The Fades
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| The Fades | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Punk Indie rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Label(s) | Dirrty Records Genepool Records |
| Associated acts | Abdoujaparov Base:Battalion Faster Lightfoot & Young Me My Head Radar Set Responsible Adults Specheads Spike Runners The Moths! |
| Website | thefades.com |
| Members | |
| Dave Lightfoot James Lightfoot Jonny Barnard Alastair Thorpe |
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| Former members | |
| Graham Best (drums) Aug 2002 - May 2006 Dan Wheeldon (voc., guitar) Dec 2006 - May 2007 |
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The Fades are a British indie rock band from London comprising Dave Lightfoot on guitar and vocals, James Lightfoot on bass, Jonathan "Jonny" Barnard on guitar and Alastair "Flash" Thorpe on drums.
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[edit] History
The Fades were formed 2000 by Twickenham based brothers James and Dave Lightfoot as Petrol Bomb, later Molotov Cocktail. They became The Fades when guitarist Jonny Barnard joined the band in early 2002 after a Molotov Cocktail demo was featured on Steve Lamacq's show on BBC Radio 1. The band's first releases were the singles "You Say" and "Life Support" in 2003. Both songs have been played by Steve Lamacq and Zane Lowe. "You Say" was playlisted at XFM and a live session was recorded with Claire Sturgess.
The Fades released the EP "Social Misfits" in 2004 with eight songs and they were touring with Art Brut. The next single "Caca" was supported by Marc Riley, he played it on Mint[1] and invited the band April 2006 to play a session for Rocket Science. In early summer 2006 drummer Graham Best left the band. He was replaced by Alastair "Flash" Thorpe. With the new drummer they went on tour in Ireland and Northern Ireland in June, which include a session for BBC Radio Foyle.
In April 2007 The Fades released their self-titled debut album at Dirrty Records. In summer 2007 music from the album was used for a soundtrack on a motocross and mountain biking DVD called Inevitable Descent which was released in Australia.
They have a growing fan base in Italy and Germany. Tracks by the album were played by Paul Baskerville on Nachtclub [2] at Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and at Freies Sender Kombinat (FSK)[3] [4], an independent and non-commercial radio station based in Hamburg. At Christmas 2007 FSK played the album in full length.
The Fades started recording new material in October 2007. In November they played at an independent festival in Italy. They will go on tour again in Italy in May/June 2008.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- "You Say/1995", 2003, Genepool Records
- "Life Support/Blade/Another Song About Motorbikes", 2003, Genepool Records
- "Caca/Fruit Machine", 2006, Genepool Records
[edit] EP
- "Social Misfits", 2004, Genepool Records
[edit] Compilation Tracks
- "Life Support", 2003, V.A. - XRAY CD #08
- "1995", 2005, V.A. - Best of Barfly Unsigned: Spring/Summer Collection
- "Life Support", 2005, V.A. - Buffalo Bar Presents Sound Issues Volume 1
[edit] Album
- The Fades, 2007, Dirrty Records
[edit] Downloads
- "Hurdy Gurdy Guy", 2007
