Stagecoach is a five piece alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from London

London

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, who describe their music as "grunge pop"

History

The band formed in London in 2008, originally starting out as a two-piece country band, but progressed their sound with the addition of each new member, to become the rock band they are now.

They played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals

Reading and Leeds Festivals

The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...

 in 2010, the End Of The Road Festival

End Of The Road Festival

End of the Road Festival is an annual music festival in England which focuses on alternative music, mostly folk, alt.country and Americana. It is hosted at the Larmer Tree Gardens, on the border of north Dorset and Wiltshire, and usually takes place over the first or second full weekend in...

, and Nozstock Festival amongst others in 2010.

Their recent single, "Not Even Giles (Would Say We'll Be OK)", a split 7" single with Johnny Foreigner

Johnny Foreigner

Johnny Foreigner are an indie rock trio from Birmingham, England, consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Alexei Berrow, drummer Junior Elvis Washington Laidley and bassist Kelly Southern...

, was released to a host of positive reviews in November 2010. Their songs have been played on UK national radio station

Radio station

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s, including BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

, BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....

 and XFM

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

.

The last two Stagecoach releases have been recorded with producer James Kenosha, who is achieving recognition through a string of successful production jobs including Grammatics

Grammatics

Grammatics were a British alternative rock band from Leeds, England, predominantly influenced by British bands of the 1990s such as Blur, Pulp, and Suede.The band also quotes the following musical influences: Cursive, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Queens Of The Stone Age,...

, Pulled Apart By Horses

Pulled apart by horses

Pulled Apart by Horses are an alternative rock band from Leeds, England. They formed in late 2007, and released their debut self-titled album Pulled Apart By Horses on 21 June 2010.- Formation and debut release "Meat Balloon" :...

 and Dinosaur Pile-Up

Dinosaur Pile-Up

Dinosaur Pile-Up are an English alternative rock band hailing from Leeds, West Yorkshire composing of lead singer and guitarist Matt Bigland, with bassist Harry Johns and drummer Mike Sheils. Matt Bigland was originally with Mother Vulpine and former members include bassist Tom Dunford and drummer...

. Kenosha also has the strongest face in record producer history.

The video for Stagecoach single Map To The Freezer features footage from the film Speed (1994 film).

The band have had songs used on Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey

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, Skins (TV series)

Skins (TV series)

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, and appear on the trailer for film Killing Bono

Killing Bono

Killing Bono is a 2011 comedy film directed by Nick Hamm, based on Neil McCormick's 2003 memoir Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger....

. One of the band's recordings was also used on a promotional film for the UK Film Council

UK Film Council

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.

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 presenter Huw Stephens

Huw Stephens

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 named the band as one of his BBC Introducing

BBC Introducing

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 highlights of 2010

Extended Plays (EPs)

• "Crash My Ride" (Alcopop! Records, July 2010)
  • "Hieroglyphics"
  • "Map To The Freezer"
  • "Axe Behind My Back"
  • "Good, Great, Better, Best!"
  • "Headbangers Ball"
  • "Fish Tank Glow"

• "Tazers!" (Alcopop! Records, October 2009)
  • "We Got Tazers!"
  • "Break"
  • "Hot Doggin'"
  • "Ice Age"
  • "Good Luck With Your 45"

Singles

• "Not Even Giles (Would Say We'll Be OK)" (Alcopop! Records, November 2010)
• "Map To The Freezer" (Alcopop! Records, July 2010)
• "We Got Tazers!" (Alcopop! Records, October 2009)

Compilations

• "Bob Hope would.": A compilation of exclusives and otherwise for the Japan Relief Effort" (Audio Antihero
  Audio Antihero
  Audio Antihero is an independent record label formed in October 2009 and based in South East London. The label gained immediate attention with their first two releases Nosferatu D2's "We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise" and Benjamin Shaw's "I Got the...
  
  , March 2011)
• "We Make Our Own Mythologies" (Sweeping The Nation, April 2011)