Young Guns (band)
| Young Guns | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| origin |
High Wycombe , England , UK |
| Genre (s) |
Alternative rock post-hardcore |
| founding | 2003 |
| Website | weareyoungguns.com |
| Founding members | |
| Gustav Wood | |
| Fraser Taylor | |
| Joe Wilkins (until 2007) | |
| Pete Little (until 2004) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Gustav Wood |
guitar |
Fraser Taylor |
Guitar (since 2007)
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John Taylor |
| Simon Mitchell (since 2008) | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Alex Greenhill (2004-2007) |
guitar |
Tom Ford (2004-2008) |
Drums |
Ben Jolliffe (2008-2016) |
Young Guns is a British alternative rock band from High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire . The musicians previously played in the bands "Amber Falls" and "Awoken".
history
The band was formed in 2003 and released their debut EP Mirrors in 2009 . You were on the Kerrang shortlist in 2009 ! Awards in the “Best British Newcomer” category and toured for the magazine in 2010. This tour went through Ireland and Great Britain . Young Guns played as the opening act for All Time Low and The Blackout . On June 12, 2009 the group played at the UK Download Festival .
The group played in 2010 at the Reading and Leeds Festival , where the group played on Fridays in Reading and Sundays in Leeds on the "Main Stage" with Guns N 'Roses , Queens of the Stone Age , Biffy Clyro , Lostprophets , NOFX , Gogol Bordello , Billy Talent and A Day to Remember shared the stage. The group also played at the 2010 Slam Dunk Festival in Leeds, where they performed on the “Atticus Stage” with Against Me! and We Are the Ocean played. On November 29, 2011, the group could be seen in the broadcast WDR-Rockpalast des Westdeutschen Rundfunks (WDR).
In 2011 the group played in the opening act for Yellowcard and All Time Low on their European tour. Young Guns also supported Funeral for a Friend . In February 2012, Young Guns embarked on their first UK headlining tour . The group will also tour with Enter Shikari .
Young Guns released their first single, Weight of the World , on 2009, after the group released their debut EP, Mirrors , on June 22, 2009 . On May 30, 2010 the second EP was released with Sons of Apathy and the third EP on July 22 of the same year with Crystal Clear . In the meantime, Young Guns brought out the debut album All Our Kings Are Dead on July 12, 2010 , which the band released on their own. It entered the UK charts at number 43 on July 24, 2010 and stayed there for a week. The album also received a great response from the trade press: All Our Kings Are Dead received mostly positive reviews from Powermetal.de , BBC , Rock Sound , Ox-Fanzine and Allmusic .
The group has since released seven other singles, two of which were in the UK rock charts. The follow-up album entitled Bones was released on February 6, 2012 via PIAS . On May 25, 2016, the band announced that drummer Ben Jolliffe had left the band.
Discography
Albums
| year | Title Musiklabe |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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 UK
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| 2010 | All Our Kings Are Dead self-published |
UK43 (1 week) UK |
First published: July 12, 2010
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| 2012 | Bones PIAS |
UK19 (3 weeks) UK |
First published: February 6, 2012
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| 2015 | Ones and Zeros Wind-Up Records |
UK21 (1 week) UK |
First published: June 8, 2015
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| 2016 | Echoes Wind-Up Records |
UK40 (1 week) UK |
First published: September 16, 2016
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EPs
- June 22, 2009: Mirrors ( Live Forever , CD and Download)
- May 30, 2010: Sons of Apathy (Live Forever, Download)
- July 25, 2010: Crystal Clear (Live Forever, Download)
Singles
- 2009: In the Night
- 2010: Winter Kiss
- 2010: Sons of Apathy
- 2010: Crystal Clear
- 2010: Weight of the World
- 2011: Stitches
- 2011: Learn My Lesson
- 2012: Bones
- 2012: Dearly Departed
- 2012: Towers (On My Way)
- 2012: You Are Not (Lonely)
- 2014: I Want Out
- 2015: Speaking in Tongues
Music videos
- 2009: In the Night
- 2009: Weight of the World
- 2010: Winter Kiss
- 2010: Sons of Apathy
- 2010: Crystal Clear
- 2010: Weight of the World
- 2011: Stitches
- 2011: Learn My Lesson
- 2012: Brother in Arms
- 2012: Bones
- 2012: Dearly Departed
- 2012: Towers (On My Way)
- 2012: You Are Not
- 2014: I Want Out
- 2015: Speaking In Tonges
- 2015: Daylight
- 2015: Rising Up
- 2015: Ones and Zeros
- 2016: Bulletproof
- 2016: Mad World
Awards
swell
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Download Festival : Young Guns at Download Festival 2009 ( Memento from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kerrang! : News - The K! Awards 2009 shortlist revealed! ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kerrang !: The Kerrang! Relentless Energy Tour 2010 is go! ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ BBC : Biohazard and Young Guns join Download Festival line-up
- ↑ metro.co.uk: Full Lineup confirmed
- ↑ efestivals.co.uk: Reading and Leeds confirm Serj Tankian, and A Day to Remember
- ↑ Metal Hammer : Slam Dunk Stage Times - Leeds ( Memento April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR): Young Guns
- ↑ rocklouder.co.uk: Young Guns to support All Time Low and Yellowcard on UK tour
- ↑ Kerrang !: Young Guns to support Funeral For A Friend ( Memento from June 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Kerrang !: Young Guns announce UK tour and new album details ( Memento from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Alter the Press !: Enter Shikari announces UK 2012 tour
- ^ Sebastian Berning: Powermetal.de : All Our Kings Are Dead Review
- ↑ Raziq Rauf: BBC : All Our Kings Are Dead Review
- ↑ Amy Bangs: Rock Sound : All Our Kings Are Dead Review
- ↑ Tim Masson: Ox-Fanzine : All Our Kings Are Dead Review
- ^ Jon O'Brien: Allmusic : All Our Kings Are Dead Review
- ↑ Young Guns - We've been quiet for a few months now and in ... In: facebook.com. Retrieved June 3, 2016 .
Web links
Chart sources: UK