The Subways
Encyclopedia
The Subways are an English
alternative rock
/ indie rock
band
. Their debut album, Young For Eternity
, was released on 4 July 2005 in the UK and February 14, 2006 in the U.S. Their second album, All or Nothing
, was released on 30 June 2008 and their third album Money and Celebrity debuted on the 19th of September 2011. Although the band have not experienced a great deal of commercial success, they have gained a loyal cult following
amongst attendees of the annual Reading and Leeds festivals
, in which on each occasion they attracted a crowd big enough to fill the second stage tent beyond capacity, resulting in the band becoming main stage regulars. Their debut album was certified gold in January 2007 for 100,000 units shipped.
. They first played Nirvana
, Green Day
and other punk
songs, under the name of Mustardseed. They later changed their name to Platypus, and began to tour small, local venues, such as The Square
in Harlow
, Essex
. An early CD of the band playing live was recorded at The Square which they sold at gigs.
The band released many demos and EPs in their early days when playing the London circuit in the UK. With every batch of new songs that The Subways would compose, Lunn would insist that the band record them. However, at such a young age the group had no money with which to go into a studio to record consistently, so they came upon the idea of buying their own cheap recording system at home. Eventually, the band had their own website, http://www.thesubways.net, which Lunn himself constructed and maintained, where they put all their new songs. Through the use of their own home recording system they now had roughly eight demos worth of songs both on the internet and being sent out to local and London promoters at various venues. The Subways then began touring in the local and London area playing regularly at the Buffalo Bar in Highbury and Islington.
Having the home recording system also proved useful for production. The band felt that it would not only benefit themselves, but other local bands who could not afford the studio prices, even in the Welwyn Garden City area. It was here that Billy and Charlotte both stumbled upon the opportunity that would eventually prove significant for the band. "I was producing a local Welwyn Garden City band in my front lounge one day and I noticed that it was quite good so I asked if they were going to send it to any London venues, because I knew a few that would like it. They said that they were going to send it off to Michael Eavis
who runs Glastonbury Festival
, and I asked why..." Michael Eavis that year was running an unsigned bands competition to play on the Other Stage, and The Subways decided that would be a great idea. "It was really just another address to send one of our CDs off to. All we wanted was to play shows and this was another great opportunity. The CD we sent off to Michael Eavis was literally one among a bunch of 30 that were being sent out to London promoters for a load of gigs we wanted to book. "We never expected the phone call saying that we'd won and were to play Glastonbury," said Cooper on radio. The Subways remain friends with Eavis today, and have suggested that other upcoming bands should send demos to Eavis.
2004 in both Reading
and Leeds
, and then proceeded to play their very first (self funded) tour of the UK consisting of 35 dates.
John Peel
was the first DJ to play single "1am" on National radio.
The band signed to City Pavement & Infectious Records in late 2004. Their first album, Young For Eternity
, which was released on the 4 July 2005, was produced by Lightning Seeds
frontman Ian Broudie
; with their debut single "Oh Yeah" reaching number 25 in the UK Singles Chart
on its release week 21 March 2005.
The Subways appeared during the seventh episode of the third season
of The O.C.
, "The Anger Management", performing two songs at the music venue 'the Bait Shop', "Rock & Roll Queen" and "Oh Yeah". The episode came to a close with "I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say" playing.
Some of their tracks, such as "She Sun" and Rock & Roll Queen, are now being used on television adverts for Rimmel
cosmetics featuring British supermodel Kate Moss
. The Sun
newspaper
adverts are currently playing the song "Oh Yeah" in the background. "Rock & Roll Queen" appears in Live Free or Die Hard
as well as Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla
and "Oh Yeah
" is featured in the 2008 comedy Charlie Bartlett
.
The band postponed touring in April 2006 because Lunn had nodules
on his vocal cords. They played a "secret" gig in The Green Room in their home town of Welwyn Garden City on 16 June, and also as support for the Foo Fighters
in Manchester
at the Lancashire County Cricket Ground
on 18 June (along with Eagles of Death Metal
, Angels & Airwaves
and The Strokes
), and have recently returned to touring.
