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The Crimea are a British indie band, based in Camden, London. The band were featured in the late John Peel's Festive Fifty, ranking higher than bands such as The White Stripes and all eleven of the initial album demos were played on his show. The Guardian has described The Crimea's songs as "mini-epics" that reduce frontman Davey to "spasms of jerking anguish". This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
The term indie is short for independent and refers to artistic creations outside the commercial mainstream, without the support of a major record label, major movie studio, or other source of a large budget. ...
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History The Crimea began life as The Crocketts, signing to a UK major label, V2, in 1998 and releasing two albums; however, in late 2001, the band were dropped from the label's roster as part of a 'rationalisation' plan. Unwilling to quit following this setback, Davey MacManus and Owen Hopkin formed The Crimea. Comparing The Crimea to their former band in an early press release, "if the Crocketts were four cavemen banging stones together, [then] this is the sound of four Tchaikovskys banging Kylie Minogue". The Crocketts were a rock group originating at Aberystwyth University in 1995/6. ...
The Crimea were signed to Warner Bros Records following a showcase at the 2004 SXSW Festival in Texas. Their debut album, Tragedy Rocks, was released in 2005, with the first single from the album, "Lottery Winners On Acid", released on January 9th, 2006; it entered the UK singles chart at No. 31 and became the first of three singles to appear as Single of the Week on what was then the show hosted by both Colin Murray and Edith Bowman on BBC Radio 1. In support of The Crimea's second single, "White Russian Galaxy", the band then performed on Top of the Pops. South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc. ...
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Colin Murray (born March 10, 1977) is a BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Five Live DJ and television presenter from the Dundonald area of east Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
Edith Eleanor Bowman (born 15 January 1975) is a Scottish television presenter and a radio D.J. She currently presents a radio show on BBC Radio 1, from 1pm-4pm. ...
For any of the numerous radio stations with the name Radio 1, see Radio 1 (disambiguation) BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music aimed at the 14-26 age bracket. ...
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ...
Due to poor album sales Warner Bros dropped The Crimea in late 2006. Displaying remarkable tenacity, the band continued to write new material and in April 2007 released Secrets of the Witching Hour as a free download from the band's website; a CD was also available, with artwork by Joe Udwin, the band's bassist, in collaboration with London-based, visual artist Tersha Willis. The band received a lot of support from Radio 1 DJ, Colin Murray, who gave the Crimea airtime on his nightly show by playing one track from the album each week and advocating downloading the album. The band hoped to tour substantially off the back of the new record.
The Crimea have toured with artists including Regina Spektor, Billy Corgan and Ash. During December 2006 the band played three dates in support of Snow Patrol on their UK arena tour ending at Wembley Arena, London. In May they also supported Modest Mouse on their short UK tour. Regina Spektor (Russian: ) (born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-born American singer-songwriter and pianist. ...
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Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick (Northern Ireland) in 1992. ...
Snow Patrol are a Grammy Award-nominated rock band who formed in Scotland, with the majority of their members being from Bangor and Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
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Secrets of The Witching Hour As of 20:00 on April 30th, 2007, Secrets of the Witching Hour was available for free download at The Crimea's website; the original release date was set for May 13th, 2007. As of the 27th of May The album had a been downloaded 39 966 times.
At midnight on May 13th, 2007 The Crimea performed an acoustic gig at the summit of Primrose Hill to celebrate the release of the new album Secrets of the Witching Hour. Primrose Hill. ...
Discography
Albums - Tragedy Rocks (2005)
- Secrets of the Witching Hour (2007, released as a download 1st May)
Singles - "Lottery Winners on Acid" (November 2002 - UK self-released)
- "White Russian Galaxy" (June 2003 - UK self-released)
- "Baby Boom" (November 2003 - UK self-released)
- "Lottery Winners on Acid" (January 2006 - UK Warner) #31
- "White Russian Galaxy" (April 2006 - UK Warner) #51
- "Baby Boom" (August 2006 - UK Warner)
The 2006 LWOA, WRG and BB singles are not re-issues, but new recordings with new b-sides.
Members - Davey MacManus - Vocals, guitar
- Andy Norton - Lead guitar
- Joe Udwin - Bass, backing vocals
- Andrew Stafford - Keyboards, backing vocals
- Owen Hopkin - Drums
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