The Delgados were a Scottish indie rock band who formed in Glasgow in 1994 after friends Alun Woodward (vocals/guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass) and Paul Savage (drums) were forcibly ejected from the band Bubblegum. Joined by Paul's then-girlfriend Emma Pollock (vocals/guitar), the band chose to name themselves after Tour de France winning cyclist Pedro Delgado. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary authority area, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Emma Pollock is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is a long-distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... Perico on the front cover of his book A Golpe de Pedal. ...

Their first commercial release came with the inclusion of their track "Liquidation Girl" on the compilation album Skookum Chief Powered Teenage Zit Rock Angst from Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Neglecting to go the traditional route of signing to a record label, the band instead started their own, Chemikal Underground, with which to release not only their records but also other local bands. Chemikal Underground's first release was naturally The Delgados first single Monica Webster / Brand New Car. Despite being greatly overshadowed by the Blur/Oasis race, the single caught the attention of veteran BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel and the band quickly became one of his favourites, going on to play more than ten sessions for his show. Nardwuar on Chart Magazine 2005 Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Ruskin, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Chemikal Underground is the independent record label set up in 1994 by Glasgow rock band The Delgados. ... Blur is the name of a British rock band. ... Oasis are a British rock group originally formed in Manchester. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at the 16-24 age bracket. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... (Auto)biography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ...

The cost of Chemikal Underground's second release, the single Disco Nation 45 by Bis, left the cash-strapped label unable to afford another release by The Delgados, so their next release Lazarwalker came from the London based Radar Records. Tempted by Radar to a five album deal, the band declined, instead poaching their A&R contact, Graeme Beattie, for work at Chemikal Underground. BIS is an acronym standing for: Bank for International Settlements Barratt Impulsivity Scale, a self administered test to measure impulsivity Benevolent Irish Society Bispectral index Bislama language (ISO 639 alpha-3, bis) Bohemia Interactive Studio Bezpecnostni informacni sluzba, the Czech intelligence agency Best in Show, the highest placing in a... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Radar Records was the label formed by Jake Rivera in 1978 after he had previously founded Stiff Records. ...

Another single, Cinecentre followed in early 1996 as the band juggled work at the label (made all the more hectic with Bis's appearance on Top of the Pops) with several tours, and recording their debut album. The band released two more singles, this time taken from their album Domestiques released on October 28, 1996. Both singles and the album were critically lauded, with the song "Under Canvas, Under Wraps" being voted number three in John Peel's Festive Fifty. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Top of the Pops is a long-running British music chart television programme shown each week on BBC Two and now licensed for local versions around the world. ... Domestiques is The Delgados debut album. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... An annual(ish) rock chart voted for by listeners to John Peels BBC radio show. ...

The band released their second album in 1998. Peloton, also a Peloton saw the band begin to broaden their musical palette. Including a wider range of styles and more complex arrangements the record proved a critical success. It did not sell in huge numbers, however, though the single Pull the Wires From the Wall gave the Delgados their first UK chart hit, reaching number 69. The band's close relationship with John Peel continued, with Pull the Wires From the Wall voted to number one in the Festive Fifty (it would also make the all time chart made in 2000) and other entries at 9 and 38.

The Delgados' evolution continued with The Great Eastern in 2000. The record, produced by Dave Fridmann, was heavily orchestrated and contained shifting time signatures. Again, the record was lauded by the critics but failed to significantly expand the band's following. The first single, American Trilogy, reached number 61 in the UK charts. The record was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and four of its songs reached the Festive Fifty, two in the top ten. Dave Fridmann is a musician and record producer. ... The Mercury Music Prize is a music award given annually for the best British or Irish album of the previous 12 months. ...

This pattern was extended for their fourth album, Hate, which was released on Mantra rather than the band's own Chemikal Underground label. The album's epic songs were popular among critics and festive fifty voters but a wider public still proved elusive. The song The Light Before We Land was used as the opening music for the anime Gunslinger Girl, bringing the band to a new (albeit small) audience. Hate or hatred is an emotion of intense revulsion, distaste, enmity, or antipathy for a person, thing, or phenomenon; a desire to avoid, restrict, remove, or destroy its object. ... Mantra Records is a subsidiary of Beggars Banquet Records. ... Chemikal Underground is the independent record label set up in 1994 by Glasgow rock band The Delgados. ... Gunslinger Girl (ガンスリンガー・ガール gansuringā gāru) is a manga by Yu Aida that was also adapted as a 13-episode anime television series, produced from 2003 to 2004 by Madhouse Production. ...

The band returned to their own label for 2004's 'Universal Audio' - which marked something of a move away from the orchestrated sounds of its two predecessors, towards a simpler, poppier approach.

The band announced they were disbanding in April 2005 due to the departure of bass player Stewart Henderson who found it difficult "to pour so much of my energy and time into something that never quite seemed to get the attention or respect I felt it deserved". The four friends will continue to run Chemikal Underground together. Songwriters Emma Pollock and Alun Woodward are pursuing individual projects, while drummer Paul Savage will continue production duties at the band's Chem19 Studios in Hamilton. Template:AprillCalendar Look up Aprill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The members recently announced that they've secured right for their BBC session perfomances. A double-disc containing 29 tracks is set to be released in mid-2006.

Discography

All records on Chemikal Underground unless otherwise stated. Chemikal Underground is the independent record label set up in 1994 by Glasgow rock band The Delgados. ...

Albums

• Domestiques (1996, LP / CD )
• Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit CD)
• Peloton (1998, LP / CD)
• The Great Eastern (2000, LP / CD)
• Live at The Fruitmarket (2001, CD)
• Hate (2002, Mantra LP / CD)
• Universal Audio (2004, LP / CD)

Domestiques is The Delgados debut album. ... Hate is an album by The Delgados, released on the Mantra label on 2002-10-14 in the United Kingdom, and 2003-01-21 in the United States (with two bonus tracks). ...

Singles and EPs

• Monika Webster / Brand New Car (1995, 7”)
• I've Only Just Started to Breathe (Ché, 2x7", split with Bis, Merzbow and The Golden Mile)
• Lazarwalker ep (1996, Radar 7"/CD)
• Cinecentre (1996, 7”/CD)
• Under Canvas Under Wraps (1996, 7”/CD)
• Sucrose (1996, 7”/CD)
• Everything Goes Around the Water (1998, 7”/CD)
• Pull the Wires From the Wall (1998, 7”/CD)
• The Weaker Argument Defeats the Stronger (1998, 7”/CD)
• American Trilogy (2000, 7"/CD)
• No Danger(Kids' Choir) (2000, 7"/CD)
• Coming in From the Cold (2002, Mantra 7" /CD)
• All You Need is Hate (2003, Import CD)
• Everybody Come Down (2004, 7"/CD)
• Girls Of Valour (2005, 7"/CD)

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References

• Delgados split (Apr. 8, 2005). NME.com

External links

• Official Site
• The Delgados News