Years active 2006–2014 Active until 2014 | Record label Suburban Records | |
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Members Daniel LomaxPhil HennesseyChris OwenDave HennesseyGary Mutch Origin Warrington, United Kingdom (2006) Albums Hit The Zoo, Brothel Ballet Similar Owen Morris, Chochukmo, Black Bottle Riot, Brain Failure, Shaking Godspeed | ||
Exile parade fire walk with me
History
Exile Parade formed in the summer of 2006. After hearing the band's early demos on MySpace, Owen Morris and former Oasis guitarist Paul Arthurs went to see the band perform. Soon after, Exile Parade were in Real World Studios with Morris; their debut EP, Brothel Ballet, was released in April 2010. The music video for the lead single, "Man is Sick", was released in January. The video was featured on the front page of MySpace Music and was highlighted in a BBC article. The band followed this with a tour of China in May.
Exile Parade's debut studio album, Hit the Zoo, was released on 3 February 2012. In 2014, the band parted ways, citing their belief that they were not the right kind of band for the current market.
Support
Rock writer Mick Middles stated that Exile Parade were "the most promising band to emerge in the last five years". In April 2008, the band's song "Fire Walk With Me" broke into the Mediabase Active Rock Top 100 in the United States. They were the highest placed British band in the chart that week.
Total Guitar magazine made "Heart Into Suicide" one of top 20 downloads in their June edition, and Disorder magazine wrote: "The guitar licks are pleasingly heavy and deep, and singer Daniel Lomax has Liam Gallagher and Robert Plant sized aspirations sizzling through his blood. As long as they can side with the latter more than the former, they could be a new main stage pleaser in waiting."
Suburban Records released "Fire Walk With Me" on limited edition 7" Vinyl. Dutch station 3VOOR12 made it their single of the week and leading Dutch music magazine Up gave the track a rating of 91/100. The band played gigs in Amsterdam and at the Beeckestijn Festival. Local newspaper Haarlem Dagblad wrote after one gig: "The band sounded very tight with a huge sound, typically a band where you can say in a couple of years time just like Radiohead when they played the Beeckestijn Festival in 1993 - I was there!"
In March 2009, Exile Parade were featured in Beijing Today after picking up a significant online fanbase through Chinese social networking site Douban. "Fire Walk With Me" was also chosen as a cover track on a free CD given away with X-Music magazine.
In popular culture
Songs
Fire Walk with MeBrothel Ballet · 2010
Hello BlueHit the Zoo · 2012
MoviemakerHit the Zoo · 2012