Rialto
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Britpop
Years active	1997–2002
Label(s)	EastWest China Records Eagle Records Koch Records (US)
Associated acts	Kinky Machine
Members
Louis Eliot Jonny Bull Julian Taylor Pete Cuthbert Toby Hounsham Anthony Christmas

Rialto were a Britpop band of the late 1990s in the UK and known as the band who were dropped twice from East West Records. The band grew from the Oxygen/MCA Records act Kinky Machine that featured singer Louis Eliot (pictured, second from right) and Johnny Bull (pictured, far right). They released their first album, Rialto in 1998, and their second, Night on Earth in 2002. Their most famous single is their debut, 'Monday Morning 5:19'. However the single 'Untouchable' charted higher at number 20 in the UK. Jonny Bull has recently been co-writing songs with singer/songwriter Lily Allen at his studio in southwest Portugal, one of which, Friday Night, features on her debut album Alright Still.

Rialto and Warners

Rialto signed to EastWest Records and set about recording their debut album. However after releasing a number of singles they were dropped, without their album being released. China Records signed up the band and agreed to take on the manufacturing and promotion of their debut album. Unfortunately for the band, China was in the middle of being taken over by Warner Music, EastWest's parent company. Once this deal was completed the band found themselves back on EastWest, who quickly dropped them for the second time.

Band Members

• Louis Eliot - Lead vocalist, guitar, and songwriter.
• Jonny Bull - Guitar, programming, backing vocals and producer
• Julian Taylor - Bass, backing vocals and trumpet
• Pete Cuthbert - Drums
• Toby Hounsham - Keyboards
• Anthony Christmas - Drums

Louis Elliot - Album Discography

• Kinky Machine (Kinky Machine - Oxygen/MCA 1993)
• Bent (Kinky Machine 1995)
• Rialto (Rialto - China Records 1998)
• Girl on a Train (Rialto - Gimme Music mini album 2000)
• Night on Earth' (Rialto - Eagle Records 2002)
• Long Way Round (Louis Elliot - Independent Records/Iodine Records 2005)

Rialto (China Records) Track listing

• Monday Morning 5:19
• Dream Another Dream
• Broken Barbie Doll
• Summer's Over
• Untouchable
• Hard Candy
• Quarantine
• Lucky Number
• Love Like Semtex
• When We're Together
• The Underdogs
• Milk Of Amnesia

External links

• Inspiracy
• Pop Matters
• Rialto
• VH1
• MTV
• Lily Allen Music
• Lily Allen on My Space