Fred (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Fred


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Genre = Alternative
Years_active = Unknown – present
Label = Faction Records
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URL = http://www.fredtheband.com/
Current_members = Joseph
Jamie
Jamin
Éibhlín
Justin
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Fred are a five-piece Irish alternative band from Cork. [ [http://www.myspace.com/fredtheband fredtheband @ MySpace] ] They are comprised of Joseph [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/joseph.htm joseph le chanteur] ] (vocals), Jamie [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/jamie.htm jamie le guitarre electrique] ] (electric guitar), Jamin [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/jamin.htm jamin le bass] ] (bass), Éibhlín [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/ev.htm eibhlín pianoforte] ] (piano) and Justin [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/justin.htm justin le batterie] ] (drums). They have released three albums, the latest of which, "Go God Go" was released in Ireland in 2008. Their product has been used by the BBC amongst others as theme music to television shows. [ [http://cdbaby.com/cd/fredband CD Baby: Making Music So You Don't Have To] ]

Career

The "Fred EP" was released in 2000. A debut album, "Can't Stop, I'm Being Timed" was released in 2002. The single "October", released in 2004, was taken from their second album. Two follow-up singles taken from the album were released in 2005: "Summer's Coming" and "Four Chords and the Truth". [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/framepage.htm Fred Music: Releases] ]

Fred released their second album, "Making Music So You Don't Have To" independently to a sold-out Cork Opera House in 2005. It peaked at #70 in the Irish Albums Chart, spending one week there. [ [http://acharts.us/album/20562 A.CHARTS.US: Making Music So You Don't Have To] ] The single "Good One" (which eventually appeared on their third album) was released in June 2007 and gained huge support from both national and international radio stations. [ [http://www.fredtheband.com/info.htm Fred info] ]

Fred's third album, "Go God Go" was released in Ireland on Faction Records on May 30 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.humblevoice.com/profile/components/blog/blog_comments.php?pid=4287|title="Skyscrapers - New Single from Fred"|date=2008-04-12|accessdate=2008-09-14|publisher=Humble Voice] The album was recorded in Love Tap Studios in Ireland and mixed by Mark Wallis in London. It spent a total of two weeks on the Ireland Albums Top 75, climbing as far as #30 in the Irish Albums Chart. [ [http://acharts.us/album/36087 A.CHARTS.US: Go God Go] ] The singles, "Skyscrapers" (released May 16 2008) [ [http://ie.7digital.com/artists/fred/skyscrapers/01-Skyscrapers/?src=recentlyPlayed 7digital "Skyscrapers"] ] and "Running" (released August 8 2008) [ [http://ie.7digital.com/artists/fred/running/ 7digital "Running"] ] received a significant amount of airplay on national radio during the summer of 2008. Fred performed at a number of Irish festivals including Electric Picnic 2008 and Hard Working Class Heroes. They played their debut show in Canada at NXNE in June 2008 [ [http://www.torontoindie.com/?p=332 torontoindie.com review - Friday June 13th 2008] ] [ [http://www.torontoindie.com/?p=334 torontoindie.com review - June 14th 2008] ] and will be playing at Pop Montreal and the Halifax Pop Explosion to support their "Go God Go"'s album's release in Canada in October. [cite web|url=http://ottawastart.com/story/8117.php|title="FRED (the Cork, Ireland band) at Zaphod Beeblebrox"|date=2008-09-04|accessdate=2008-09-14|publisher="OttawaStart"]

Discography

Albums

* "Fred EP" (2000)
* "Can't Stop, I'm Being Timed" (2002)

References

External links

* [http://www.fredtheband.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fredtheband MySpace page]