In the summer of 2006 the band traveled to North America
where they made numerous appearances. These included opening for the co-headlining tour of Taking Back Sunday
& Angels & Airwaves and performing on the talk shows, Late Show With David Letterman
and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
. On 4 August they performed at the Lollapalooza
music festival
, and the next day they performed at Street Scene
in San Diego. On 7 August they appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. On 25 August they returned to Reading and Leeds Festivals
, this time on the main stage.
with producer Butch Vig
. The band had written around twenty-five tracks which were recorded over a period of several months. In August 2007 the band came back to the UK and played a series of small warm up shows showcasing their new material, before playing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. On 3 September 2007, the band returned to Los Angeles to complete work on their second album. On 17 October 2007 the band finished recording, All or Nothing.
On 18 February 2008, the band recorded their live video at The Stoke Sugarmill for their first single, "Girls & Boys", which was released as a free download from their website on 25 March 2008. On 24 February 2008 in an exclusive interview found on www.sundaymail.co.uk, Lunn revealed he and Cooper split up in June during studio sessions for The Subways' second album, All or Nothing. He went on to say that the break-up will not affect the band. They are both happy with their new partners. By 25 March 2008, The Subways had started their first UK tour of the year and played at the Glastonbury Festival
, T in the Park
, Download Festival
, Oxegen Festival and Reading and Leeds Festival.
On 26 May 2008, The track "This is the Club" was released on the internet as part of a competition for fans to produce its video using 4 video clips. The winner was Seb Ronjon from Paris. On 30 June 2008, All or Nothing was released, achieved with the help of producer Butch Vig
. The band's song "Girls and Boys" was featured as the backing song for the television show The Riches
on Virgin1. The band appeared as themselves in Guy Ritchie
's film RocknRolla
, performing "Rock & Roll Queen". The Song "I Won't Let You Down" is featured on the racing-game Colin McRae: DiRT 2
.
The Subways perform three songs in episode 10 of Series 2 (2008) of Live From Abbey Road
: "Oh Yeah" from Young for Eternity
, and "Strawberry Blonde" and "I Won't Let You Down" from All or Nothing
. On 18 March 2009, The Subways featured as themselves in the episode "Golden Lady" of the TV series FM
.
The Subways played Australia's Soundwave festival tour in February and March, followed by Poland in April 2009. The song "Kalifornia" is featured on the video game, Midnight Club: Los Angeles
. On 26 June 2009, The Subways supported AC/DC
at Wembley Stadium
and Hampden Park
on the 30th of June.
In 2009 ,the band played at the biggest open-air festival in Europe (400.000 - 500.000 rock fans every year) - Przystanek Woodstock
in Poland
. On 17 July they headlined and closed the fifth 2000 Trees Festival in the UK. On 31 July, The Subways headlined at the Y - Not Festival, near Matlock, Derbyshire. On 8 August 2010, they appeared at the Hevy Music Festival
near Folkestone
. In the same month, the Subways played in Lithuania's rock/metal music festival, Rocknights, in Zarasai
.
. The band have partnered with the direct-to-fan platform Pledge Music, and are offering fans the chance to be part of the release of the new album, which was released on the 19th of September 2011. This album is entitled "Money and Celebrity".
The band announced in June that the first single from the album will be "It's a Party", which was released as a free download through the band's website. They also released dates for an additional tour which supports the album. This is tour will be across Europe, playing in such venues as Manchester Academy 2
, London KOKO and Madrid Sala Caracol. At the end of October, 2011 they released news that they are playing in the KERRANG!
Xmas Party in Birmingham Ballroom on the 16th of December 2011.
The single "We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time" was released on the 11th of September 2011.
format on the Infectious/City Pavement record labels unless otherwise stated.
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...
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...
/ 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
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
. Their debut album, Young For Eternity
Young for Eternity
-Personnel:*The Subways - Music on all Tracks*Billy Lunn - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks*Charlotte Cooper - Bass, Vocals*Josh Morgan - Drums*Ian Broudie - Producer, Mixing*Jon Gray - Engineer, Mixing*Stuart Nicholls - Photography...
