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The Others (band)

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Genres
  
Indie rock

Genre
  
Indie rock

Years active
  
2002–present

Albums
  
The Others, Inward Parts

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Labels
  
Lime Records Mercury Records Poptones

Origin
  
England, United Kingdom (2002)

Members
  
Dominic Masters, Eddie Darko, Joseph Gardiner-Lowe

Awards
  
NME Award - John Peel Award for Innovation

Similar
  
The Other, Alan McGee, The Rakes, The Futureheads

The Others are an English rock band, signed to Poptones in July 2004 and their eponymous debut album was released on 31 January 2005.

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Career

The band formed in 2002 and quickly became renowned for their riotous live shows. By 2004, they had started to perform so-called "guerilla gigs", which saw them play on a Hammersmith & City line tube train, on the dodgems at the Leeds festival, and on the famous Abbey Road crossing in London. The band, particularly lead singer Dominic Masters, maintain a close relationship with their fanbase, affectionately known as the 853 Kamikaze Stage-Diving Division. The band are also known for accessibility which resulted in the popularity of the websites forum, which played a key part in keeping the fanbase together and organizing the following to collect together for gigs.

Their self-titled debut album divided critics and public alike on its release in 2005. Whilst NME gave it 8/10, Q Magazine rated it one of the worst albums of the year, mocking Masters' boastful attitude towards drug abuse. However, the album did spawn three Top 40 singles for the band; while debut single "This Is For The Poor", narrowly missed the top 40 on its release in April 2004, "Stan Bowles" reached No. 36 in November 2004.

In January 2005, their third single, "Lackey", reached No. 21 in January 2005 and in April of that year the NME awarded The Others the John Peel Innovation Award at the Brat Awards. Following this, "William" became the band's fourth and final single from their debut album charting at No. 29.

In an interview with Phoenix FM in December 2005, the band confirmed that they had left Poptones and, in October 2006, they released their second album, Inward Parts. Three singles were released from this album, "Truth That Hurts" (in 2006), "Always Be Mine" (2007) and "Probate" (2008). In August 2007, drummer Martin Oldham left the band for health reasons. Further UK and European live dates followed and in February 2008, the band went on a temporary hiatus.

After a quiet period, The Others played their first live show in three years, a sold out show at The Lexington in London. One month later they decamped to a studio in Kent to record eight new songs. In April 2012, the band released the double A side single, "Hardly Know Me" / "I'll Keep You Safe"; their first new material in four years and this was accompanied by a two-week UK tour.

On Christmas Eve 2012, the band gave away the demos for the third album; Songs For The Disillusioned for free. This news was subsequently covered by the NME. The response was tremendous, going viral and picking up coverage from the UK, as well as Spain, France, Germany, Argentina and Italy amongst others. The free download allocation was reached within two days and in order to meet demand and keep the tracks available for free, they had to be uploaded to four separate sites.

In January 2013, the band announced their decision to offer fans a free download package for every month of 2013. This news was subsequently reported by the digitalspy website. As part of the band's comeback they returned to the Glastonbury Festival to play on the William's Green Stage. This was the first time the band had played the festival for eight years, ever since playing on The Other Stage in 2005.

On Christmas Eve 2013, the band followed their third album demos giveaway by giving away the re-recorded, remixed and properly produced version of Songs for the Disillusioned for free.

Current

The band is composed of:

  • Dominic Masters - Vocals
  • Johnny Others - Guitar/Bass
  • Jimmy Lager - Guitar
  • Joseph Gardiner-Lowe - Drums
  • Eddie Darko - Bass/Guitar
  • Previous members

  • James Le Masurier - Drums
  • Martin Oldham - Drums
  • James Moulson - Drums/Keys/Electronics/Guitar/Bass
  • Albums

  • The Others (31 January 2005) UK Number 51
  • Inward Parts (30 October 2006)
  • (Demos for) Songs for the Disillusioned (24 December 2012)
  • Songs for the Disillusioned - Official Album (24 December 2013)
  • Songs

    This Is for the PoorThe Others · 2005
    The Truth That HurtsInward Parts · 2006
    Always Be MineInward Parts · 2006

    References

    The Others (band) Wikipedia