- The Fades
Infobox musical artist
Name = The Fades
Img_capt = The Fades, left to right: Jonny Barnard, James Lightfoot, Dave Lightfoot, Flash
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =London ,England
Genre = Punk
Indie rock
Years_active = 2002–present
Label =Dirrty Records Genepool Records
Associated_acts =Abdoujaparov
Base:Battalion
Faster
Lightfoot & YoungMe My Head
Radar Set
Responsible Adults
Specheads
Spike RunnersThe Moths!
URL = [http://www.thefades.com thefades.com]
Current_members = Dave Lightfoot
James Lightfoot
Jonny Barnard
Alastair Thorpe
Past_members = Graham Best (drums) Aug 2002 - May 2006
Dan Wheeldon (voc., guitar) Dec 2006 - May 2007The Fades are a British
indie rock band from London comprising Dave Lightfoot on guitar and vocals, James Lightfoot on bass, Jonathan "Jonny" Barnard on guitar and Alastair "Flash" Thorpe on drums.History
The Fades were formed 2000 by
Twickenham based brothers James and Dave Lightfoot as "Petrol Bomb", later "Molotov Cocktail". They became "The Fades" when guitarist Jonny Barnard joined the band in early 2002 after a "Molotov Cocktail" demo was featured onSteve Lamacq 's show onBBC Radio 1. The band's first releases were the singles "You Say" and "Life Support" in 2003. Both songs have been played by Steve Lamacq andZane Lowe . "You Say" was playlisted atXFM and a [http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=12676 live session] was recorded withClaire Sturgess .The Fades released the EP "Social Misfits" in 2004 with eight songs and they were touring with Art Brut. The next single "Caca" was supported by
Marc Riley , he played it on "Mint" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/mint/tracklisting_20060205.shtml BBC Tracklisting (Mint) 5 February 2006] ] and invited the band April 2006 to play a session for "Rocket Science". In early summer 2006 drummer Graham Best left the band. He was replaced by Alastair "Flash" Thorpe. With the new drummer they went on tour in Ireland and Northern Ireland in June, which include a session for BBC Radio Foyle.In April 2007 The Fades released their self-titled debut album at Dirrty Records. In summer 2007 music from the album was used for a soundtrack on a motocross and mountain biking DVD called "Inevitable Descent" which was released in Australia.
They have a growing fan base in Italy and Germany. Tracks by the album were played by
Paul Baskerville on "Nachtclub" [ [http://www.ndrinfo.de/kultur/nachtclub/nachtclub5388.pdf NDR Tracklisting (Nachtclub) 21 October 2007] ] at Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR ) and at Freies Sender Kombinat (FSK) [ [http://www.fsk-hh.org/transmitter/indierock_aus_london_und_manchester/2007/11/03 FSK Tracklisting (Indierock aus London und Manchester) 3 November 2007] ] [ [http://www.huetkoeper.de/morgensendung.htm FSK Tracklistings (Morgensendung) 2007] ] , an independent and non-commercial radio station based in Hamburg. At Christmas 2007 FSK played the album in full length.The Fades started recording new material in October 2007. In November they played at an independent festival in Italy, followed by a Italy-Tour in May/June 2008.
The new single "TV Nation/Pronto" will released in November 2008 on
Cranky Girl Records Discography
ingles
* "You Say/1995", 2003, Genepool Records
* "Life Support/Blade/Another Song About Motorbikes", 2003, Genepool Records
* "Caca/Fruit Machine", 2006, Genepool Records
* "TV Nation/Pronto", 2008, Cranky Girl RecordsEP
* "Social Misfits", 2004, Genepool Records
Compilation Tracks
* "Life Support", 2003, V.A. - XRAY CD #08
* "1995", 2005, V.A. - Best of Barfly Unsigned: Spring/Summer Collection
* "Life Support", 2005, V.A. - Buffalo Bar Presents Sound Issues Volume 1Album
*The Fades, 2007, Dirrty Records
Downloads
* "Hurdy Gurdy Guy", 2007
References
External links
* [http://www.thefades.com/ The Fades website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thefades The Fades at MySpace]
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* [http://www.last.fm/music/The+Fades The Fades Last.fm Page]
* [http://www.wwsmag.com/archive/articles/9/1.html Interview February 2007]
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