England and formed in 2005. The band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in March 2006 signed to V2 Records. Their forth single, Man I Hate Your Band was released on 13th November and became their highest charting single yet, entering the official UK singles chart at number 26.

The band made extensive use of the internet to gather a fanbase, which may be in part responsible for their relatively rapid rise, with only twelve months having passed from formation to their signing with the V2 record label. Like many other up and coming bands they made extensive use of MySpace as well as their own forum to communicate with and co-ordinate fans.

In recognition of their online community's role in their success, the band gave forum members priority booking tickets for their 2006 Christmas show at the Sheffield Boardwalk.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 External links

[edit] History

Their first single, The Agent, was released on 7" with Just Can't Take It as the B-side. All 1,800 copies sold out as pre-orders. The song got rated 9/10 by Teletext's Planet Sound.

Both The Agent and What? What You Got were released under the band's own label, Yellow Van Records, a tribute to their old yellow van which was stolen along with all their equipment at an early gig at Fibbers (Barfly) in York.

In April 2006 the band played a hometown sellout gig at the Plug venue in Sheffield. Following this, they completed sell out gigs at London, Leeds and York amongst others. In August 2006, Little Man Tate played their first festival at the Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester, UK. Also in August 2006, they played the Reading and Leeds festivals on the Carling Stage.