, was released on 4 July 2005 in the UK and February 14, 2006 in the U.S. Their second album, All or Nothing
All or Nothing (The Subways album)
All or Nothing is the second studio album by English trio The Subways and was released on 30 June 2008. Recorded in Conway Studios in Los Angeles by producer Butch Vig, the album was preceded by the release of two singles: "Girls & Boys", released 27 March 2008, and available as a free download,...
, was released on 30 June 2008 and their third album Money and Celebrity debuted on the 19th of September 2011. Although the band have not experienced a great deal of commercial success, they have gained a loyal cult following
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. A film, book, band, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base...
amongst attendees of the annual 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 which on each occasion they attracted a crowd big enough to fill the second stage tent beyond capacity, resulting in the band becoming main stage regulars. Their debut album was certified gold in January 2007 for 100,000 units shipped.
Members
- Billy Lunn - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocals - Charlotte Cooper - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and vocals - Josh Morgan - drums
Beginnings, 2003-2004
The Subways, whose name comes from the time Billy used to wait outside a subway station, began playing at an early age, in Lunn and Morgan's homes (who are brothers - regardless their different surnames) in Welwyn Garden CityWelwyn Garden City
-Economy:Ever since its inception as garden city, Welwyn Garden City has attracted a strong commercial base with several designated employment areas. Among the companies trading in the town are:*Air Link Systems*Baxter*British Lead Mills*Carl Zeiss...
. They first played Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
, Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
and other punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
songs, under the name of Mustardseed. They later changed their name to Platypus, and began to tour small, local venues, such as The Square
The Square, Harlow
The Square is a 250 capacity live music venue in Harlow, Essex. It is managed by SquareOne Entertainment LLP who took over the venue in July 2008. Previous to this it had been run by Essex County Council...
in Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. An early CD of the band playing live was recorded at The Square which they sold at gigs.
The band released many demos and EPs in their early days when playing the London circuit in the UK. With every batch of new songs that The Subways would compose, Lunn would insist that the band record them. However, at such a young age the group had no money with which to go into a studio to record consistently, so they came upon the idea of buying their own cheap recording system at home. Eventually, the band had their own website, http://www.thesubways.net, which Lunn himself constructed and maintained, where they put all their new songs. Through the use of their own home recording system they now had roughly eight demos worth of songs both on the internet and being sent out to local and London promoters at various venues. The Subways then began touring in the local and London area playing regularly at the Buffalo Bar in Highbury and Islington.
Having the home recording system also proved useful for production. The band felt that it would not only benefit themselves, but other local bands who could not afford the studio prices, even in the Welwyn Garden City area. It was here that Billy and Charlotte both stumbled upon the opportunity that would eventually prove significant for the band. "I was producing a local Welwyn Garden City band in my front lounge one day and I noticed that it was quite good so I asked if they were going to send it to any London venues, because I knew a few that would like it. They said that they were going to send it off to Michael Eavis
Michael Eavis
Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis, CBE , is an English dairy farmer and the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place on his farm.-Personal life:...
who runs Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
, and I asked why..." Michael Eavis that year was running an unsigned bands competition to play on the Other Stage, and The Subways decided that would be a great idea. "It was really just another address to send one of our CDs off to. All we wanted was to play shows and this was another great opportunity. The CD we sent off to Michael Eavis was literally one among a bunch of 30 that were being sent out to London promoters for a load of gigs we wanted to book. "We never expected the phone call saying that we'd won and were to play Glastonbury," said Cooper on radio. The Subways remain friends with Eavis today, and have suggested that other upcoming bands should send demos to Eavis.
Young For Eternity, 2004-2007
After Glastonbury, The Subways went on to play The Carling WeekendReading 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...
2004 in both Reading
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
and Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, and then proceeded to play their very first (self funded) tour of the UK consisting of 35 dates.
John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
was the first DJ to play single "1am" on National radio.
