The Rascals (English band)
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The Rascals were an indie rock
band from the Hoylake
, England
. Consisting of Joe Edwards
(bass) and Greg Mighall
(drums).
Both members were previous members of now-defunct indie band The Little Flames
.
Their debut album Rascalize
, was first released on iTunes
on June 15, 2008 and on CD on June 23, 2008.
Former lead singer Miles Kane
has a second band, The Last Shadow Puppets
, with Alex Turner
of Arctic Monkeys
, in which he shares duties with Turner.
In August 2009, it was announced that Miles Kane
had left the Rascals to focus on a solo career. The band intends to find a new singer to replace Kane.
(The Wirral, on Merseyside
) in England
, these three boys spent 3 years learning their craft as part of The Little Flames
, touring with bands like The Coral
, The Zutons
and most notably, Arctic Monkeys
.
The Rascals were immediately signed to Deltasonic Records and played their first gig supporting Arctic Monkeys at Cardiff International Arena in June 2007.
"The Flames was a boss band, it was a great opportunity and we learned loads," says Miles, "but the time was right to move on. When you've got it, you have to do it or else you'll explode. The thing with the Flames was getting thinner and The Rascals was getting bigger. It just got to the point where we couldn't not do it. It just felt right".
, Out of Dreams
, on December 9, 2007, which contains their fist single also called Out Of Dreams.
Then, on February 18 of 2008, they released a single, called Suspicious Wit, containing three new songs.
, The Coral
and The Zutons
.
The album's sound is also being compared with a dark-psycho style and also with Scott Walker
.
All the songs of the album Rascalize are created by them, the songs are played by all the members:
"It's a good taster for people, it’s a bit unique to us," explains Miles. "It feels like a song that could only be created by us, not one else is writing songs like that. It’s a big filthy tune, so it was a good choice for the first proper single."
The first single for this album
, Freakbeat Phantom was released on September 29 of 2008.
, originally by Echo & The Bunnymen
in the film Awaydays
, based on the book by Kevin Sampson
, which was released in cinemas nationwide on May 22.
The track is available on the soundtrack
which was released on May 18, 2009.
Miles Kane
is currently writing new material and has been in the studio recording some tracks by himself. Greg Mighall
and Joe Edwards
are working on a film project with 'Awaydays' star Liam Boyle
.
He will now work on a solo project, and The Rascals will not continue. But statement said the band would seek a new singer.
Miles used to tell in several interviews that when they were in The Little Flames
they were often called "you little rascals".
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 from the Hoylake
Hoylake
Hoylake is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, on Merseyside, England. It is located at the north western corner of the Wirral Peninsula, near to the town of West Kirby and where the River Dee estuary meets the Irish Sea...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Consisting of Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards (singer/bass player)
- The Little Flames :Joe formed The Little Flames, playing bass, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Greg Mighall and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
(bass) and Greg Mighall
Greg Mighall
- The Little Flames :Greg formed The Little Flames, playing drums, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Joe Edwards and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
(drums).
Both members were previous members of now-defunct indie band The Little Flames
The Little Flames
The Little Flames were an indie rock band from Hoylake, England. The band consisted of Eva Petersen , Greg Mighall , Joe Edwards , Miles Kane and Mat Gregory . Their music can best be described as indie rock with some 1960s inspiration, slightly similar to The Coral...
.
Their debut album Rascalize
Rascalize
-Personnel:*Miles Kane – vocals, guitar*Greg Mighall – drums*Joe Edwards – bass*Ben Hillier – producer-Statistics:...
, was first released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on June 15, 2008 and on CD on June 23, 2008.
Former lead singer Miles Kane
Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane is an English musician originally from Meols on the Wirral near Liverpool, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals...
has a second band, The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets
The Last Shadow Puppets is a band consisting of Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane formerly of The Rascals, and composer/producer James Ford.-Formation:...
, with Alex Turner
Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys...
of Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
, in which he shares duties with Turner.
In August 2009, it was announced that Miles Kane
Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane is an English musician originally from Meols on the Wirral near Liverpool, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals...
had left the Rascals to focus on a solo career. The band intends to find a new singer to replace Kane.
Early years
Hailing from HoylakeHoylake
Hoylake is a seaside town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, on Merseyside, England. It is located at the north western corner of the Wirral Peninsula, near to the town of West Kirby and where the River Dee estuary meets the Irish Sea...
(The Wirral, on Merseyside
Merseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
) in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, these three boys spent 3 years learning their craft as part of The Little Flames
The Little Flames
The Little Flames were an indie rock band from Hoylake, England. The band consisted of Eva Petersen , Greg Mighall , Joe Edwards , Miles Kane and Mat Gregory . Their music can best be described as indie rock with some 1960s inspiration, slightly similar to The Coral...
