Stowaways are a Portuguese band from Matosinhos, formed in 2001. The band is made up of Nuno Sousa (vocals and guitar), Pedro Gonçalves (guitar), João Carujo (drums) and Sérgio Seabra (bass guitar). Fred on keyboards and João Covita on the accordion are more recent additions.
In 2002, Stowaways were the winners of the 8th edition of the Termómetro Unplugged competition. They went on to record "Amputated Leg" which was produced by Joe Fossard. This song was used in the Pop Up Songs 2002 compilation, launched by Metrodiscos. They were also included in the bl007 compilation, released in 2003 by the independent label Bor Land, with the song "We Love Our Guns". In November 2003, a split 2CD with fellow artist Alla Polacca was released by Bor Land, with eight of their songs, two of which were produced by Mário Barreiros
Stowaways has been played in various places in Portugal, notably the Super Bock Super Rock festival in 2002 when they appeared as part of the 'Super New Bands' stage, the Vilar de Mouros Festival (in 2002 and 2004), Festival do Tejo and Paredes de Coura Festival. In 2003, Stowaways were part of the line-up for the Carviçais Rock Festival. In September 2002, Stowaways appeared on the Festival 'PLAY' which commemorated another anniversary of the television show Curto-circuito which was broadcast live on cable television. In 2003, they took part in a project with Loto which resulted in a live performance on Antena 3.
Recording for their second album, HuntClub, began in March 2005 and was completed in January 2006. This was produced by Stowaways and edited by Stowaways and Nelson Carvalho. It was overseen by Nelson Carvalho at MB Studios, and edited by the Transformadores in October 2006.