| The Coral |
The
Coral performing at the 2003 V Festival
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| Background information |
| Origin |
 Meols, England |
| Genre(s) |
Indie rock
Psych
folk
Indie
pop |
| Years active |
1996–present |
| Label(s) |
Deltasonic |
| Website |
Official
website |
| Members |
James
Skelly
Ian Skelly
Bill Ryder-Jones
Nick Power
Lee Southall
Paul Duffy
John Duffy |
The Coral are an English band
formed in 1996 in Hoylake
on the Wirral Peninsula near Liverpool.
The band plays an unusual style of music which is a mixture of
old fashioned country, 1960s-style psychedelica and folk with modern
rock'n'roll influences. Their music is often used in the soundtracks to
many TV
adverts and programmes making their music well known, though the band
themselves are still yet to achieve mainstream success.
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Contents
- 1 Members
- 2 History
- 2.1 Formation
- 2.2 The
Coral
- 2.3 Magic
and Medicine
- 2.4 The
Invisible Invasion
- 2.5 Roots
and Echoes
- 3 Discography
- 4 Trivia
- 5 External
links
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Members
The band is formed from neighbourhood friends:-
- James Skelly - lead vocals &
semi-acoustic guitar
- Ian Skelly - drums
- Bill Ryder-Jones - lead guitar,
bass guitar & trumpet
- Nick Power - organ, keyboards & vocals
- Lee Southall - rhythm guitar & vocals
- Paul Duffy - bass guitar & saxophone
- John Duffy - percussion (became an official member in 2003)
History
Formation
Meeting in school the 7 would meet up at each others' houses
and the school music room and watch films, listen to music and play
guitars. After leaving school they went on to jobs and college before
quitting both to take up the band full time, and soon the band was
signed to Liverpool label Deltasonic. The band started as prominent
members of the Liverpool music scene, playing many gigs
around the city. The Coral's distinctive musical style has strongly
influenced many other of the Liverpool-based label's acts, including The
Zutons, The Dead 60s and The Basement.
The Coral
The first English band of the "guitar group revival" a few
critically acclaimed EPs Shadows
Fall, The
Oldest Path, and Skeleton
Key in 2001 they released their self-titled
debut album The Coral
in 2002 reaching #5. The album was nominated for the Mercury
Music Prize the day after its release. A successful UK tour and
festival slots followed along with the singles "Goodbye"
reaching #21 and "Dreaming of You"
reaching #5.
Magic and Medicine
After a hectic year they took it easy with recording yet again
another critically acclaimed album Magic
and Medicine in 2003 reaching number 1, once
more followed with UK, European, American and Japanese tours and a one
off festival Midsummer Nights Scream held on the New Brighton promenade
and held an impressive line up of the then hottest up and coming bands.
The singles "Don't Think You're the
First" number 10, "Pass It On" number 3, "Secret
Kiss" number 24 and "Bill McCai" number 12.
The Invisible Invasion
In 2004 they began recording The Invisible Invasion
but not before releasing Nightfreak and the
Sons of Becker a limited edition "mini album"
getting to number 5 which was produced by Lightning Seeds
singer/songwriter Ian Broudie as were The
Coral's first two albums, whilst Portishead's Adrian
Utley and Geoff Barrow were in charge of The
Invisible Invasion.
In 2005, The Coral did UK, European, American and Japanese
tours also releasing "In The Morning" #5
and "Something Inside of Me" #34.
Roots and Echoes
The Coral are set to tour with Arctic
Monkeys during the summer festival gigs. The band released
the single "Who's Gonna Find Me" on 30 July 2007 followed by the
album Roots and Echoes
on 6
August 2007.
Discography
- Further information: The
Coral discography
- The Coral (July 29, 2002)
- Magic and Medicine
(July
28, 2003)
- Nightfreak and the
Sons of Becker (January
26, 2004)
- The Invisible Invasion
(May 23, 2005)
- Roots and Echoes
(August
6, 2007)
Trivia
.
- The record label Deltasonic
was created by ex-Shack drummer Alan Wills because he was so impressed by
The Coral and was quick to sign them.
- Vocalist/Guitarist James Skelly was amazed at
how his fans do not recognise him after sitting next to a fan at a
Liverpool football match, who had been telling his friends how much he
liked one of their songs.
- The song "Dreaming of You" from their debut
album was featured on the television show Scrubs
in the episode "My Monster".
- The song "Dreaming of You" can be heard in the
episode of VH1's The Fabulous Life Of
entitled "The World's Hottest Heiresses".
- The band appeared on an episode of Late Night with Conan
O'Brien and played "Dreaming of You".
External links
