Dogs Die in Hot Cars

Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Origin	Fife, Scotland
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	1997–2006; 2008-
Labels	V2 International
Website	Official Site
Members
Craig Macintosh Gary Smith Lee Worrall Ruth Quigley Laurence Davey

Dogs Die in Hot Cars is a Scottish band from St. Andrews consisting of members Craig Macintosh (vocals, guitar), Gary Smith (vocals, guitar) Ruth Quigley (vocals, keyboards, French horn), Lee Worrall (bass and glockenspiel) and Laurence Davey (drums and percussion).

History

Macintosh, Smith, Worrall and Davey all met at Madras College and began playing together in 1993 at the age of 14. After having performed under various names they settled on "Dogs Die In Hot Cars" in 1997. In 1999 they moved to Glasgow where they met Ruth Quigley to complete the line up.

In 2003 they accrued the management of Lee O'Hanlon, who previously worked in the Stereophonics management (Marsupial) and was A&R consultant for Bjork's label, One Little Indian.

Later that year the band signed a one off single deal with EMI subsidiary label, Radiate Records. The single included the songs "I Love You 'Cause I Have To", "Celebrity Sanctum" and "Somewhat Off The Way". In autumn 2003, the band signed to V2 Records and Chrysalis Publishing.

In July 2004 they released their debut album Please Describe Yourself (Produced by Langer & Winstanley), which included the tracks "I Love You 'Cause I Have To", "Godhopping" and "Lounger". "Godhopping" peaked at #24 on the UK Singles Chart and remains the band's biggest hit. "I Love You 'Cause I Have To" peaked at #32 on the UK Singles Chart.

The band list their main musical influences as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante, The Beatles, Talking Heads and Kate Bush

A song of the band's, entitled 'Nobody Teaches Life Anything ' (found on 2004 release Man Bites Man EP) was used in a television advertising campaign in the UK by Boots between 2005 and 2008.

In 2006, following the departure of guitarist, Gary Smith choosing to study Physics and Astronomy at Glasgow University, the band entered the studio to record their second album. However, during a break in the recording schedule theremaining members decided to abandon the album.

In 2008 the band released 17 demos that they’d written for the second album, for people to remix and rewrite how they liked, with the intention being that of the best mixes for each song, they would compile a final record and share any potential royalties from it 50-50 with those who contributed. Following, however, on their website it states that "the band felt there weren’t enough mixes to warrant a release as just conclusion to the project and to the band. Realising, then, that the outcome wasn’t what would make the second album, but rather the project in itself was the heart of their second release, the band have left all the songs online to be available indefinitely to download for free via their website, for people to remix and rewrite how they want, with the continuing of the 50-50 sharing of potential licensing fees for all who make their own versions."

In 2010, frontman Craig Macintosh, performing under the name Moy, released his first solo album, The Lie. Lee Worrall, bass player is now manager at the famous Glasgow venue King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.

Band members

• Craig Macintosh (vocals, guitar)
• Gary Smith (vocals, guitar)
• Lee Worrall (bass, glockenspiel)
• Ruth Quigley (keyboard, vocals, French horn)
• Laurence Davey (drums, percussion)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Name	Charts[1]
		UK
2004	Please Describe Yourself First studio album Released on: 26 October 2004 Genre: Alternative Rock Labels: V2, Sony BMG Formats: CD, digital download	44

Year	Name
		UK
2008	Dogs Die In Hot Cars is making pop nonsense Open source second album Released on: 2008 Genre: Alternative Formats: digital download

EPs

Year	Title
2004	Man Bites Man EP

Singles

Year	Song	Peak position	Album
		UK Singles Chart
2003	"I Love You 'Cause I Have To"	—	Please Describe Yourself
2004	"Godhopping"	24[1]
	"I Love You 'Cause I Have To" (reissue)	32[1]
	"Lounger"	43[1]

Compilations

• Nano-Mugen Compilation (with "I Love You 'Cause I Have to", 2005)
• Teachers 4 (Soundtrack to the Channel 4 Television series) (with "Celebrity Sanctum", 2005)
• Keep Pop Loud (with "Beauty US", 2011 - release forthcoming)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Music Charts

External links

• Official Dogs Die In Hot Cars website