The Go! Team

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The Go! Team
The Go! Team playing at Accelerator The Big One in Stockholm, 2004
The Go! Team playing at Accelerator The Big One in Stockholm, 2004
Background information
Genre(s) Dance, Indie rock, Hip Hop, Post-Rock
Years active 2000—present
Label(s) current
Memphis Industries, Sub Pop, Shock, Coop, Avex, Secret City
previous
Columbia Records, Pickled Egg Records, V:Room
Associated acts Funanori
Website www.thegoteam.co.uk
Members
Ian Parton
Chi Fukami Taylor
Kaori Tsuchida
Jamie Bell
Ninja
Sam Dook
Former members
Silke Steidinger
For the 1980s band, see The Go Team.

The Go! Team are an English, Brighton-based six piece band (with two drummers) whose songs are a mixture of action theme songs, cheerleader chants, guitars and early hip hop, with a hint of '70s funk. Their songs are a mix of live instrumentation and samples from various sources.

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[edit] History

Ian Parton conceived the project after wanting to create music incorporating his favourite things including Sonic Youth-style guitars, double dutch chants, and car chase horn music.[1] He started jamming these sounds together and eventually recorded Thunder, Lightning, Strike in his parents' kitchen.[2]

[edit] Thunder, Lightning, Strike

The Go! Team's first full-length album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, was released in UK and Europe on the Memphis Industries label in September 2004, to widespread critical acclaim.

The Go! Team playing at the Big Day Out in Melbourne
The Go! Team playing at the Big Day Out in Melbourne

In June 2004, Ian Parton recruited a band in order to play as a supporting act for Franz Ferdinand.[3] The live band became a "separate entity" to the original studio vision, as the performances became radically different from the recordings, particularly due to Ninja's freestyled vocals contrary to the sampled vocals present on the album.

The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005, which coincided with an international release of a "legal" version of the album wherein the album was partially re-recorded, replacing samples which could not be cleared for commercial use with alternatives.

The band's popularity increased with the re-issue of "Ladyflash" in the UK charts, resulting in national prime-time airplay on radio stations such as Radio 1 and the Atlanta, USA based 99X.

[edit] Proof of Youth

On the 13th of May 2007, The Go! Team announced the release of their new single and subsequent album on their website.[4]

The single, "Grip Like a Vice", was released on 2 July 2007, and the new album, called Proof of Youth, was released on 10 September in the UK and a day later in the US. The new record continues The Go! Team’s mix of samples, live band recordings and an array of special guests, including hip-hop legend Chuck D, electro diva Solex and Bonde Do Role ex-singer Marina Ribatski.[5]

[edit] Members

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Junior Kickstart" 7", 12" and CD single (2003)
  • "The Power Is On" 12" Single (2004)
  • "Ladyflash" 7" and CD Single (2004) #68 UK
  • "Bottle Rocket" 7" and CD Single (2005) #64 UK
  • "Ladyflash" (re-issue) 7" and CD Single (2006) #26 UK
  • "Grip Like a Vice" Single (2007) #57 UK
  • "Doing It Right" Single (2007) #55 UK, #3 UK Indie
  • "The Wrath of Marcie" Single (19 Nov 2007)

[edit] EPs

[edit] Featured on

  • Public Service Broadcast #3 (2004) (Compilation album)
  • Help: A Day in the Life (2005) (Compilation album)
  • "Get It Together" is featured during the two video demos for the video game LittleBigPlanet (Feb. 2008)
  • "Huddle Formation" is featured in the ski film "The Teddybear Crisis"
  • "The Power is On" is featured in the video game 2006 FIFA World Cup
  • "Huddle Formation" and "Junior Kickstart" are both featured on episodes of UK drama Waterloo Road
  • "The Wrath of Marcie" was featured on an episode of Scallywagga

[edit] References

  1. ^ 4Play - The Go! Team. October 2005.
  2. ^ Linda Serck (2007-06-08). Ready, steady...GO!. BBC.
  3. ^ Erik Leijon. The Go! Team is On!. PopMatters.
  4. ^ News (2007-05-13). Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
  5. ^ There's an "I" in The Go! Team (2007-09-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-14.

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