Viola Beach

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Viola Beach
General information
origin Warrington , England
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2015
resolution 2016
Founding members
singing
 Kris Leonard
guitar
 River Reeves
bass
 Tomas Lowe
Drums
 Jack Dakin
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Viola Beach
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
silver
silver
08/05/2016 (6 weeks)
Singles
Swings & Waterslides
  UK 11 02/25/2016 (2 weeks)
Boys That Sing
  UK 50 
silver
silver
02/25/2016 (4 weeks)

Viola Beach was a British indie rock band. All members died in a car accident in February 2016.

The band was formed in May 2015 and came from Warrington (Northern England). The first single was called Swings and Waterslides . More singles and performances at festivals, clubs and UK television followed .

accident

The bridges over the canal at Södertälje. The accident occurred on the motorway bridge on Europastraße 4 (middle bridge).

On the night of February 13, 2016, the band's rental car crashed into a canal near Södertälje ( Stockholms län ). The band was from Norrköping ( Östergötland County ) - where they performed at the Where's the Music? had - on the way to Stockholm , from where she wanted to travel home by plane. All four band members and their manager Craig Tarry died in the accident. The car had apparently broken through a barrier that was supposed to prevent access to an approximately 25 m high movable bridge on the E4 / E20 motorway over the Södertälje Canal when it was open. The bridge is being pulled up for ships using the canal.

As a result of the coverage, their releases received more attention and they posthumously reached number 11 in the UK charts with their single Swings & Waterslides .

The judicial investigation of the accident by a coroner in Great Britain showed that manager Craig Terry, who was the driver of the vehicle, was neither under the influence of alcohol nor drugs at the time of the accident. The cause of the accident remained unresolved as the driver had enough time to stop when he broke through two barriers in succession. A traffic accident was found to be the official cause of death.

Discography

Singles

  • Swings and Waterslides
  • Boys That Sing
  • Cherry Vimto
  • Get to dancing

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Final pictures of Viola Beach as pal reveals band's last hours before crash that killed four and manager. In: mirror.co.uk. February 14, 2016, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Viola Beach. Officialcharts.com, accessed February 21, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  4. ↑ a b Complete British indie band dies in a car accident. In: welt.de. February 13, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Fell from bridge by car - Band Viola Beach: All members dead. In: tz.de. February 14, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Whole band dies after falling from bridge. In: 20min.ch. February 14, 2016, accessed February 14, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b Viola Beach concert announcement for Saturday 12 March 2016 at the Pyramid & Parr Hall in Warrington. (No longer available online.) In: pyramidparrhall.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2016 ; accessed on February 14, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pyramidparrhall.com
  8. ^ Viola Beach die in car crash in Sweden. In: bbc.com. February 14, 2016, accessed February 18, 2016 .
  9. ↑ wheresthemusic.se. Retrieved February 15, 2016 (Swedish).
  10. ↑ Where's the Music? (No longer available online.) In: upplev.norrkoping.se. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016 ; accessed on February 15, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.upplev.norrkoping.se
  11. ↑ Haroon Siddique Viola Beach driver was not intoxicated when car crashed in: The Guardian , February 25, 2016, accessed February 25, 2016
  12. ↑ Viola Beach enter Top 40 chart as fans mourn after fatal car crash. Retrieved February 16, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Nazia Parveen, Viola Beach: crash that killed band and manager was awful tragedy, coroner says , in: The Guardian, December 7, 2016, accessed December 8, 2016