Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Rock
Years active	2003–Present
Label(s)	Mighty Atom
Website	http://www.brigadeofficial.com
Members
Will Simpson James Plant Naoto Hori Andrew Kearton
Former members
Fim

Brigade are a rock band from London, England.

Contents 1 Origins 2 Lights 3 Second Album 4 Members 5 Former Members 6 Discography 6.1 Demos 6.2 EP's 6.3 Albums 6.4 Singles 7 Trivia 8 External links

Origins

Brigade came together in 2003. Their 'Safe Hands' demo gained the quartet significant interest in rock circles and in support, the quartet have been constantly touring the UK to build up a strong fanbase. Brigade released their debut EP, "Made to Wreck", on 12 September 2005. To support the release of this EP, they toured with many bands; one of which was Fightstar, who's frontman (Charlie Simpson) is Wills older brother.

Lights

Brigade released their debut album "Lights" on May 29, 2006 in the UK. "Lights" received impressive reviews from the press receiving 8/10 from NME, 4/5 from Kerrang and 8/10 from Rock Sound.

The band's first single, "Magneto" was released on May 5, 2006 in the UK. It charted at number 134 in the UK top 200 and in the indie chart and reached No.3 in the rock chart. It was released in support of and 2 weeks before "Lights". Their second single, "Meet Me At My Funeral" was released on August 21, 2006, achieving No. 4 in the UK rock chart. Following the release of their second single, Brigade went on a co-headlining tour with Disco Ensemble as well as supporting Hawthorne Heights at their London show.

Brigade embarked on a tour of the UK with Inme in October 2006. The tour diary is available on Brigade's Blog on their myspace site. In support of the tour, Brigade released a video for their 3rd single from "Lights". The video was for the song "Guillotine" and was available to see on the Sky music channel Scuzz from 20 October 2006. As with their previous 2 music videos, the "Guillotine" video is available to stream on their label's (Mighty Atom) website. The debut album was also re-released on 30th October 2006. The re-release includes a second CD including promo videos for the songs "Magneto", "Meet Me At My Funeral" and "Go Slow" as well as having some live videos of the band.

In early 2007, "Lights" was voted into the Top 10 Albums of 2006 in the Rock Sound Readers' Poll.

Second Album

The Band is currently preparing to record their second album. A new demo of a song called "Yes It Is" has been made available to listen to on their website. Over early 2007, the band have also put up two more demos, "Res Head" (premiered live on one of their previous tours) and "Asinine" (also premiered as Untitled #3). The band also plan to perform new material at the Camden Purple Turtle, in April 2007. On the 21st May 2007 Fim announced he was leaving the band and was soon replaced by Andrew Kearton (Bassknives).

Members

• Will Simpson - Vocals / Guitar
• James Plant - Guitar / Vocals
• Naoto Hori - Bass
• Andrew Kearton - Drums

Former Members

• Fim - Drums (2004 - 21/5/2007)

Discography

Demos

• Early Sessions Demo
• Acoustic CD
• Safe Hands Demo

EP's

Title	Release date	Label
"Made to Wreck"	12 September 2005	Mighty Atom

Albums

Title	Release date	Label
"Lights"	29 May 2006	Mighty Atom

Singles

Title	Release date	UK Singles Chart	UK Rock Chart	UK Indie Chart
"Magneto"	1 May 2006	134	3	9
"Meet Me At My Funeral"	7 August 2006	?	4	17
"Guillotine"	6 November 2006	?	?	23

Trivia

• Will Simpson is the brother of Fightstar frontman Charlie Simpson, and Prego frontman Edd Simpson.
• Brigade were nominated for Best British Newcomer at the 2006 Kerrang Awards, but lost to Bring Me the Horizon.

External links

• Official Brigade Website
• Brigade at MySpace
• Official Brigade Fanlisting