Young Guns (band)
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Young Guns are an English
alternative rock
band from High Wycombe
, Buckinghamshire
. On 22 June 2009 they released their debut EP
Mirrors, and their debut album All Our Kings Are Dead
was released a year later on 12 July 2010, peaking at #43 in the UK Albums Chart
, and #3 in both the UK Rock
and Indie
album charts. The success of the album and its singles to date has resulted in magazine covers, the band playing sell-out headline tours, as well as landing high profile support slots with Bon Jovi
and Lostprophets
. They have also played at many festivals (in both the UK and Europe), culminating in an appearance on the main stage at the Reading Festival
, where the band shared a stage with the likes of Guns N' Roses
and Queens of the Stone Age
. It was revealed in Rock Sound Magazine that All Our Kings Are Dead
would be re-released and entitled "All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition". The band will release their debut single from their second record on October 13, 2011. it is entitled "Learn My Lesson".
It premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show and was made available for iTunes soon after. On 9th November 2011, Young Guns announced the name of their second album,"Bones" and that it would be released on 6 February 2012. They also simultaneous announced that they would be visiting a small number of small venues around the UK before a headlining tour with Enter Shikari, starting in their hometown. This would be known as The Bare Bones Tour and was designed to provide a more intimate experience for their more dedicated fans.
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...
band from High Wycombe
High Wycombe
High Wycombe , commonly known as Wycombe and formally called Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe until 1946,is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of Charing Cross in London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. On 22 June 2009 they released their debut EP
Extended 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...
Mirrors, and their debut album All Our Kings Are Dead
All Our Kings Are Dead
- Personnel :Young Guns* Gustav Wood - lead vocals* Fraser Taylor - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* John Taylor - rhythm guitar, lead guitar* Simon Mitchell - bass* Ben Jolliffe - drums, percussion, backing vocalsOther contributors...
was released a year later on 12 July 2010, peaking at #43 in the UK Albums Chart
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...
, and #3 in both the UK Rock
UK Rock Chart
The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales....
and Indie
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...
album charts. The success of the album and its singles to date has resulted in magazine covers, the band playing sell-out headline tours, as well as landing high profile support slots with Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
and Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...
. They have also played at many festivals (in both the UK and Europe), culminating in an appearance on the main stage at the Reading Festival
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...
, where the band shared a stage with the likes of Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
and Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age is an American rock band from Palm Desert, California, United States, formed in 1997. The band's line-up has always included founding member Josh Homme , with the current line-up including longtime members Troy Van Leeuwen and Joey Castillo , alongside Michael Shuman and...
. It was revealed in Rock Sound Magazine that All Our Kings Are Dead
All Our Kings Are Dead
- Personnel :Young Guns* Gustav Wood - lead vocals* Fraser Taylor - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* John Taylor - rhythm guitar, lead guitar* Simon Mitchell - bass* Ben Jolliffe - drums, percussion, backing vocalsOther contributors...
would be re-released and entitled "All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition". The band will release their debut single from their second record on October 13, 2011. it is entitled "Learn My Lesson".
It premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show and was made available for iTunes soon after. On 9th November 2011, Young Guns announced the name of their second album,"Bones" and that it would be released on 6 February 2012. They also simultaneous announced that they would be visiting a small number of small venues around the UK before a headlining tour with Enter Shikari, starting in their hometown. This would be known as The Bare Bones Tour and was designed to provide a more intimate experience for their more dedicated fans.
