The Script (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Script


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Background = solo_singer
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Origin = Dublin, Ireland
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Genre = Alternative rock
Pop rock
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Years_active = 2001 - present
Label = Phonogenic/ Sony BMG Ireland / RCA Label Group UK
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URL = http://www.thescriptmusic.com
Current_members = Danny O’Donoghue (Vocals),
Mark Sheehan (Guitar),
Glen Power (Drums).

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The Script are a three-piece Irish rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are currently based in London after signing to RCA Label Group imprint Phonogenic, and their debut album "The Script" was released in August 2008.

Mark and Danny are former producers who worked with Rodney Jerkins, the Neptunes, Teddy Reilly and Dallas Austin. They were based in the US, but moved back to Dublin where they recruited Glen for their new band. The band signed to Phonogenic in spring 2007, and released an EP on Last.FM.

Their debut single "We Cry" received 'Single of the Week' on RTÉ 2FM, Today FM and by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=RCA Label Group (UK) / News / The Script - We Cry the Single of the Week | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.rcalabelgroup.co.uk/news/8842/0/ | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-26 ] , and was Kevin Hughes' tune of the week on GCap Media's The One Network show "Music Control". Their second single 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' was also Kevin Hughes Tune Of The Week on Music Control Radio, as well as Jo Wiley's pet sound. Their debut album The Script reached number 1 in the UK and Ireland the week it came out.

Band Formation and Development

Danny and Mark met in their early teens in the run down James Street area of Dublin, near the Guinness brewery, gravitating to each other through a shared obsession with music, and in particular a love of American black music. "At that time, MTV only came on in Dublin after midnight, it was the fuzzy channel, and for my generation black culture was just a wave through us all," explains Mark. "It wasn't about gangs and guns; it was fashion and fun, singing and dancing." [http://www.thescriptmusic.com/gb/biography/]

Striking up a songwriting and production partnership, Danny and Mark's exceptional talent was recognised early, and, to their astonishment, they found themselves invited to the States to collaborate with some of their production heroes, including such legends of modern R'n'B as Dallas Austin, Teddy Riley, The Neptunes and Rodney Jerkins. "It was a wonderful opportunity to see how these guys build songs," admits Mark, who always carried a little computer drive around and charmed his heroes into swapping libraries of sounds and samples. [http://www.thescriptmusic.com/gb/biography/]

Danny and Mark started as a backroom team, making demos for other artists, but when they met fellow Dublin drummer Glen, the dynamic shifted. Although they had never actually heard him play, such was the connection they made that Mark invited Glen on a working holiday to LA. "He just whipped the ass off all these LA session musos," enthuses Mark. "He is the funkiest drummer around with real energy and swing but Glen is also a fantastic guitarist, a fantastic keyboard player and he sings his ass off too." [http://www.thescriptmusic.com/gb/biography/]

Glen had been playing sessions from fifteen years old, using the money to work on a solo project in his home studio. But that went on hold when his collaboration with Mark and Danny produced three songs in one week. "It was like I found my home playing with these guys," says Glen. "I had never had a chance with any other band to express myself with such freedom." And so The Script went into production.

Discography

;Studio Albums
*2008: "The Script";Singles
*2008: "We Cry"
*2008: "The Man Who Can't Be Moved"
*2008: "Breakeven"

References

External links

*Official|http://www.thescriptmusic.com/ie/home/
*myspace|thescript|The Script
* [http://www.bebo.com/thescript Bebo]
* [http://www.muzu.tv/thescript Video Channel on MUZU TV]
* [http://youtube.com/scripttube You Tube]
* [http://www.deezer.com/en/the-script.html The Script] at Deezer
* [http://www.thescriptmusic.com/it/ Official Italian Site]