Crooks (band)
| Crooks | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom |
| Genre (s) | Post-Hardcore , Melodic Hardcore |
| founding | 2009 |
| Current occupation | |
| Josh Rogers | |
| Alex Pay | |
Electric guitar |
Oli Bendall |
| Jacob Dutton-Keen | |
| Jack Batchelor | |
| former members | |
| Rob Barnett | |
| Jake Fogarty | |
Crooks (own name Crooks UK ) is a post-hardcore band from Cheltenham , United Kingdom , formed in 2009 .
history
Crooks was founded in Cheltenham in 2009 and, after several line-up changes, consists of the singer Josh Rogers, the two guitarists Alex Pay and Oli Bendall, the bassist Jacob Dutton-Keen and the drummer Jack Batchelor.
On March 2, 2012, Nevermore, an EP with four tracks in self-production was released. Another two-track EP was released on July 14, 2014 under the name Still on the record label Venn Records . On April 9, 2015, Headphone Music , the subsidiary of the record company Equal Vision Records , signed the group and released the debut album Are We All the Same Distance Apart on October 30 of the same year on the label.
Between October and November 2015 the group could be seen in the opening act for Palisades and headliner Our Last Night on their Younger Dreams Europe Tour . The tour started in Russia , with stops in Belarus , Germany and Hungary and ended in Belgium . In February 2016 the group performed three concerts with Glassjaw in the opening act for Coheed and Cambria . Immediately afterwards, the group played their first headlining European tour with Boston Manor in the opening act. In their career the band played with Mallory Knox , Your Demise , Marmozets , Transit , Gallows and Hands Like Houses .
Discography
- March 2nd, 2012: Nevermore (EP, in-house production)
- July 14, 2014: Still (EP, Venn Records )
- October 30, 2015: Are We All the Same Distance Apart (Album, Headphone Music )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : Crooks UK join Equal Vision imprint label
- ^ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : Crooks UK (Equal Vision Records) stream debut full-length
- ^ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : Our Last Night announce European tour with Palisades, Crooks
- ↑ Sven Reuter: Powermetal.de : CROOKS: TOURDATES FOR 2016 PUBLISHED
- ↑ Equal Vision Records : CROOKS UK ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR AND HOMETOWN ALBUM RELEASE SHOW