Rooster (band)
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Rooster are an English indie rock band. They are rapidly gaining popularity in countries like Singapore and Australia, among other East Asian countries.
Rooster were formed in 2002 by Nick Atkinson (vocals), Luke Potashnick (guitar), Dave Neale (drums) and Ben Smyth (bass). Atkinson and Potashnick were former school friends who reunited while living in London, after both admitted they were struggling to make an impact with their respective bands. They formed Rooster with Neale and Smyth and, after only a few live shows, were signed to the new BMG affiliate label Brightside.
The band's self-styled "griff rock" combined hard rock with pop but was marketed primarily at the UK teen rock market recently cornered by Busted and McFly. Rooster's debut single, "Come Get Some", reached the UK Top 10 in November 2004. Live shows see the band improvising and extending songs; Neale often performs a four minute long drum solo during 'Drag The Sunrise Down'. Rooster have been known to incorporate covers of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and Free's "All Right Now" and Jamiroquai's 'Deeper Underground' into their live sets.
The band are soon to embark on a 32 date UK tour which will last until early November.
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The quartet received plenty of publicity when they became the first band to broadcast a concert live by mobile phone, with their gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on 2 November 2004 aired by the 3 mobile network. The quartet's debut album was released the following January.
The band settled on the name Rooster when Atkinson came home £250 richer after putting a bet on a horse called Rooster Booster.
The band's most recent single was called "Home" and was released July 10th 2006, but entered the charts at a disappointing #33. The new album has been postponed until a later date due to disappointing single sales although it is available in Japan. The band provided the soundtrack for the film "Stormbreaker" which is based on the novel by Anthony Horrowitz. The track selected to appear on the film's soundtrack was "Good to be Here" which was released as a download only single in August 2006. It failed to enter the UK Top 40 singles chart due to there only being one format of the single and lack of promotion.
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| 2004 | "Come Get Some" |
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| 2004 | "Staring At The Sun" |
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| 2005 | "You're So Right For Me" |
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| 2005 | "Deep and Meaningless" |
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| 2006 | "Home" |
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| 2006 | "Good To Be Here" |
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| 2006 | "I Come Alive" |
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| 2006 | "One of Those Days" |
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