Sixstarhotel
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| Origin | Lisburn, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Alternative Rock |
| Labels | We Collect Records |
| Members | David Clements - Guitar/Vocals Matt Minford - Bass/Vocals Timothy Anderson - Guitar/Vocals Neil Gillespie - Drums |
| Website(s) | www.myspace.com/sixstarhotel |
Sixstarhotel, are an alternative rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 2001. The group have released three self-financed EP's Circus Music, Everyone's a Critic, These Rosewood Theories and release their debut album A Kind of Crusade in January 2007.
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[edit] History
The band started out with founding members, David Clements and Neil Gillespie, playing together in the attic in Neils house to the radio and making tape recordings of their efforts. Child-hood friends, it was merely a way of having fun together yet they soon discovered that this may be more than just a hobby. They recruited Timothy Anderson a school mate of David's and Matt Minford, another of David's friends and Sixstarhotel was born.
The group have toured Northern Ireland heavily over the last four years, releasing the EP's Cirucs Music, Everyone's A Critic and These Rosewood Theories to acclaim from local press. In that time the band have become full-time and for a year, relocated to Glasgow, Scotland in October 2004.
2006 however proved to, possibly, be the bands most accomplished year to-date. As well as recording tracks with esteemed producers Richard Flack (Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters) and Mark Aubrey (Bloc Party) they completed a successful month long tour of Denmark and shared stages with, among others, You Say Party! We Say Die! and The Young Knives as well as filling famous Belfast venue The Limelight with its biggest ever crowd for a local band in December.
2007 see's the band readying for the release of their debut album, due at the end of January. Recorded in Belfast with producer Rocky O'Reilly of Oppenheimer, it is tentatively entitled 'A Kind Of Crusade' and will be self-released through the bands own record label 'We Collect Records'. A tour in support of the album is planned which will see the band return to Denmark for another month long tour as well as branching out into the festival circuit. A discussion of the album and their general ethos with stv.tv/music from October 2006 is available video interview .
[edit] Discography
EPs
- Circus Music
- Everyone's a Critic
- These Rosewood Theories
Albums
- A Kind of Crusade
[edit] Influences
The following have all been cited as strong influences in Sixstarhotel's music.
