Tubelord

History

The band formed in 2005 while attending Kingston College by Joseph Prendergast, David Catmur and Olev Saunders. Over the next 3 years Tubelord would release several EP and singles as well as touring heavily around the UK and Europe with bands such as This Town Needs Guns and Tellison. After relentless touring Olev Saunders left the band and was replaced by Sean Bamberger. In late Tubelord released their debut album Our First American Friends, which was met with critical praise from Rock Sound, ThisisfakeDIY.com, and BBC. During 2008/2009 Tubelord referred to American music journalist Michael Azerrad their single "I Am Azerrad," which includes the line "I kill today, I'll kill you Azerrad," prompting Azerrad to contact them regarding the subject matter and write a humorous essay about the experience for Spin.

Following the critical success of Our First American Friends, the band would go on to work with legendary producer Steve Albini on their next four-track EP, Tezcatlipōca. The EP marked a big change in musical direction for the band who added a fourth member, keyboardist James Elliot Field to the line-up and with Tom Coulson-Smith replacing the departing Sean Bamberger on bass. The band continued their change in musical direction on their second album "Romance" which was released on Pink Mist almost 2 years to the day as their debut record. Tubelord announced in November 2012 that they would play a final show on New Year's Eve before splitting up.

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