Genres Rock Labels Damnably Genre Rock music | Years active 2006–present Origin London, United Kingdom Record label Damnably | |
Members George Gargan
Rama
Russ Evans Albums Collapsar, Former Utopia, Michael L Clamp, The Philanthropists Similar Otoboke Beaver, Joel RL Phelps and the Down, MJ Hibbett, Geoff Farina, Wussy | ||
Former utopia handmade 2014
Former Utopia is a rock band from London, in the UK. They formed after meeting at a Silver Jews gig in 2006. The band toured the UK with Julie Doiron in 2009 and with smallgang 2011 and Europe with Shonen Knife in 2012. They have also shared stages with Bottomless Pit, Uzeda, COME, Bellini, Thee More Shallows, Chris Brokaw, Geoff Farina, Shannon Wright, David Grubbs and PW Long.
Contents
The bands 'Collapsar' EP was self-recorded at Karma studios in a day at Stoke Newington in 2012 and mixed and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Echolab Studios in Denton. Released on [Damnably] in 2013, tracks from the EP received BBC6 Music Radio Play from Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft . In 2013 the band were selected to play at Incubate Festival in Tilburg.
Band members
George Gargan was formerly a member of the band Lazarus Clamp from 1999-2003 and played Bass and Sang on the albums 'The more we are the funnier it is' [2004, Words and works rejected/ Cleverlegs]. and 'It ain't what you do its what it does to you' [2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs].
Discography
Songs
Double NegativeCollapsar · 2013
Blue FugueCollapsar · 2013
A Love Like InfinityCollapsar · 2013