Diamond Nights
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Diamond Nights is a hard rock
/indie rock
band whose influences include Thin Lizzy
, Queen
, and Cheap Trick
. They formed in New York City
in 2003, and released their debut album Popsicle
in 2005. The band's song "The Girl's Attractive" was featured in a 2006 Jaguar advertisement, as well as the episode entitled "Nicodemus" from The CW's Smallville and in an Austrian beer commercial.
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band whose influences include Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
, Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
, and Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
. They formed in New York City
New York City
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in 2003, and released their debut album Popsicle
Popsicle (album)
Popsicle is an alternative rock album by indie band Diamond Nights, released in 2005. The song "The Girl's Attractive" was featured in a 2006 Jaguar and an Australian beer advertisement, as well on the "Thirst" and "Nicodemus" episodes of the TV drama Smallville, and was included on its second...
in 2005. The band's song "The Girl's Attractive" was featured in a 2006 Jaguar advertisement, as well as the episode entitled "Nicodemus" from The CW's Smallville and in an Austrian beer commercial.
Band members
- Morgan Phalen - Vocals, guitar
- Rob Laakso - Guitar, synthesizers
- Seth Rumsey - Bass
- Tim Traynor - Drums
Discography
- So Fantastic (Limited Vinyl EP) (2004)
- Once We Were Diamonds (EP) (2005)
- PopsiclePopsicle (album)Popsicle is an alternative rock album by indie band Diamond Nights, released in 2005. The song "The Girl's Attractive" was featured in a 2006 Jaguar and an Australian beer advertisement, as well on the "Thirst" and "Nicodemus" episodes of the TV drama Smallville, and was included on its second...
(2005)