, touring with bands like The Coral
The Coral
The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...
, The Zutons
The Zutons
The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
and most notably, Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
.
Formation
In September, 2006 they began jamming and writing new material as a three piece and there was born The Rascals.The Rascals were immediately signed to Deltasonic Records and played their first gig supporting Arctic Monkeys at Cardiff International Arena in June 2007.
"The Flames was a boss band, it was a great opportunity and we learned loads," says Miles, "but the time was right to move on. When you've got it, you have to do it or else you'll explode. The thing with the Flames was getting thinner and The Rascals was getting bigger. It just got to the point where we couldn't not do it. It just felt right".
Initial releases
They released their debut EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Out of Dreams
Out of Dreams
Out of Dreams is the debut-EP by Hoylake indie rock band The Rascals, first released on 9 December 2007.The EP features "Out of Dreams", the second track of their debut album Rascalize, along with three other songs.-Track listing:...
, on December 9, 2007, which contains their fist single also called Out Of Dreams.
Then, on February 18 of 2008, they released a single, called Suspicious Wit, containing three new songs.
Rascalize (2008)
Rascalize, their debut album, was released in 23 June 2008 (first released on iTunes on June 15, 2008) and sees the band play a brand of raucous British indie rock inspired by the sounds of the 1960s as well as contemporaries such as Arctic MonkeysArctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
, The Coral
The Coral
The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s and found success with their debut album The Coral and follow up Magic and Medicine...
and The Zutons
The Zutons
The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
.
The album's sound is also being compared with a dark-psycho style and also with Scott Walker
Scott Walker (singer)
Scott Walker, born Noel Scott Engel on January 9, 1943 is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and the former lead singer of The Walker Brothers. Despite being American born, Walker's chart success has largely come in the United Kingdom, where his first four solo albums...
.
All the songs of the album Rascalize are created by them, the songs are played by all the members:
"It's a good taster for people, it’s a bit unique to us," explains Miles. "It feels like a song that could only be created by us, not one else is writing songs like that. It’s a big filthy tune, so it was a good choice for the first proper single."
The first single for this album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Freakbeat Phantom was released on September 29 of 2008.
Appearance in Awaydays
The Rascals perform a cover version of All That JazzAll That Jazz
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Bob Fosse's manic effort to edit his...
, originally by Echo & The Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut...
in the film Awaydays
Awaydays
Awaydays is a 2009 British film directed by Pat Holden and stars Stephen Graham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Sampson, originally published eleven years previously in 1998....
, based on the book by Kevin Sampson
Kevin Sampson
Kevin M. Sampson is an American football tackle who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft...
, which was released in cinemas nationwide on May 22.
The track is available on the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
which was released on May 18, 2009.
Miles Kane quits
On August 24 of 2009, Miles Kane, the lead singer of the band, confirmed to NME.COM that he has quit The Rascals.Miles Kane
Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane is an English musician originally from Meols on the Wirral near Liverpool, best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals...
is currently writing new material and has been in the studio recording some tracks by himself. Greg Mighall
Greg Mighall
- The Little Flames :Greg formed The Little Flames, playing drums, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Joe Edwards and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
and Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards (singer/bass player)
- The Little Flames :Joe formed The Little Flames, playing bass, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Greg Mighall and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
are working on a film project with 'Awaydays' star Liam Boyle
Liam Boyle (actor)
- Life :Liam Boyle was born in Bolton, but grew-up in nearby Heywood, both in Greater Manchester, England. He was trained in drama at the Oldham Theatre Workshop...
.
He will now work on a solo project, and The Rascals will not continue. But statement said the band would seek a new singer.
Conflicts with the name
There is also an American band with the same name, but it was unintentionally "copied".Miles used to tell in several interviews that when they were in The Little Flames
The Little Flames
The Little Flames were an indie rock band from Hoylake, England. The band consisted of Eva Petersen , Greg Mighall , Joe Edwards , Miles Kane and Mat Gregory . Their music can best be described as indie rock with some 1960s inspiration, slightly similar to The Coral...
they were often called "you little rascals".
Membership
The group consists of:- Joe EdwardsJoe Edwards (singer/bass player)- The Little Flames :Joe formed The Little Flames, playing bass, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Greg Mighall and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
— bass, vocals - Greg MighallGreg Mighall- The Little Flames :Greg formed The Little Flames, playing drums, with Eva Petersen , Miles Kane , Joe Edwards and Mat Gregory in December 2004. The band went on to be vaguely successful, achieving comparisons to The Coral and high profile fans such as the Arctic Monkeys...
— drums
Discography
- RascalizeRascalize-Personnel:*Miles Kane – vocals, guitar*Greg Mighall – drums*Joe Edwards – bass*Ben Hillier – producer-Statistics:...
(2008) — UK #100