Iko (band)

Updated on Sep 24, 2024

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Years active 2005-present Website www.ikomusic.com Genres Rock, Pop		Associated acts Buffseeds Members Kieran Scragg, Neil Reed

Origin Exeter, United Kingdom (2005) Albums Ludo Says Hi, I Am Zero, '83, On The Peripheral, Rising of the First Son, The Lake EP, Dazed & Confused EP Record labels Revion Records, Play Records, iko, Manhattan - Formula, MEDICAL RECORDS, My Hart Canyon Music Similar Solarstone, The Boom Circuits, A Boy and His Kite, Buffseeds, Huga Flame Profiles Facebook Myspace

Iko are an English rock band from Exeter, Devon. Formed in 2005 the band consists of Kieran Scragg (lead vocals and guitar) and Neil Reed (piano and keyboards).

Scragg and Reed had been members of the just disbanded indie-rock band Buffseeds signed to Fantastic Plastic Records.

In 2007 Iko signed a deal with the Danish record label Copenhagen Records which allowed them to tour the Scandinavian countries.

Iko have released two studio albums: I Am Zero (2006), and Ludo Says Hi (2009).

In popular culture

The song "All Time Low" from the Iko album I Am Zero was used in a commercial for DFDS Seaways and aired on television around Europe.

The track "Look What You've Done To Me" was used in ABC's sci-fi drama FlashForward (Episode 4 "Black Swan").

Their song "Heart Of Stone" was featured in the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, released worldwide on 16 November 2012. They share the album track listing with Green Day, Ellie Goulding, Feist and others. The song was previously unreleased, exclusive to the soundtrack and inspired by the themes of the book by Stephenie Meyer.

Their songs "Dazed and Confused" (Season 9, Episode 6), "Lightning Bolts" (Season 9, Episode 10) and "Find A Place" (Season 11, Episode 16) were used in Grey's Anatomy.