Stereophonics

Stereophonics (never "The Stereophonics") are a Welsh music group formed in 1992 and originally known as Tragic Love Company, a name inspired by their favourite bands Tragically Hip, Mother Love Bone and Bad Company. They started out as a teenage cover band and later, inspired by Stuart's gran's gramophone changed their name to Stereophonics. They hailed from Cwmaman, South Wales and after they changed their name they were one of the first bands to be signed to Richard Branson's V2 label in August 1996. Their most well known songs include a cover of Chris Farlowe's Handbags and Gladrags; Have a Nice Day, and Mr. Writer, although long term fans would probably plump for the earlier Local Boy In The Photograph, A Thousand Trees, Looks Like Chaplin and The Bartender and the Thief as more memorable.

Band members

  • Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar and songwriter)
  • Richard Jones (bass)
  • Stuart Cable (drums) was sacked by the other two members of the band in September 2003 and was replaced by ex-Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman for several tour dates.
  • Javier Weyler (drums) was announced as a replacement to Stuart Cable in December 2004. The band first met Argentinian Javier when they were recording album demos, and then again in late 2003 when they were visiting Argentina.



In the early days they supported both Manic Street Preachers and Ocean Colour Scene.

In February 1998 they received a Brit Award for Best New Group the same week as a re-issue of Local Boy in the Photograph made number 14 in the charts and their first album went gold selling over 100,000 copies. During that year they had successful tours in Europe, Australia and the USA

Following on from the success achieved with The Bartender and the Thief in late 1998 the second single from Performance and Cocktails, Just Looking, was released and reached number 4 in March 1999 and the same month the much anticipated new album was finally released, entering at number 1 and within three weeks had gone platinum. Later that year saw them play what was widely regarded as the best gig of the year in Britain in front of 50,000 people at Morfa Stadium in Swansea. They also cooperated with Tom Jones for a track on his album Reload.


The band had a relatively quiet 2000 and didn’t really hit the headlines again until the launch of Just Enough Education to Perform in April 2001. They then played back-to-back dates at Donington Park, supported by Ash, Black Crowes and Proud Mary in front of 120,000 fans and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium to a capacity 80,000 that summer.

2003 saw the release of their latest album You Gotta Go There To Come Back and a change to their logo. Towards the end of the year the did a sell out tour of the U.K. ending with a christmas show at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff supported by Feeder and Ocean Colour Scene

Having embarked on a world tour in 2003/2004, which culminated in an appearance at the Manchester Move Festival in July 2004, the band are now taking a well deserved break.

The band's 5th studio album is set to be released in early 2005 with the title Language. Sex. Violence. Other? involving their new drums player - Javier Weyler. They achieved their first #1 song with the first single of the new album, entitled "Dakota", on the week of Monday March 7th 2005.

Above: The new line-up of the band, featuring new drummer Javier Wayler.

Discography

Albums

  • Word Gets Around (1997)
  • Performance and Cocktails (1999)
  • Just Enough Education to Perform (2001)
  • You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003)
  • Language. Sex. Violence. Other? (2005)

Singles


Related Links

Official Stereophonics Website (http://www.stereophonics.com)


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Having embarked on a world tour in 2003/2004, which culminated in an appearance at the Manchester Move Festival in July 2004, the band are now taking a well deserved break. ending with a christmas show at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff supported by Feeder and Ocean Colour Scene. Towards the end of the year the did a sell out tour of the U.K. 2003 saw the release of their latest album You Gotta Go There To Come Back and a change to their logo.

They then played back-to-back dates at Donington Park, supported by Ash, Black Crowes and Proud Mary in front of 120,000 fans and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium to a capacity 80,000 that summer.
The band had a relatively quiet 2000 and didn’t really hit the headlines again until the launch of Just Enough Education to Perform in April 2001. They also cooperated with Tom Jones for a track on his album Reload. Later that year saw them play what was widely regarded as the best gig of the year in Britain in front of 50,000 people at Morfa Stadium in Swansea.

Following on from the success achieved with The Bartender and the Thief in late 1998 the second single from Performance and Cocktails, Just Looking, was released and reached number 4 in March 1999 and the same month the much anticipated new album was finally released, entering at number 1 and within three weeks had gone platinum. During that year they had successful tours in Europe, Australia and the USA. In February 1998 they received a Brit Award for Best New Group the same week as a re-issue of Local Boy in the Photograph made number 14 in the charts and their first album went gold selling over 100,000 copies.
In the early days they supported both Manic Street Preachers and Ocean Colour Scene.


. Writer, although long term fans would probably plump for the earlier Local Boy In The Photograph, A Thousand Trees, Looks Like Chaplin and The Bartender and the Thief as more memorable. Their most well known songs include a cover of Chris Farlowe's Handbags and Gladrags; Have a Nice Day, and Mr. They hailed from Cwmaman, South Wales and after they changed their name they were one of the first bands to be signed to Richard Branson's V2 label in August 1996.

They started out as a teenage cover band and later, inspired by Stuart's gran's gramophone changed their name to Stereophonics. Stereophonics (never "The Stereophonics") are a Welsh music group formed in 1992 and originally known as Tragic Love Company, a name inspired by their favourite bands Tragically Hip, Mother Love Bone and Bad Company. Violence. Other? (2005). Sex.

Language. You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003). Just Enough Education to Perform (2001). Performance and Cocktails (1999).

Word Gets Around (1997). The band first met Argentinian Javier when they were recording album demos, and then again in late 2003 when they were visiting Argentina. Javier Weyler (drums) was announced as a replacement to Stuart Cable in December 2004. Stuart Cable (drums) was sacked by the other two members of the band in September 2003 and was replaced by ex-Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman for several tour dates.

Richard Jones (bass). Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar and songwriter).