Rooster (band)
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 Artwork of Rooster's debut self-titled album
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Indie Rock Hard Rock |
| Years active | 2002 - 2007 |
| Label(s) | Brightside |
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| Nick Atkinson Luke Potashnick Dave Neale Ben Smyth |
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Rooster were an English indie rock band. They rapidly gained popularity in Australia, as well as Japan, Singapore and other East Asian countries.
Rooster were formed in 2002 by Nick Atkinson (vocals), Luke Potashnick (guitar), Dave Neale (drums) and Ben Smyth (bass). Atkinson and Potashnick were former school friends who reunited while living in London, after both admitted they were struggling to make an impact with their respective bands. Atkinson was previously the singer in British nu metal band 50 Grind, who reached #57 in December 2001 with "Gotta Catch 'Em All", featuring the Pokemon all-stars and never released any more material. They formed Rooster with Neale and Smyth and, after only a few live shows, were signed to the new BMG affiliate label Brightside.
The band's self-styled "griff rock" combined hard rock with pop but was marketed primarily at the UK teen rock market recently cornered by Busted and McFly. Rooster's debut single, "Come Get Some," reached the UK Top 10 in November 2004. The band received much acclaim for their live shows, which were energetic and exciting with fantastic musicianship. Live shows saw the band improvising and extending songs; Neale often performed a four-minute-long drum solo during "Drag The Sunrise Down." Rooster were known to incorporate covers, such as, Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love," Free's "All Right Now," Jamiroquai's "Deeper Underground," Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and The Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" into their live sets.
Live performances included:
- V Festival (2004 & 2005)
- T in the Park
- Oxegen
- Summer Sonic (Japanese festival)
- Top of the Pops
- CD:UK
- Wembley Arena
- Four UK tours
- Two tours of Japan
With musical differences and difficulties with the record company the band announced their split via their MySpace on 23 January 2007.
Ben Smyth has now joined British soft rock band CHINASTYLE myspace.com/chinastylemusic
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- The quartet received plenty of publicity when they became the first band to broadcast a concert live to mobile phones, with their gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on 2 November 2004 aired by the 3 network. The quartet's debut album was released the following January.
- The band settled on the name Rooster when Atkinson came home £250 richer after putting a bet on a horse called Rooster Booster.
- The band's most recent single was called "Home" and was releasedJuly 10, 2006, but entered the charts at a disappointing #33. The latest album, Circles and Satellites, was originally planned for release on July 24, 2006 but was postponed until a later date due to disappointing single sales. The album was, however, made available as planned in Japan. It was not released in the UK until October 2, 2006.
- The band provided a track for the soundtrack of the film Stormbreaker which is based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Horowitz. The track selected to appear on the film's soundtrack was "Good to be Here" which was released as a download-only single in August 2006.
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| 2004 | "Come Get Some" |
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| 2004 | "Staring at the Sun" |
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| 2005 | "You're So Right For Me" |
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| 2005 | "Deep and Meaningless" |
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| 2006 | "Home" |
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| 2006 | "Good To Be Here" |
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| 2006 | "One of Those Days" |
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