Horsell Common

Infobox musical artist
Name = Horsell Common


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Flagicon|AUS Victoria, Australia
Genre = Alternative, punk, Rock
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Boomtown Records
URL = [http://www.horsellcommon.com Official website]
Current_members = Mark Stewart (vocals/guitars) Luke Cripps (Bass)
Past_members = Leigh Pengelly (drums)

Horsell Common are an Australian band from Melbourne, Victoria. They made their live debut in early 2002, following this up with a string of EPs, and released their first full-length album "The Rescue" on 29 September, 2007. The first single off the album - titled "Good From Afar" - was released on 1 September, 2007 and has received national airplay on the triple j radio station.

Brief history

2002 to 2004

Horsell Common made their live debut in early 2002, and released their debut EP "A Who's Who Road of Living" in 2003. The song "Order" won a Kerrang! Magazine competition and "In Theory" was a "Melbourne Unearthed" (competition run by Triple J) finalist. "In Theory" was also released with a film clip staring celebrity criminal and Australian folk hero Chopper Read, which was later banned by the ABC due to its graphic nature. In 2003 the band also released a limited edition 7" vinyl single of "Order".

2005 to 2006

In 2005, following on from the initial success of their debut recording, the band released their second EP ("Lost A Lot of Blood") and soon after released a split EP with fellow Melbourne band Trial Kennedy entitled "The Birds & the Bees". On that EP each band recorded an acoustic cover version of a song by the other.

In September 2006 the band released their fourth EP in as many years with "Satellite Wonderland", which debuted at #1 on the Australian Independent Record (AIR) chart. The song stayed in the top ten for six months and debuted at #14 on the Australian ARIA chart. [cite news |url=http://www.shock.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=579 |title=HORSELL COMMON TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM |date=1 August, 2007 |author= |work=http://www.shock.com.au/] That year Horsell Common toured with bands such as Less Than Jake, Trial Kennedy and Behind Crimson Eyes, as well as supporting Mxpx on their Australian tour.

2007 to present

After completing their Satellite Wonderland tour in early 2007 Horsell Common set to work on their debut album The Rescue which was recorded at Sing Sing studios with American producer Bruce Haigler, and Engineered by Richard Stolz, the cd was then mastered at Crystal Mastering and was released on 29 September 2007, debuting at 6 on the Australian Indie Records Label Charts, the bands debut single Good From Afar on 1 September, 2007, [cite news |url=http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2477 |title=NEW HORSELL COMMON TRACK |date=7 August, 2007 |author= |work=http://www.bombshellzine.com/] . The film clip for the single was filmed in the dissused ballroom at Flinders Street Station in mid July. The band is following up the release of their debut album with numerous tours including the Breakout Festival 2007 in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with Grinspoon, The Butterfly Effect, Little Birdy, Gyroscope and Youth Group in mid September 2007. [cite news |url=http://www.channelv.com.au/V/Gig.aspx?ID=415 |title=Breakout Festival 2007 |date= |author= |work=http://www.channelv.com.au/]

During The Rescue tour Horsell Common put up a competition on their myspace in which bands could enter their best song and details and the members from Horsell Common would listen to each song and pick the best band from each state to open for the show closest to them. The bands that won were; Broadway (Melbourne), Day on Fire (Adelaide), Ember Heart (Hobart), Mad Intentions (Launceston), LameExcuse (Canberra), Rex Banner (Sydney), Returns (Brisbane). The tour was also supported by Melbourne band Trial Kennedy

On 21 January, 2008, Drummer Leigh Pengelly announced his parting with the band after the completion of their tour; his last appearance was at the Corner Hotel, Richmond on 5 April, 2008. The band are currently auditioning drummers to replace Leigh. [cite news |url=http://www.bombshellzine.com/newspage/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2855 |title=HORSELL PART WAYS WITH DRUMMER |date=21 January, 2008 |author= |work=http://www.bombshellzine.com/]

Discography

Albums

External links

* [http://www.horsellcommon.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/horsellcommon Official MySpace]

References