The band signed to City Pavement & Infectious Records in late 2004. Their first album, Young For Eternity
Young for Eternity
-Personnel:*The Subways - Music on all Tracks*Billy Lunn - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks*Charlotte Cooper - Bass, Vocals*Josh Morgan - Drums*Ian Broudie - Producer, Mixing*Jon Gray - Engineer, Mixing*Stuart Nicholls - Photography...
, which was released on the 4 July 2005, was produced by Lightning Seeds
Lightning Seeds
The Lightning Seeds are an English alternative rock and pop band from Liverpool, England formed in 1989 by Ian Broudie , formerly of the Big in Japan band....
frontman Ian Broudie
Ian Broudie
Ian Broudie is a British singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from Liverpool, England. After emerging from the post punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to form the short-lived groups Original Mirrors and Care in the early 1980s as well...
; with their debut single "Oh Yeah" reaching number 25 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
on its release week 21 March 2005.
The Subways appeared during the seventh episode of the third season
The O.C. (season 3)
The third season of The O.C., an American television series, commenced airing in the United States on September 8, 2005, and concluded on May 18, 2006, with a total of 25 episodes. The first ten episodes of season three aired Thursdays at 8:00 p.m...
of The O.C.
The O.C.
The O.C. is an American teen drama television series that originally aired on the Fox television network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 21, 2007, running a total of four seasons...
, "The Anger Management", performing two songs at the music venue 'the Bait Shop', "Rock & Roll Queen" and "Oh Yeah". The episode came to a close with "I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say" playing.
Some of their tracks, such as "She Sun" and Rock & Roll Queen, are now being used on television adverts for Rimmel
Rimmel
Rimmel is a cosmetics brand, now owned by Coty, Inc.. The House of Rimmel was originally founded by Eugene Rimmel in 1834 in Regent Street, London, UK....
cosmetics featuring British supermodel Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
. The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
newspaper
Newspaper
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adverts are currently playing the song "Oh Yeah" in the background. "Rock & Roll Queen" appears in Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard , is a 2007 American action film, and the fourth installment in the Die Hard series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane. The name was adapted from the state motto of New Hampshire, "Live Free or Die"...
as well as Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla
RocknRolla
RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Karel Roden, and Thandie Newton...
and "Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah (The Subways song)
"Oh Yeah" was the first proper CD-Single from the British indie rock band The Subways, off of their debut record Young For Eternity.It features in the episode of Rescue Me, "Karate" in the scene where the character Lou shaved his testicles....
" is featured in the 2008 comedy Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular....
.
The band postponed touring in April 2006 because Lunn had nodules
Nodule (medicine)
For use of the term nodule in dermatology, see Nodule In medicine, a nodule refers to a relatively hard, roughly spherical abnormal structure....
on his vocal cords. They played a "secret" gig in The Green Room in their home town of Welwyn Garden City on 16 June, and also as support for the Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
at the Lancashire County Cricket Ground
Old Trafford (cricket)
Old Trafford is a cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. It has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since its foundation in 1864, having been the ground of Manchester Cricket Club from 1857...
on 18 June (along with Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal
Eagles of Death Metal is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, formed in 1998 by Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme. Despite their band name, Eagles of Death Metal are not a death metal band. Hughes stated that a friend was introducing Josh Homme to the death metal genre...
, Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
and The Strokes
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American indie rock band formed in 1999 in New York City. Consisting of Julian Casablancas , Nick Valensi , Albert Hammond, Jr. , Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti ....
), and have recently returned to touring.
In the summer of 2006 the band traveled to North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
where they made numerous appearances. These included opening for the co-headlining tour of Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday
Taking Back Sunday is a rock band from Long Island, NY, formed in 1999 by guitarist Eddie Reyes. Current members of the band are Adam Lazzara , John Nolan , Eddie Reyes , Shaun Cooper and Mark O'Connell ....
