Blurred vision
| Blurred vision | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | London , UK |
| Genre (s) | Art rock , pop rock , progressive rock , psychedelic rock |
| founding | 2010 |
| Website | https://blurredvisionmusic.com |
| Founding members | |
| Sepp Osley | |
| Sole Osley | |
| Ben Riley | |
| Current occupation | |
| Sepp Osley | |
| Bentley Levy | |
| Jake Bradford Sharp | |
| Ed Bennet | |
Blurred Vision is a rock and pop group from London , United Kingdom . The band was founded in 2010 by the brothers Sohl and Sepp Osley as well as Ben Riley and has consisted of Sepp Osley (guitar), Bentley Levy (bass), Jake Bradford Sharp (drums) and Ed Bennett (guitar) since 2018.
history
In 2010 the brothers Sepp and Sohl Osley released a cover of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall Part 2" entitled "Hey Ayatollah Leave Those Kids Alone". Filmmaker Babak Payami produced a music video that quickly went viral on the video sharing platform YouTube. The remake was also publicly endorsed by Pink Floyd's Roger Waters .
After the success of Hey Ayatollah, producer Terry Brown contacted the brothers and introduced them to drummer Ben Riley, with whom they formed Blurred Vision.
In 2012, Blurred Vision became the official ambassador for the Whyhunger charity , along with artists such as Bruce Springsteen , Carlos Santana and Yoko Ono . Two years later they were the only band from Canada, at the concerts on the 50th anniversary of the Beatles occurred in New York City.
Blurred Vision's debut album Organized Insanity , produced by Terry Brown, was released in April 2015. It was well received in parts of the music press, hailing it as "one of the best [albums] of 2015" by music journalist Malcolm Dome. After the album was released, the band went on a tour of Great Britain with Uriah Heep .
In 2016 the band released the soundtrack for the movie Manhattan Undying (titled Manhattan ) via PledgeMusic.
Drummer Ben Riley and bassist Sohl Osley left the band in August 2018. They were replaced by Bentley Levy on bass and Jake Bradford Sharp on drums, and another guitarist named Ed Bennet was added to the lineup. With this line-up, the band recorded their second studio album, which is expected to be released in late 2018 or early 2019.
Discography
Singles
- 2010: Another Brick in the Wall (Hey Ayatollah Leave Those Kids Alone)
- 2015: All I Wanted
- 2015: Dear John
- 2017: Democracy
Albums
- 2015: Organized Insanity
- 2016: Manhattan (Soundtrack for Manhattan Undying )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blurred Vision Live in Soho - Blurred Vision. In: Blurred Vision website. Retrieved October 19, 2018 (Canadian English).
- ^ Peter Hutchison: Pink Floyd backs Iranian protest song . July 30, 2010, ISSN 0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed October 19, 2018]).
- ↑ a b c About Us - Blurred Vision. In: Blurred Vision website. Retrieved October 19, 2018 (Canadian English).
- ^ Artists against hunger and poverty. In: Whyhunger. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Malcolm Dome: Blurred Vision: Organized Insanity . In: Prog Magazine . ( loudersound.com [accessed October 23, 2018]).
- ↑ Scott Munro: Blurred Vision invite Terry Brown on tour . In: loudersound . ( loudersound.com [accessed October 23, 2018]).
- ↑ Blurred Vision: Manhattan. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Blurred Vision Announce New Live Lineup - Blurred Vision. Retrieved October 23, 2018 (Canadian English).