Walk off the earth

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Walk off the earth
Walk Off The Earth, Roundhouse, London, 7th October 2015
Walk Off The Earth, Roundhouse, London, 7th October 2015
General information
origin Canada
Genre (s) Indie rock
founding 2006
Website walkofftheearth.com
Current occupation
Vocals, electric bass , guitar, banjo, percussion, keyboard, theremin, ukulele, double bass, harmonica
 Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio (since 2006)
Percussion
 Joel Cassady (since 2011)
Vocals, ukulele, guitar, piano
 Sarah Blackwood (since 2011)
former members
Drums
 Peter Kirkwood (2006-2010)
Vocals, keyboard
Mike Taylor (2010-2018; † 2018)
Vocals , guitar, trumpet, ukulele, electric bass
 Ryan Marshall (2006-2019)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
REVO
  AT 29 03/29/2013 (2 weeks)
  US 90 04/06/2013 (1 week)
Sing It All Away
  CH 74 06/21/2015 (1 week)
  UK 98 06/27/2015 (1 week)
  US 71 04/07/2015 (1 week)
  CA 2 04/07/2015 (8 weeks)
Subscribe to the Holidays (EP)
  CA 21st 11/26/2018 (1 week)
Here We Go!
  US 44 11/09/2019 (1 week)
  CA 11 11/09/2019 (1 week)
Singles
Somebody That I Used to Know
  DE 41 02/24/2012 (11 weeks)
  AT 30th 02/17/2012 (8 weeks)
  CH 54 03/04/2012 (4 weeks)
  UK 80 02/11/2012 (2 weeks)
Home We'll Go (Take My Hand) (with Steve Aoki )
  CA 13 05/20/2015 (1 week)
Rule the World
  CA 22nd 
platinum
platinum
05/02/2015 (22 weeks)
Fire in My Soul
  CA 77 
gold
gold
04/22/2017 (5 weeks)

Walk off the Earth is a Canadian indie rock - band from Burlington , Ontario , founded of 2006. In the course of their work, the group has attracted an audience of millions, particularly on YouTube, with unusual arrangements (including ukulele and theremin ) and amazing performances, both with their own songs and with cover versions of world-famous pop songs. With the song Somebody That I Used to Know , a cover version of the Belgian-Australian musician Gotye , the group released a music video on YouTube in January 2012 that generated hits of 17 million within a week ( Internet phenomenon ) and over 74 million within three months reached over 188 million by mid-July 2020. Band member Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio is also the producer of the band's audio and video recordings.

Band history

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The first album of the group was published in 2008 under the title Smooth Like Stone on a Beach at CDBY, a second album was released as a MP3 - Download 2010. Slapdash Records. The band has so far covered songs by Adele and LMFAO, among others . When Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio heard Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye on the radio, the idea was born to cover this song along the lines of Radioheads Karma Police . With the participation of singer Sarah Blackwood ( The Creepshow ), a music video was shot within 14 hours and posted online on YouTube on January 6, 2012. Within a week, the video reached 17 million hits. In mid-March 2012, the video had over 74 million hits on YouTube (as of July 12, 2020: 188,603,892). The spread of the video on the Internet was accelerated by, among other things, a recommendation from Russell Crowe on Twitter . In the video, the band members play a guitar together, one of them hits the rhythm on its body and everyone sings the song. The song was played on the radio a little later and the band was a guest on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show . The song hit the charts in various countries . The song reached number 3 in the Canadian Top Digital Downloads and number 9 in the Netherlands . On March 17, 2012 the band played their first concert in Germany in Berlin. The band was also involved in the 2012 video Rewind YouTube Style .

In 2018, Mike Taylor died unexpectedly from natural causes. In 2019 Ryan Marshall left the band after 13 years.

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: Smooth Like Stone on a Beach
  • 2010: My Rock
  • 2012: Vol. 1
  • 2012: Vol. 2
  • 2013: REVO (CA:goldgold)
  • 2015: Sing It All Away
  • 2019: Here We Go!

EPs

  • 2012: REVO
  • 2013: iTunes Session
  • 2014: A Walk Off the Earth Christmas
  • 2015: Sing It All Away
  • 2015: Under the Covers
  • 2017: Beard Ballads, Vol. 1
  • 2017: Holiday Beard Ballads, Vol. 1
  • 2018: Subscribe to the Holidays

Soundtracks

  • 2017: Taekwondo - The Soundtrack

Singles

  • 2012: Somebody That I Used to Know (CA:platinumplatinum)
  • 2012: Red Hands (CA:Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 2013: Gang of Rhythm
  • 2014: Shake
  • 2015: Rule the World
  • 2015: Home We'll Go (Take My Hand) (with Steve Aoki )
  • 2016: Hello
  • 2016: Hold On (The Break)
  • 2016: Fire in My Soul
  • 2017: Taekwondo
  • 2017: Nomad
  • 2018: Fifth Avenue
  • 2019: Old Town Road

Guest Posts

  • 2018: Paradise ( Nicky Romero & Deniz Koyu feat. Walk off the Earth)

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Germany - Austria - Switzerland - UK - USA
  2. ↑ Awards: CA
  3. ↑ a b Aaron Brophy: Walk Off the Earth: YouTube Video 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Spreads Across the Earth (INTERVIEW). spinner.com, January 13, 2012, archived from the original on November 15, 2012 ; accessed on January 26, 2012 (English).
  4. ^ A b Ole Reissmann: YouTube sensation. Five musicians play on a guitar. Spiegel Online , January 13, 2012, accessed January 26, 2012 .
  5. ↑ a b Ilan Mester: Walk Off The Earth Video: Band Performs Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' On 'Ellen'. The Huffington Post, January 24, 2012, accessed January 26, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Chart sources: Canada ( Memento from August 12, 2010 on WebCite ) / Netherlands , accessed on January 26, 2012.
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Web links

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