& Angels & Airwaves and performing on the talk shows, Late Show With David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...
and Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
. On 4 August they performed at the Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. The music festival hosts more than 160,000 people over a...
music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
, and the next day they performed at Street Scene
Street Scene (San Diego music festival)
Street Scene was a music festival that was held each summer in San Diego, California from 1984 to 2009. Street Scene was one of America's largest annual music festivals, growing to include over 70 musical acts covering different musical genres and styles on multiple stages.-History:Beginning in...
in San Diego. On 7 August they appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. On 25 August they returned to 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...
, this time on the main stage.
All or Nothing, 2007-2010
On 15 May 2007, the band announced they would begin recording their second album on 4 June, and the band began recording then in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
with producer Butch Vig
Butch Vig
Butch Vig is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling album Nevermind by Nirvana....
. The band had written around twenty-five tracks which were recorded over a period of several months. In August 2007 the band came back to the UK and played a series of small warm up shows showcasing their new material, before playing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. On 3 September 2007, the band returned to Los Angeles to complete work on their second album. On 17 October 2007 the band finished recording, All or Nothing.
On 18 February 2008, the band recorded their live video at The Stoke Sugarmill for their first single, "Girls & Boys", which was released as a free download from their website on 25 March 2008. On 24 February 2008 in an exclusive interview found on www.sundaymail.co.uk, Lunn revealed he and Cooper split up in June during studio sessions for The Subways' second album, All or Nothing. He went on to say that the break-up will not affect the band. They are both happy with their new partners. By 25 March 2008, The Subways had started their first UK tour of the year and played at the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
, T in the Park
T in the Park
T in the Park is a major British music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire...
, Download Festival
Download Festival
The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England . It usually takes place in June...
, Oxegen Festival and Reading and Leeds Festival.
On 26 May 2008, The track "This is the Club" was released on the internet as part of a competition for fans to produce its video using 4 video clips. The winner was Seb Ronjon from Paris. On 30 June 2008, All or Nothing was released, achieved with the help of producer Butch Vig
Butch Vig
Butch Vig is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling album Nevermind by Nirvana....
. The band's song "Girls and Boys" was featured as the backing song for the television show The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...
on Virgin1. The band appeared as themselves in Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English screenwriter and film maker who directed Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Revolver, RocknRolla and Sherlock Holmes.-Early life:...
's film RocknRolla
RocknRolla
RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Karel Roden, and Thandie Newton...
, performing "Rock & Roll Queen". The Song "I Won't Let You Down" is featured on the racing-game Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is a racing game released in September 2009, and is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt. This is the first game in the McRae series since McRae's death in 2007. It was announced on 19 November 2008 and features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, and Dave Mirra...
.
The Subways perform three songs in episode 10 of Series 2 (2008) of Live From Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road
Live from Abbey Road is a 12-part, one-hour performance series/documentary that began filming its first season during 2006 at Abbey Road Studios in London. Season 2 was filmed between 2007 and 2008, season 3 was filmed in 2009 and Season 4 was filmed in 2011...
: "Oh Yeah" from Young for Eternity
Young for Eternity
-Personnel:*The Subways - Music on all Tracks*Billy Lunn - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks*Charlotte Cooper - Bass, Vocals*Josh Morgan - Drums*Ian Broudie - Producer, Mixing*Jon Gray - Engineer, Mixing*Stuart Nicholls - Photography...
, and "Strawberry Blonde" and "I Won't Let You Down" from All or Nothing
All or Nothing (The Subways album)
All or Nothing is the second studio album by English trio The Subways and was released on 30 June 2008. Recorded in Conway Studios in Los Angeles by producer Butch Vig, the album was preceded by the release of two singles: "Girls & Boys", released 27 March 2008, and available as a free download,...
. On 18 March 2009, The Subways featured as themselves in the episode "Golden Lady" of the TV series FM
FM (TV series)
FM was a British sitcom which aired on ITV2, starring Chris O'Dowd , Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya . The series followed the lives of two DJs and their producer on their FM radio progamme, "Skin 86.5 FM"...
