The Rifles (band)

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The Rifles
The Rifles live in Doornroosje (Nijmegen)
The Rifles live in Doornroosje (Nijmegen)
General information
origin London , England
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2003
Website www.therifles.me.uk
Founding members
Joel Stoker
Rob Pyne (until 2010)
Grant Marsh (until 2010)
guitar
 Lucas Crowther
Current occupation
singing
 Joel Stoker
guitar
 Lucas Crowther
Dean Mumford

The Rifles are a four-piece English indie rock band from London . Their style is influenced by The Clash and Britpop of the 1990s, but they list a number of other influences on their Myspace page.

history

All four founding members are from London. Singer Joel Stoker and bassist Rob Pyne come from the north-east part of Walthamstow , drummer Grant Marsh also from north-east London, from Chingford , and guitarist Lucas Crowther from central Kentish Town . They have been making music together since 2003, their first concert took place in January 2004 at the sold out Bull & Gate Club in London. The breakthrough came quickly, not least because of the debut single Peace & Quiet . It was put on heavy rotation by BBC Radio One DJs Zane Low and Steve Lamacq , and ex- Blur guitarist Graham Coxon heard that The Rifles were his favorite band.

With such merits, Ian Broudie became aware of the group and offered to produce the debut album for The Rifles. The offer was accepted and on July 17, 2006 their debut album No Love Lost was released on the band's label Right Hook Recordings in England. On January 26, 2009, the follow-up album Great Escape was released .

On October 17, 2010 it was announced that drummer Grant Marsh and bassist Rob Pyne had left the band. The Rifles' third studio album, Freedom Run , was released on September 16, 2011.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
No Love Lost
  DE 90 07/28/2006 (1 week)
  UK 48 07/29/2006 (2 weeks)
The Great Escape
  DE 91 02/13/2009 (1 week)
  UK 27 02/07/2009 (2 weeks)
Freedom Run
  UK 37 October 01, 2011 (1 week)
None the Wiser
  UK 21st 02/08/2014 (2 weeks)
Big life
  UK 26th 09/01/2016 (1 week)
Unplugged Album - Recorded at Abbey Road
  UK 62 May 18, 2017 (1 week)
Singles
Peace and Quiet
  UK 48 03/26/2005 (2 weeks)
When I'm Alone
  UK 64 06/11/2005 (1 week)
Local boy
  UK 36 05/11/2005 (2 weeks)
Repeated offender
  UK 26th 03/18/2006 (2 weeks)
She's got standards
  UK 32 07/15/2006 (2 weeks)

Albums and EPs

  • 2006: No Love Lost
  • 2007: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire (Live EP with recordings of the concert on October 4, 2007, limited to 1000 copies)
  • 2008: Great Escape (EP)
  • 2009: Great Escape
  • 2010: Acoustic # 1 (7 old and 4 new tracks, released on the 2010/11 European tour)
  • 2011: Freedom Run
  • 2014: None the Wiser
  • 2016: Big Life

Singles

  • 2005: When I'm Alone
  • 2005: Local Boy
  • 2006: Repeated Offender
  • 2006: She's Got Standards
  • 2006: Peace & Quiet
  • 2007: No Love Lost
  • 2007: Talking
  • 2008: I Could Never Lie
  • 2008: The Great Escape
  • 2009: Fall to Sorrow
  • 2011: Tangled Up in Love

Web links

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