Sarandon (band)
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| Sarandon | |
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| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Rock, post-punk |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Label(s) | Wrath, Slumberland, HHBTM |
| Members | |
| Simon Williams (2003-Present) Alan Brown (2007-Present) Tom Greenhalgh (2007-Present) |
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| Former members | |
| Joe Morris (2003-2007) Stephen Gilchrist (2006-2007) Simon Poole (2004-2006) James Higgott (2003-2004) |
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Sarandon are an English rock music group, formed in London in 2003. Initially formed by singer/guitarist Simon Williams (aka Crayola), drummer James Higgott (formerly of HOST) and bass player Joe Morris (also of The Reverse), the group played their debut show in central London after having rehearsed only once before going into the studio to record their first record, The Miniest Album.
Much was made of the debut record being a 7" vinyl single containing 7 songs and so the band decided to release a series of such records. After the second release, The Big Flame (named in honour of their favourite band), James was replaced on drums by Simon Poole, a long time musical colleague of Crayola. The new line-up recorded two further 7 track 7" records, The Feminist Third and The June Bride, before having all four records compiled into a single CD release entitled The Completist's Library by the record label Wrath in the UK and HHBTM in the US. All four records were produced by Anthony Chapman, formerly of Collapsed Lung, who has also produced Bis, Spearmint, Ten Benson, Klaxons, The Keatons and Crazy Gods of Endless Noise. The June Bride takes its name from another of the band's favourite bands and featured guest appearances from Big Flame's Alan Brown and The June Brides' Phil Wilson. The collection has been described as "an awful lot of fun".[1]
In October 2006 the band were joined by Stephen Gilchrist, replacing Simon Poole on drums - Stephen is best known as Graham Coxon's drummer. He also performs in his own group, Stuffy & The Fuses, as well as working as a drum tutor.
In January 2007 Joe decided to take a sabbatical and was replaced by Alan Brown - Alan was a founder member of Big Flame and The Great Leap Forward, played drums with A Witness and more recently performed as one third of Marshall Smith.
Stephen got too busy for his own good and in September 2007 was replaced by Tom Greenhalgh on drums. The new line up immediately recorded a cover version of an old June Brides song, "Every Conversation" and a new studio album entitled Kill Twee Pop! to be released early in 2008.
Sarandon have recorded sessions for BBC radio's One Music show and Marc Riley’s BBC Radio 6 show, Rocket Science.
The band continue to rehearse and perform sporadically.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- The Miniest Album (Jul 2004, Run Out, RUN001 [7"])
- The Big Flame (June 2005, Banazan, BAN20 [7"])
- The Feminist Third (Dec 2005, Wrath, WRATH32 [7"])
- The June Bride (May 2006, Wrath, WRATH38 [7”])
- Joe's Record (October 2007, Slumberland, SLR072 [7”])
- Every Conversation (split with Phil Wilson (December 2007, Every Conversation, March 2008 [7"])
[edit] Albums
- The Completist’s Library (Aug 2006, Wrath, WRATH40CD [CD]; Jan 2007, HHBTM, HHBTM083 [CD])
- Kill Twee Pop! (April 2008, Slumberland [10"], [CD])