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The Subways played Australia's Soundwave festival tour in February and March, followed by Poland in April 2009. The song "Kalifornia" is featured on the video game, Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Midnight Club: Los Angeles is the fourth video game in the Midnight Club series of racing video games, not including Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix. It was officially announced for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 11, 2008 by Rockstar Games. The game was developed by Rockstar San Diego...
. On 26 June 2009, The Subways supported AC/DC
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
at Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
and Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...
on the 30th of June.
In 2009 ,the band played at the biggest open-air festival in Europe (400.000 - 500.000 rock fans every year) - Przystanek Woodstock
Przystanek Woodstock
Przystanek Woodstock is an annual free rock music festival in Poland, inspired by and named for the Woodstock Festival, that has taken place since 1995...
in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
. On 17 July they headlined and closed the fifth 2000 Trees Festival in the UK. On 31 July, The Subways headlined at the Y - Not Festival, near Matlock, Derbyshire. On 8 August 2010, they appeared at the Hevy Music Festival
Hevy Music Festival
Hevy Music Festival is a rock festival that takes place annually near Folkestone in the UK. It was originally held on 1 August 2009 on Folkestone seafront as a one-day festival with Feeder, Gary Numan and Ash as headliners. In 2010 it moved to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park and grew to a weekend...
near Folkestone
Folkestone
Folkestone is the principal town in the Shepway District of Kent, England. Its original site was in a valley in the sea cliffs and it developed through fishing and its closeness to the Continent as a landing place and trading port. The coming of the railways, the building of a ferry port, and its...
. In the same month, the Subways played in Lithuania's rock/metal music festival, Rocknights, in Zarasai
Zarasai
Zarasai is a city in northeastern Lithuania, surrounded by many lakes and rivers: to the southwest of the city is Zarasas, north – Zarasaitis, southeast – Baltas, and east – Griežtas. Zarasaitis and Griežtas are connected by Laukesa rivulet....
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Money & Celebrity, 2010 onwards
On 29 November, the band headed back into the studio to record their third studio album. By 21 December the band announced they are back in the studio recording with Stephen StreetStephen Street
Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...
. The band have partnered with the direct-to-fan platform Pledge Music, and are offering fans the chance to be part of the release of the new album, which was released on the 19th of September 2011. This album is entitled "Money and Celebrity".
The band announced in June that the first single from the album will be "It's a Party", which was released as a free download through the band's website. They also released dates for an additional tour which supports the album. This is tour will be across Europe, playing in such venues as Manchester Academy 2
Manchester Academy
Manchester Academy is a brand name used by the University of Manchester Students' Union for its four concert venues in Manchester, England, which reside on Oxford Road both within and adjacent to the main Students' Union building....
, London KOKO and Madrid Sala Caracol. At the end of October, 2011 they released news that they are playing in the KERRANG!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...
Xmas Party in Birmingham Ballroom on the 16th of December 2011.
The single "We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time" was released on the 11th of September 2011.
Studio albums
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
GER | SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| 2005 | Young for Eternity Young for Eternity -Personnel:*The Subways - Music on all Tracks*Billy Lunn - Guitar, Vocals, Lyrics on all Tracks*Charlotte Cooper - Bass, Vocals*Josh Morgan - Drums*Ian Broudie - Producer, Mixing*Jon Gray - Engineer, Mixing*Stuart Nicholls - Photography...
