Creeper (band)

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Creeper
Creeper at an appearance in Cologne in 2016. From left to right: Sean Scott, Will Gould, Ian Miles, Hannah Greenwood. Not in the picture: Dan Bratton, Oliver Burdett.
Creeper at an appearance in Cologne in 2016.
From left to right: Sean Scott, Will Gould, Ian Miles, Hannah Greenwood. Not in the picture: Dan Bratton, Oliver Burdett.
General information
origin Southampton , England
Genre (s) Horror punk , punk , emo , gothic rock
founding 2014
Website www.creepercult.com
Founding members
singing
 Will Gould
Guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
 Ian "Jeff" Miles
Bass, backing vocals
 Sean Scott
Drums, percussion
 Dan Bratton
guitar
 Oliver Burdett
guitar
 Sina Nemati
Current occupation
singing
 Will Gould
Guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
 Ian "Jeff" Miles
Bass, backing vocals
 Sean Scott
Drums, percussion
 Dan Bratton
guitar
 Oliver Burdett
Keyboard, piano, violin, backing vocals, 2nd part
 Hannah Greenwood (since 2015)

Creeper is a British punk rock band from Southampton , England that was formed in 2014. The band consists of the singer Will Gould, the guitarists Ian Miles and Oliver Burdett (the successor to Sina Nemati since 2015), the keyboardist and second singer Hannah Greenwood, the bassist Sean Scott and the drummer Dan Bratton. Creeper released their debut EP Creeper in 2014, which was followed by the EPs The Callous Heart (2015) and The Stranger (2016) on the Roadrunner Records label . The band's debut studio album, Eternity, in Your Arms was released in 2017 and peaked at number 18 on theBritish album charts .

Since Creepers have come together through mutual membership in bands of the hardcore punk and post-hardcore scene in the Southampton area, they are musically and stylistically influenced by other “Goth punk” groups such as AFI and Alkaline Trio on the one hand and more traditional punk bands such as The Bouncing Souls and glam rock artists like David Bowie . The band's songs are typically written by Gould and Miles, although Nemati also co-wrote early pieces. Shortly after they were founded, Creepers were voted one of the best new rock bands by critics, and in 2016 they got a Kerrang! Award and the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award .

After the release of the new album Eternity, in Your Arms and a concert tour in the course of 2017, Creeper announced the breakup of the band after a performance on November 1, 2018. The act commemorated the end of Bowie's alter ego Ziggy Stardust in 1973, which led many commentators to speculate that creepers hadn't really broken up. However, there were no official announcements by the band on the subject. Exactly a year later, Creeper performed again at a concert in London and have since been working on the release of their second album Sex, Death & the Infinite Void in July 2020.

history

2014–2016: foundation and early years

The band Creeper was founded in Southampton in 2014 by singer Will Gould and guitarist Ian Miles, who had previously been active in the punk band Our Time Down Here. There was also the second guitarist Sina Nemati, bassist and second vocalist Sean Scott, and drummer Dan Bratton. It was Gould's idea to name the band "Creeper" because he liked the idea that it could have been a Stephen King novel and that there is no particular genre associated with it. Two alternative names that were discarded were "Coven" and "Witch Cat". The five musicians released their debut EP in 2014, initially on their own, later on December 8th that year it was released as a limited vinyl single by Palm Reader Records. The band gave their first major concert on August 1st, 2014 at the Joiners Arms, followed by their first appearance in London at The Old Blue Last on September 13th, as well as supporting the Welsh group Funeral for a Friend . In June 2015 the band signed a contract with Roadrunner Records and played at the Download Festival for the first time . Creeper's second EP, The Callous Heart , was released on September 18, 2015. During the year Creeper toured with the Misfits and then with Moose Blood , and also played on the Warped Tour .

In December 2015 it was announced that Nemati had left Creeper to “focus on his career as a sound engineer in London”. At the same time, the tour keyboardist Hannah Greenwood was accepted as a full member. The group's third EP, The Stranger , followed on February 19, 2016 and peaked at number 9 on the UK rock and metal album charts. The EP was promoted on a tour with the Scottish band Grader and on appearances with Neck Deep and WSTR. In May 2016, Creepers played as support for the singer of the Black Veil Brides Andy Biersack during his Homecoming Tour, as well as the second opening act for Funeral for a Friend on their farewell tour on May 21 at the O2 Forum. In June, Creepers drove a cover version of Iron Maiden's “The Evil That Men Do” for Kerrang! published tribute album Maiden Heaven Volume 2: An All-Star Tribute To Iron Maiden at while in August a recording of "This Is How I Disappear" ( My Chemical Romance ) for the free Scrapbook Rock Sound Presents ... The Black Parade grossed . This album was published by Rock Sound magazine as a tribute to The Black Parade .

2016–2018: Eternity, in Your Arms

Keyboardist Hannah Greenwood, initially just a tour musician for the band, joined Creeper in 2015 as a full-time member.

After Creeper performed at the Reading and Leeds Festival in August 2016 , pictures of white noise began to appear on the band's Twitter account , and later the band members' personal accounts were hidden or deleted. A Southampton phone number that had previously been used to promote The Stranger suddenly had a recorded message containing a link to a website with references to the "disappearance of James Scythe" and references to the EPs. the band In October the band appeared again with the announcement for their new studio album, Eternity, in Your Arms and the release of the track "Suzanne" as a single and music video. Gould gave the following inspiration for the album: “ Eternity, in Your Arms is a record that this time isn't just about being young and broken hearts, but about transitions, old age and loss. Not just the loss of life, but the loss of ourselves. The parts of the people we were. ”From October 20th to December 6th, the band went on a concert tour of the UK with Pierce the Veil and Letlive Continental Europe.

