Archie Bronson Outfit are an English

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band. They met at

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, Bath. After leaving their native

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, the band moved to London where they were discovered by Laurence Bell, boss of Domino Records. The band were playing in Bell's local bar, "The Cat's Back" in

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. The band released their debut album ''

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'' in 2004. ''Fur'' was produced by Jamie "Hotel" Hince of

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. The band released their second album, '' Derdang Derdang'' on 3 April 2006. The album was recorded in

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in the summer of 2005 and produced by

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. The album received generally excellent reviews, with '' Uncut'', ''musicOMH'' and ''

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'' awarding it four stars out of five. The London listing magazine '' Time Out'' awarded it five stars out of five. Both albums ''

'' and '' Derdang Derdang'' feature occasional collaborator and a secret fourth member at the time

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on clarinet and rhaita (a Moroccan reed instrument). Archie Bronson Outfit performed a showcase at the 2006

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festival in

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. The band used to perform on stage accompanied by an illuminated plastic goose. In December 2006, Mojo voted ''Derdang Derdang'' fifth best album of 2006 in their end of year poll beating such notables as

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and

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. In January 2007, they won the South Bank/Times Breakthrough Award and played a live gig at the T-Mobile Transmission television event in April 2007. Archie Bronson Outfit released their third, ''

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'', on 1 March 2010. It was their first LP in almost four years Domino Records. They toured the UK in March 2010 to support the album release.New Album. March UK Tour!
ABO's fourth long player, '' Wild Crush'', hit the shops on 19 May 2014, again on Domino Records. By now, the band was down to Sam and Arp with additional musicians playing on the record.

Line up

*Sam Windett – vocals, guitar *Dorian Hobday – bass, guitar *Mark "Arp" Cleveland – drums

Discography

Albums

*''

'' (26 July 2004, Domino Records) *'' Derdang Derdang'' (3 April 2006, Domino Records) *''

'' (1 March 2010, Domino Records) *'' Wild Crush'' (19 May 2014, Domino Records)

References

External links

Official website
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