Former Utopia is a rock band from
London
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, England. They formed after meeting at a
Silver Jews gig in 2006. The band toured the UK with
Julie Doiron
Julie Elaine Doiron (born June 28, 1972) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage. She has been the bassist and co-vocalist for the Canadian indie rock band Eric's Trip since its formation in 1990. Doiron has also released ten solo al ...
in 2009 and with smallgang 2011 and Europe with
Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional ...
in 2012. They have also shared stages with
Bottomless Pit, Uzeda, COME, Bellini, Thee More Shallows,
Chris Brokaw,
Geoff Farina,
Shannon Wright,
David Grubbs
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and
PW Long.
The band's ''Collapsar'' EP was self-recorded at Karma Studios in a day at
Stoke Newington
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in 2012, and mixed and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Echolab Studios in Denton. Released on Damnably in 2013, tracks from the EP received
BBC Radio 6 Music
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airplay from Gideon Coe, and Tom Ravenscroft.
In 2013, the band were selected to play at
Incubate Festival in Tilburg.
Band members
*George Gargan(guitar)
*Rama (Drums)
*Russ Evans(Bass)
George Gargan was formerly a member of the band
Lazarus Clamp from 1999-2003 and played bass and sang on the albums ''The More We are The Funnier It Is'' (2004) and ''It Ain't What You Do It's What it Does to You'' (2008).
Discography
* ''Tiptoe Through The Tulips'' - 2009,
Damnably
* ''Collapsar'' - 2013,
Damnably
References
External links
Former Utopia's websiteFormer Utopia's Dammnably pageFormer Utopia Interview in Some Of It Is TrueReview in The Line Of Best Fit
Review in DamusicReview in Pocket JuryIncubate Page for Former UtopiaFormer Utopia played on Gideon Coe's BBC 6 Music Radio ShowFU played on Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music Show
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English rock music groups
Rock music groups from London
British post-punk revival music groups