The single "Hiding with Boys", the second song on Eternity, in Your Arms , was released on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show on December 11, 2016 and a music video was added a day later. To market the album, Creeper went on tour across Europe on March 25, 2017. At the end of 2016, Creeper topped the Rock Sound reader survey for the best British newcomer band, but also ranked seventh in the ranking for the best British band ever and fourth among the worst British bands. The magazine listed the EP The Stranger as the 36th best release of the year. The third track from Eternity, in Your Arms called "Black Rain" was released on February 14, 2017 as a single and video.

Eternity, in Your Arms reached number 18 on the UK album charts. However, it came in at number 1 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and number 17 on the Scottish Albums Chart. In April 2017, Creepers were nominated for the Alternative Press Music Awards in the category "Breakthrough Band" (English: band that made the breakthrough) . They were also nominated for Best British Band at the Heavy Music Awards, and performed at the awards ceremony on August 24th at the House of Vans in London. The band continued their tour activities in 2017, including their first appearance on the main stage of the Download Festival and all events of the Warped Tour 2017 in the USA and Canada from June to August. In June they announced another tour of the UK for the end of the year, The Theater of Fear, a "one-off production that will be shown on six stages across the country." The band also worked with writer Lilly Banning on a book called The Last Days of James Scythe , which is based on the ongoing story of the title hero and was published in 2017 by the independent publisher 404 Ink.

Creeper released the Christmas EP Christmas on December 8, 2017, which includes cover versions of " Fairytale of New York " and "Blue Christmas," as well as their own composition "Same Time Next Year?" The band played for Neck Deep and All Time Low the next year , and then returned to the Two Thousand Trees Festival and Reading and Leeds Festivals . During their November 1st, 2018 gig at London's Koko Venue, the band demonstratively hung up their Callous Heart jackets and frontman Will Gould declared, “Not only is this the last show on this album, it's the last show we will will ever give ”- a reference to David Bowie's appearance at the Hammersmith Apollo on July 3, 1973, during which he announced the death of his alter ego“ Ziggy Stardust ”. The band then left the stage and a recap of the highlights of their career was shown. This ended with the words "Even eternity ends" (even eternity comes to an end). While Bowie continued his career even after the 1973 gig, there was no official information from Creeper as to whether and when the band would get back together.

Since 2019: Sex, Death & the Infinite Void

In September 2019, the members of Creeper began uploading pictures and videos on the Internet, suggesting a return of the band. A few days later, under the pseudonym “Fugitives of Heaven”, a concert was announced for All Saints' Day 2019 in a London music club designed for 620 people - exactly one year after the group's last appearance. After the world premiere at this concert and a first broadcast during the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show that same evening, the band released their new single "Born Cold" on November 3rd, 2019. In January 2020 it was announced that the band's second studio album will be the Entitled Sex, Death & the Infinite Void and would be released on May 22, 2020. The accompanying tour through the United Kingdom, the God Can't Save Us Tour, was originally planned for April, but had to be postponed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

In May 2020, Creeper finally stated that the release of Sex, Death & The Infinite Void should now take place on July 31 of that year.

reception

Creeper's debut album, Eternity, in Your Arms , received multiple critical acclaim. The website Metacritic recorded a standardized rating of 89% based on eight individual ratings , which is interpreted as “general appreciation” ( universal acclaim ). In a review for AllMusic , James Christopher Monger called the album "consistently irresistible" and "seriously inspired." Rob Barbour of Metal Hammer described the album as "ambitious yet perfectly executed" and pointed out that he hadn't heard a single wrong note . In Rock Sound magazine David McLaughlin wrote that creeper with Eternity in Your Arms to its reputation might be justified as "compelling future candidates of the British rock scene." Christoph Kutzer rated the album for Sonic Seducer and summarized it as follows: “As 'Super Heroes' you don't have to celebrate Creeper ... As promising youngsters, however, they deserve all respect. "

style

Tom Connick of DIY magazine described the band's first EP as "punk rock perfectly executed." Comparisons were made with Alkaline Trio , AFI , Pennywise and My Chemical Romance , and influences from Morissey and the Misfits were noted. In the introductions to their debut album, Creepers were often featured as the "most anticipated" new group in rock music. Creeper's style has also been referred to as horror punk , emo and goth rock .

When Miles and Gould had their first ideas for the band, they had a dark wave influenced by the New Romantic style in mind , but in the end the band was much more oriented towards punk rock. Creepers themselves cite Marilyn Manson , AFI, Jawbreaker , Jim Steinman , Energy, David Bowie, Metallica , Tiger Army , Meat Loaf , Bonnie Tyler , Alkaline Trio die Misfits, The Nerve Agents and The Cramps as inspiration and name the influences of the images from films such as Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Julia , Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys and Phantom of the Paradise by Brian De Palma . Also novels and plays such as JM Barrie's book Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904) and its 1954 musical adaptation had an impact on Creeper's music, according to Gould.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Eternity, in your arms
  UK 18th 04/06/2017 (1 week)
Sex, Death & the Infinite Void
  UK 5 08/13/2020 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • 2017: Eternity, in Your Arms
  • 2020: Sex, Death & the Infinite Void

EPs

  • 2014: Creeper
  • 2015: The Callous Heart
  • 2016: The Stranger
  • 2017: Christmas

Singles

year title Album / EP
2015 Lie Awake The Callous Heart
The Honeymoon Suite
2016 Black Mass The Stranger
Suzanne Eternity, in your arms
Hiding with boys
2017 Black Rain
Misery
Fairytale of New York Christmas
2019 Born cold Sex, Death & the Infinite Void

Web links

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