The Upper Room (band)

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The Upper Room were a rock band based in Brighton, England.

Sony Records were brought to the band's studio via mutual friends and they were signed in time for their first single, "All over This Town", in summer 2004. The single's 2006 video featured actress Kate Sissons, who also appears in the video for their second major single release, "Black and White" (in April 2006). The band's only album Other People's Problems was released in May 2006. It was recorded in Dairy Studios, Brixton, with Paul Schroeder, who previously worked with The Stone Roses.

Initially they toured the UK with Hope of the States, The Electric Soft Parade, Bell X1, Longview, El Presidente and Rooster amongst others. In 2006 they headlined a fifteen date tour of the UK between 24 April and 19 May, and were also booked to the Isle of Wight and V Festivals.

A MySpace bulletin was sent out on 14 November 2006 announcing the bands split. "Jon was told via one of the technicians in our rehearsal rooms that Alex and Beau were rehearsing without us the day before yesterday, with a new drummer.

After very diplomatically ignoring our calls and texts for the last couple of weeks we have taken this to mean an official split. We don't think that they should carry on using the name "The Upper Room", as half the band has now left.

It's a shame after 4 years on the road together it has ended like this, but thanks for all your support over the last few years. The last tracks Jon and I played on are Divorce, Bad News, two new tracks."