Captain Phoenix was a UK

United Kingdom

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 indie pop rock

Pop rock

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 band, from London

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, originally from Winchester

Winchester

Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

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. The band consists of singer and bassist

Bass guitar

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 Ben Burrows, lead guitarist Luke Keyte, guitarist

Guitarist

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 Nick Hill, and drummer

Drum kit

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 Ross Curnow.

History

Captain Phoenix was a London based indie rock band, originally form Winchester. The band formed in 2004 before signing to indie label Kind Canyon. They have since released four singles:- "Living On The Guestlist", "Pistols And Hearts" (no. 29 - BBC Indie Chart), "Loneliness" and "Stand By". The band has had critical acclaim from such publications as NME

NME

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, The Sunday Times

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and Daily Star. They have also had exposure on BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

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 from both Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary

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 and Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq

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Lead singer Ben Burrows is younger brother to Andy Burrows

Andy Burrows

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, former drummer of Razorlight

Razorlight

Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...

. They supported Razorlight

Razorlight

Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...

 at a secret gig at The Railway Inn, Winchester when Razorlight previewed second album material.

Captain Phoenix has toured the UK extensively, and toured Japan for the first time in November 2007.
They supported The Kooks

The Kooks

The Kooks are an English indie rock band formed in Brighton, East Sussex, in 2001. Formed by Luke Pritchard , Hugh Harris , Paul Garred , and Max Rafferty , the lineup of the band remained constant until 2008 and the departure of Rafferty...

 for three dates at the end of January 2008, as part of the warm up tour for their upcoming album Konk

Konk (album)

-Technical information on songs:-Release history:-Charts:...

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Discography

Singles

• "Living On The Guestlist"
• "Pistols & Hearts" (#29 UK Indie Chart)
• "Loneliness"
• "Stand By"

Albums

• Life.Temper.Riot

Members

• Ben Burrows - Lead vocals, bass
• Speckeldy Hen - Lead guitar
• Nick Hill - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ross Curnow - Drums
• Simon Hill - Keyboard
• Sam Keyte - Beatz