Flagship is an American rock band from
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 United ...
. Formed in 2011, the group consists of Drake Margolnick (vocals, guitar), Michael Finster (drums), Matthew Padget (lead guitar, backing vocals), Chris Comfort (bass guitar), and Grant Harding (keyboards, synths).
History
The band is a combination of two earlier Charlotte acts: Campbell the Band and Margolnick's solo work. In late 2011, the band signed to
Bright Antenna Records
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by ...
.
The band toured with
The Wombats
The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). ...
in spring 2012. Reviewers noted the band's "power and emotion," coupled with their songs' "dreamlike quality."
On May 8, 2012 the band released their debut EP entitled ''
blackbush'' available on iTunes and as a physical CD available at shows.
Flagship's self-titled debut album was released on October 8, 2013. The first song off the new album "Are You Calling" was premiered in a lyric video on the website Metrolyrics on July 12, 2013.
Band members
*Drake Margolnick – vocals, guitar
*Michael Finster – drums
*Matthew Padget – lead guitar, backing vocals
*Chris Comfort – bass guitar
*Grant Harding – keyboards,
synths
A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis an ...
Discography
Studio albums
*''
Flagship
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'' (
Faces on the Wall, September 4, 2024)
*''
Flagship
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'' (
Bright Antenna
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by ...
, October 8, 2013)
*The Electric Man (
Bright Antenna
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by ...
, March 10, 2016)
Extended plays
*''
blackbush EP'' (
Bright Antenna
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by ...
, May 8, 2012)
*''
Faded EP'' (
Bright Antenna
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by ...
, July 10, 2015)
References
External links
Bio at Bright Antenna Records
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Musical groups from North Carolina
Bright Antenna Records artists