Liberty 37
| Liberty 37 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Swansea , Wales |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| founding | 1996 as Travis Inc |
| resolution | 2002 |
| Last occupation | |
| Ishmael Lewis | |
| Andrew "Twink" Watkins | |
| Cliff Harris | |
| Tim Batcup | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Simeon Betteridge |
Drums (live) |
Rhodri "Rod" Thomas |
Liberty 37 was a Welsh alternative rock band from Swansea that was formed in 1996 under the name Travis Inc and broke up in 2002. For a short time the group called itself Applecore .
history
The band was formed in 1996 under the name Travis Inc and consisted of singer Ishmael Lewis, guitarist Tim Batcup, bassist Andrew Watkins and drummer Cliff Harris. However, since there was a Scottish band called Travis , they renamed themselves Applecore, which, however, led to conflicts with Apple Corps . This was followed by another renaming in Liberty 37. Travis Inc was listed in the Class of 1998 in the Kerrang .
The first Liberty 37 release appeared in early 1998 through Org Records, the single No Beauty , which the group achieved a record deal with Beggars Banquet Records . The first release on this label was released in May 1998 as the EP Stuffed . This was followed by a first UK tour, in which Bullyrag also took part. The single Revolution was released in January 1999 , before it went on a tour of Great Britain in February with Pulkas and One Minute Silence , which included 22 appearances. The band also finished recording their album. During its short period of creation, there were three different drummers in the band. The album produced by Colin Richardson was released in July under the name The Greatest Gift . Previously, the single Oh River was released in May , which was played on MTV in Great Britain, whereupon A went on another tour of Great Britain, this time with 18 appearances. In August the band was represented at the Reading and Leeds Festivals . Revolution was released on CD in February 2000 before going on a small tour of Great Britain in March and April. In the summer the group wrote their next album. Due to various events during the rest of the year, the band was thrown back a bit: The drummer Cliff Harris broke his arm while playing football (more precisely while playing "Five-a-side football") and the guitarist Tim Batcup injured himself while playing football. Towards the end of the year the band was ready again to record demo recordings of the planned album. The recordings were finished in early February 2001, mixed in March and then sent to Beggars Banquet Records. Due to the long delay on the part of the band and a musical reorientation on the part of the label, it decided against the release. The band then signed a contract with Mighty Atom Records . The label brought in Joe Gibb , who remixed the demo recordings. In addition, two new songs were recorded. The album was released in late 2001 under the name God Machine . For family reasons, Harris had already left the band three months. For the already planned appearances, Rhodri "Rod" Thomas helped out from the band Goatboy , before Harris returned to the cast in January 2002. However, it was dissolved in the same year.
style
Christian Graf stated in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon that the band was described as the hardcore version of Radiohead . Joel McIver wrote in The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu-Metal that Liberty 37 was one of the front runners on the British Nu-Metal scene. Rock Hard's Francoise Berger noted in his review of The Greatest Gift that the band perfectly memorized the alternative rock manual. The group is sometimes riff- oriented , sometimes spacey , sometimes ballad-like and sometimes punky with a heavy bass groove , but there are also a lot of mediocre songs and there is a lack of recognition value. In addition, one mixes “[h] ymn-like Radiohead dreams” with “the typical island rock guitar lance”. Allmusic's Stewart Mason also reviewed the album and heard Creed , Live and Pearl Jam as the biggest influences . The vocals show certain parallels to Eddie Vedder and the lyrics are clichéd, which both suggests a comparison to the bands mentioned. On the song ABC… Giant Steps , the band sounds like a less pretentious version of early Radiohead.
Discography
- 1998: No Beauty (single, Org Records )
- 1998: Stuffed (EP, Beggars Banquet Records )
- 1999: Oh River (single, Beggars Banquet Records)
- 1999: Revolution (single, Beggars Banquet Records)
- 1999: When We Say (single, Beggars Banquet Records)
- 1999: The Greatest Gift (Album, Beggars Banquet Records)
- 1999: Oh River (EP, Beggars Banquet Records)
- 2001: God Machine (Album, Mighty Atom Records )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d e Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 153 f .
- ↑ a b Biography. liberty37.com, archived from the original on June 8, 2002 ; accessed on September 26, 2017 .
- ^ A b Francoise Berger: Liberty 37 . The Greatest Gift. In: Rock Hard . No. 149 , October 1999.
- ↑ Liberty 37. bbc.co.uk, accessed September 26, 2017 .
- ^ Joel McIver: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu-Metal . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9209-6 , p. 71 .
- ↑ Stewart Mason: Liberty 37. The Greatest Gift. Allmusic , accessed September 27, 2017 .