Band Members
- Gustav Wood - Lead Vocals (2003 – Present)
- Fraser Taylor - Lead GuitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, Rhythm GuitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
(2003 - Present) - John Taylor - Rhythm GuitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, Lead GuitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(2007 - Present) - Simon Mitchell - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(2008 - Present) - Ben Jolliffe - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, Percussion, Backing Vocals (2007 - Present)
Former Members
- Joe Wilkins - Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Synthesizers (2003 – 2007)
- Tom Ford - Rhythm Guitar (2004 – 2008)
- Alex Greenhill - Drums, Percussion (2004 – 2007)
- Pete Little - Drums, Percussion (2003 – 2004)
All Our Kings Are Dead
After the success of their EP Mirrors, which included popular songs such as Weight of the World & Daughter of the Sea, Young Guns decided to move onto their first Album under their own label. This was released on 12 July 2010 featuring the singles, "Winter Kiss", "Sons of Apathy", "Crystal Clear" as well as Weight of the World and Daughter of the Sea from Mirrors. Soon after the release of the album Young Guns released music videos of Weight of the World and Stitches. During the summer Young Guns played at some of the UK's largest festivals, including Download Festival and opening the main stage of Reading Festival. This was proceeded by a European Tour supporting Danko Jones & their own UK Tour (supported by The Swellers and Japanese Voyeurs). Starting on the 15 February Young Guns supported All Time Low with Yellowcard on another European Tour which ended up in the UK, visiting venues such as The O2 Academy in Brixton. On the 10 July 2011 the album was re-released and retitled "All Our Kings Are Dead: Gold Edition. This version included the original album as well as a bonus disc DVD. The DVD contained 3 acoustic sessions, 3 live videos and a documentary as well as the music videos for all 5 singles.Albums
| Year | Album | Peak Chart Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
UK IND UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered... |
UK ROCK UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales.... |
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| 2010 | All Our Kings Are Dead All Our Kings Are Dead - Personnel :Young Guns* Gustav Wood - lead vocals* Fraser Taylor - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* John Taylor - rhythm guitar, lead guitar* Simon Mitchell - bass* Ben Jolliffe - drums, percussion, backing vocalsOther contributors...
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43 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | Bones Bones (Young Guns album) Bones is the second album by alternative rock band Young Guns. It is set to be released on 6 February 2012. The album was recorded at Karma Sound Studios in Thailand with former SikTh guitarist Dan Weller. The lead single from the album, "Learn My Lesson" was premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1... 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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Extended Plays
| Year | Release details |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Mirrors
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| 2010 | Sons of Apathy
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| 2010 | Crystal Clear
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ... |
UK ROCK UK Rock Chart The UK Rock Chart usually refers to the Top 40 Rock Singles and the Top 40 Rock Albums Chart compiled by the Official Charts Company from physical record sales in British retail outlets with larger than average genrespecific sales.... |
UK IND UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered... |
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| 2009 | "Weight of the World" | – | – | – | Mirrors EP |
| 2010 | "Winter Kiss" | – | – | – | All Our Kings Are Dead All Our Kings Are Dead - Personnel :Young Guns* Gustav Wood - lead vocals* Fraser Taylor - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* John Taylor - rhythm guitar, lead guitar* Simon Mitchell - bass* Ben Jolliffe - drums, percussion, backing vocalsOther contributors... |
| "Sons of Apathy" | – | – | – | ||
| "Crystal Clear" | – | 9 | 27 | ||
| "Weight of the World" | – | 27 | – | ||
| 2011 | "Stitches" | – | – | – | |
| "Learn My Lesson" | – | – | – | Bones | |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "In the Night" | Lawrence Hardy | Mirrors EP |
| "Weight of the World" | Lawrence Hardy | ||
| 2010 | "Winter Kiss" | Ben Thornley/Paul Burrows | All Our Kings Are Dead All Our Kings Are Dead - Personnel :Young Guns* Gustav Wood - lead vocals* Fraser Taylor - lead guitar, rhythm guitar* John Taylor - rhythm guitar, lead guitar* Simon Mitchell - bass* Ben Jolliffe - drums, percussion, backing vocalsOther contributors... |
| "Sons of Apathy" | Spence Nicholson | ||
| "Crystal Clear" | Unknown | ||
| "Weight of the World" | Lawrence Hardy | ||
| 2011 | "Stitches" | Tim Mattia | |
| 2011 | "Learn My Lesson" | Bones Bones (Young Guns album) Bones is the second album by alternative rock band Young Guns. It is set to be released on 6 February 2012. The album was recorded at Karma Sound Studios in Thailand with former SikTh guitarist Dan Weller. The lead single from the album, "Learn My Lesson" was premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1... |
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