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| 2008 | All or Nothing All or Nothing (The Subways album) All or Nothing is the second studio album by English trio The Subways and was released on 30 June 2008. Recorded in Conway Studios in Los Angeles by producer Butch Vig, the album was preceded by the release of two singles: "Girls & Boys", released 27 March 2008, and available as a free download,... Infectious Records Infectious Records is a record label whose bands have included Ash, Local Natives, Symposium, My Vitriol, Seafood, The Paradise Motel, General Fiasco and The Subways. Infectious was established by Korda Marshall after leaving RCA, and became part of Marshall's Mushroom Records UK operation in the... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| 2011 | Money & Celebrity Money & Celebrity Money and Celebrity is the third studio album by English trio The Subways, produced by Stephen Street. It was released on 18 September 2011. The album is assisted by fans with them providing photos and cover artwork to the band through their pledgemusic project in which donations are made to the... Cooking Vinyl Cooking Vinyl is a UK-based independent record company, founded in 1986. Its original orientation was toward contemporary folk music—notably Billy Bragg, and Michelle Shocked's Texas Campfire Tapes, recorded on a Sony Walkman, one of its first releases... /Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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EPs
- "The Platypus EP"
- "I Lost You To The City EP"
- "Summertime EP"
- "Rock & Roll Queen EP"
- "No Heart No Soul EP"
- "Young For Eternity EP"
- "At 1am EP"
- "Milk EP"
- "Mary EP"
- "Live at Birmingham Academy EP"
- "The Live Videos EP" (iTunes only)
- "Live and Acoustic In Magdeburg EP" (iTunes only)
- "We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time EP" (iTunes only)
Singles
All singles released in CD and 7"Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
format on the Infectious/City Pavement record labels unless otherwise stated.
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||||||||
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 2004 | "No Heart, No Soul EP" | _ | _ | _ | Bus Stop Records - First official release; was available from the Bus Stop Records website before The Subways were signed. Release of 75 copies | |||||||
| "1am" | _ | _ | _ | Transgressive Records - Limited 7" release of 500 copies | ||||||||
| 2005 | "Oh Yeah Oh Yeah (The Subways song) "Oh Yeah" was the first proper CD-Single from the British indie rock band The Subways, off of their debut record Young For Eternity.It features in the episode of Rescue Me, "Karate" in the scene where the character Lou shaved his testicles.... " |
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| "Rock & Roll Queen" | 22 | 37 | 92 | |||||||||
| "With You With You (The Subways song) "With You" is a single by popular English rock band The Subways, from their debut album Young for Eternity. It was released on the 12 September 2005.-Music video:The video for the single was shot on July 7, 2005 in London... " |
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| "No Goodbyes No Goodbyes (The Subways song) "No Goodbyes" is the fifth and last single by popular English rock band The Subways, from their debut album Young for Eternity. It was released on the 12 December 2005.-Track listings:*7" #1# "No Goodbyes"# "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"*7" #2... " |
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| 2008 | "Girls & Boys" | _ | _ | _ | Did not chart (free online release) | |||||||
| "Alright" | 44 | _ | _ | |||||||||
| "I Won't Let You Down" | 137 | _ | _ | I Won't Let You Down" also went to No 3 on XFM's top 7 at 7 and has also peaked at 16 on the HMV singles chart. | ||||||||
| 2011 | "It's A Party!" | _ | _ | _ | Did not chart (free online release) | |||||||
| "We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time" | _ | _ | _ | Download Only | ||||||||
| 2012 | "It's A Party!" | _ | _ | _ | Download Only | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Compilation appearances
| Year | Album Title | Label | ||||||||
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| 2004 | Glastonbury Unsigned 2004 | Concrete Recordings | ||||||||
| 2005 | Music from the OC: Mix 5 | Warner Bros./Wea | ||||||||
| 2006 | Transgressive Singles Collection Vol.1 | Wea | ||||||||
| Rescue Me (soundtrack) | Nettwerk Records | |||||||||
| 2007 | Charlie Bartlett Charlie Bartlett Charlie Bartlett is a 2008 comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular.... (soundtrack) |
Lakeshore records | ||||||||
| 2008 | RocknRolla RocknRolla RocknRolla is a 2008 British crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, and starring Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba, Karel Roden, and Thandie Newton... (soundtrack) |
Universal Music | ||||||||
| Die Welle (soundtrack) | EMI - Germany | |||||||||
External links
- The Subways NME Artist Page
- Interview with Billy Lunn about new album 'All Or Nothing'
- PopGurls 20 Questions with The Subways
- The Official Josh Morgan Appreciation Society
- Interview with The Subways
- Live From Abbey Road Interview, 2008
- The Subways fansite
- photo report live @ Rock in Idro 2009 by Miusika.net