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Phase is a UK-based rock band formed in
Larissa,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
in 2003. It was founded by Thanos Grigoriou, who was performing and recording with various members until the line-up was completed in 2011, with the addition of Damos Harharidis and Vasilis Liapis. They debuted with their digital single Perdition under
Microsoft
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's "Playlist Seven" co-promotion campaign for the release of
Windows 7
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, which was followed by two full-length albums ''In Consequence and the Wait.''
History
Formation (2003;2008)
Phase was formed in 2003 and played intermittently until 2008 when they began recording their album ''In Consequence'' and performed at concerts. Soon after they had a functional line up they recorded ''Perdition'' which was the very first track Phase ever recorded to be later a part of Microsoft's Playlist 7 campaign.
Response
Phase has been the subject of several alternative rock publications and has generally been well received by its critics. They have had interviews in various magazines and radiostations and have received praise for their shows.
The band entered ''
Billboards "uncharted" having as highest position #42,
while they charted on #12 of the fastest rising acts powered by the week of 23 June 2012.
Tom Robinson
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has noticed their second record and has given them airplay on his radioshow.
Collaborations
Duncan Patterson
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Career
Patterson was a driving force behind Anathema's success during their earlier years, b ...
(
Alternative 4
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The band's name is taken from the Anathema album '' Alternative 4'', an album written largely by Patterson, whose title in turn derive ...
, ex-Antimatter), better known from his involvement with the British rock band
Anathema
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, has contributed on Phase's first record, In Consequence.
Alexis Marcou has contributed in various of their artworks.
Touring
The band has shared stages with various artists like
Anneke van Giersbergen
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,
Danny Cavanagh,
Sivert Høyem (ex-
Mardugada),
Jeff Martin (
The Tea Party
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),
The Twillight Sad,
Antimatter
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among others.
Phase has performed and is still into performing a considerable number of shows without any major management supporting them, in and out of their territory's borders, and they are said to be the second international rock act, after the
Gorillaz, ever to play in
Syria (
Damascus, 7 January 2011).
Concert tours
Discography
Studio albums
*''In Consequence'' (2010)
*''The Wait'' (2014)
Singles
*"Perdition" (single) (2009)
*"Amethyst" (single) (2013)
*"
Point of You" (single) (2014)
Musical style, genre and influence
The band takes influence from a variety of artists and musical traditions and they often cite
Depeche Mode,
Nine Inch Nails,
Rainbow
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,
Bruce Dickinson,
the Beatles
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,
David Bowie
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,
Massive Attack
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The debut Massive Attack album '' Blue Lines'' was releas ...
,
Loreena McKennitt
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, Rock and Metal Music, Greek Rebetiko and so on, while the bands they are mostly compared to are:
Alice in Chains
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,
Nirvana
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,
The Tea Party
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,
Anathema
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,
Porcupine Tree
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and more
Charitable activity
On the beginning of 2016 marking five years since their gig in Damascus, they launched a fundraising campaign dedicated to Syrian families who were affected by the political crisis in the country.
On 15 May 2016, Phase performed the frames of NevFest Festival at
Sunderland Stadium of Light.
Members
;Current members
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* Thanos Grigoriou – spoken poetry, a variety of stringed instruments (2003–present)
* Damianos Harharidis – Bass, Synths (2011–present)
* Vasilis Liapis – Guitar, Piano (2011–present)
* Adam Schindler – drums, percussion (2014–2015, 2017–present)
* Jak Nathan Owen Neil Carl Edward Kelly
;Former members
* Marios Papakostas – drums, percussion (2011–2014)
* Marco Volpe – (2016–2017)
;Touring musicians
* Fardin 'Fez' Esfandiari - keyboards, drums, bass, guitar, sax, percussion (2013–present)
Timeline
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See also
* List of bands from Newcastle, United Kingdom
* List of post-punk revival bands
Post-punk revival is a type of indie rock that emulates the sound of post-punk bands of the late 1970s and new wave bands of the early 1980s and has been stylistically tied to 1990s music movements such as shoegaze, Britpop, garage revival and po ...
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 2003
Greek rock music groups
Greek indie rock groups
Greek expatriates in the United Kingdom