Hard-fi

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Hard-fi
Hard-Fi at the Hurricane Festival on the Greenstage
Hard-Fi at the Hurricane Festival on the Greenstage
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , indie rock , britpop
founding 2002
Website www.hard-fi.com
Current occupation
Richard Archer
Kai Stephens
Steve Kemp
former members
Ross Phillips (2002-2013)

Hard-Fi is a band from Staines ( England ) and falls into the genre Alternative Rock , and Independent .

Band history

The debut album Stars of CCTV was initially recorded as a six-song mini album in a repurposed taxi office in their own studio, Cherry Lips, in Staines . It was then mixed in a variety of unusual acoustic environments such as bedrooms, bars and the BMW of its producer, Wolsey White .

The band was then signed by Atlantic Records . The label gave them the chance to re-record their album, after which the band returned to their studio to preserve their unique sound.

Hard-Fi supported Green Day both in the US - tour , as well as their two big concerts in Milton Keynes Bowl , England. However, they had to find a new bass player for the tour because Stephens was arrested for using cocaine at the Feltham Megabowl and is therefore on file with the police. Because of this, he did not get a visa to enter the USA. Richard Archer then wore T-shirts with the inscription "Kai Stephens is innocent" (Kai Stephens is innocent), which in the end was of no use.

Her debut album release celebration was scheduled for July 7, 2005 at Cheekie's nightclub in Staines, where her video for Hard To Beat was filmed. The event was canceled due to Archer's mother's poor health. After his mother died shortly afterwards, Hard-Fi decided not to play at the Glastonbury Festival. On July 13, 2005, the celebration in Ladbroke Grove , London, was rescheduled.

Hard-Fi became more popular in the UK after Stars of CCTV was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize . Above all, the album describes the desolation of the London suburbs and provides information about the, in the band's opinion, completely useless constant surveillance of all English cities by the CCTV camera system . This also earned them more attention in Germany . The group was nominated for the BRIT Award in 2006.

The band toured Germany from late February to early March 2006 and performed in Stuttgart , Dresden , Munich and Frankfurt am Main , as well as at the Southside and Hurricane Festival in June .

On May 8, 2006, their first live DVD, In Operation , was released, which was recorded in the London Astoria and is the band's first live DVD. It includes 13 songs from her album Stars of CCTV and the live version of her cover of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes . There are also some remixes from the Stars of CCTV album. The second album Once Upon a Time in the West was released on August 31, 2007 in Germany.

The songs Hard to Beat and Cash Machine were played in the film Together it's less alone . The song Suburban Knights was used in a 2008 commercial for the German Internet and telephone provider Freenet.

In early May 2013, the band announced on their Facebook page and later to the press that Ross Phillips had left the band because he wanted to pursue other interests.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2005 Stars of CCTV DE20 (4 weeks)
DE
AT47 (4 weeks)
AT
- UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(63 weeks)UK
-
First published: July 4th, 2005
2007 Once Upon a Time in the West DE39 (2 weeks)
DE
AT51 (2 weeks)
AT
CH49 (2 weeks)
CH
UK1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK
-
First published: August 30, 2007
2011 Killer sounds - - CH77 (1 week)
CH
UK9 (5 weeks)
UK
-
First published: August 19, 2011

Remix albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2006 In operation - - - UK62 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: May 8, 2006

more publishments

  • 2005: Sessions @ AOL
  • 2006: Hard-Fi Live from the Bowery Ballroom NYC
  • 2007: Once Upon a Time in December
  • 2014: Hard-Fi: Best of 2004–2014

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2005 Cash Machine
Stars of CCTV
DE75 (4 weeks)
DE
- - UK14 (15 weeks)
UK
-
First published: January 24, 2005
Tied Up too Tight
Stars of CCTV
- - - UK15 (5 weeks)
UK
-
First published: March 14, 2005
Hard to Beat
Stars of CCTV
DE80 (5 weeks)
DE
- - UK9
silver
silver

(27 weeks)UK
-
First published: June 20, 2005
Living for the Weekend
Stars of CCTV
- - - UK15th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
-
First published: September 5, 2005
2006 Better Do Better
Stars of CCTV
- - - UK14 (6 weeks)
UK
-
First published: February 27, 2006
2007 Suburban Knights
Once Upon a Time in the West
DE79 (3 weeks)
DE
- - UK7 (9 weeks)
UK
-
First published: August 6, 2007
Can't Get Along (Without You)
Once Upon a Time in the West
- - - UK45 (2 weeks)
UK
-
First published: November 4, 2007
2008 I Shall Overcome
Once Upon a Time in the West
- - - UK35 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: February 29, 2008
2011 Good for Nothing
Killer Sounds
- - - UK51 (1 week)
UK
-
First published: June 17, 2011

Web links

Commons : Hard-Fi  collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hard-Fi announce departure of guitarist Ross Phillips! musicscene.ie
  2. a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  3. Music Sales Awards: UK