One Night Only (band)
One Night Only are an English indie rock band from Helmsley, North Yorkshire. It consists of the five musicians Jack Sails, Mark Hayton, Daniel Parkin, James and George Craig. The band was formed in the cast Mark " Mittens " Hayton, Daniel " POB " Parkin, Sam " Gunner " Ford and Kai Smith 2003.
- 2.1 albums
- 2.2 Singles
History
The original cast of 2003 had no singer. A friend of Sam Ford's younger brother, George Craig, who had often watched the rehearsals, took a few times to sing. When the band members officially asked him if he would like to be the lead singer, Craig agreed only on the condition that he can also play guitar. After a short deliberation, they released the previous guitarist Kai Smith from the band.
Initially they played even cover versions of bands like Blink 182 and New Found Glory, after some time, however, Craig wrote the lyrics. The divorce of his parents, friendship and relationship problems he worked in his songs. Also present are relations in their own words the subject of the texts. After two years, when they were already occurred in almost all pubs her home village Helmsley, Craig took the keyboardist Jack Sails to do so. They played over 18 months in the North of England. With the expansion in the south moved a record deal within reach. George ended prematurely schooling and focused now on only on the music. After ten more performances around the country A & R managers were aware of the band. To do everything right, they rehearsed for days. For a whole week they played three sets every day surrounded by important and influential people to sign up in March 2007 at Vertigo Records. Then they started with the studio recordings to record their first album Started a Fire.
Started a Fire (2007-2008)
From August to September 2007, the band worked on their debut album Started a Fire, which was produced by Steve Lillywhite. Lillywhite was successful as a producer for New Wave and rock bands like Ultravox, U2 and Simple Minds in the 1980s. The album was released on 4 February 2008. Their first single You and Me was published in October 2007 and arrived in the UK charts at number 46 Essential successful was the second single Just for Tonight, which reached number nine. Their third single, It's About Time is not placed in the top ten. Published on 7 July 2008 fourth single, a re-release of You and Me claiming five weeks number one in the independent charts.
One Night Only (2008-2010)
It took two years the recordings for the second album One Night Only, released 23 August 2010 and includes eleven songs. On 16 August 2010, the single Say You Do not Want it. The video for the song was released in the spring of 2010 in New York City as a tribute to the animated film Lady and the Tramp rotated. In production, the band was supported by British actress Emma Watson. Craig and Watson, who stood up to the summer of 2010, together with Burberry modeling contract, met during a campaign of the clothing brand to know.
ONO Wednesdays
After the success of her album Started a Fire Video on YouTube and MySpace has been shown in which the band members playing golf. After the success of this movie appeared at almost every Wednesday a new post under the name ONO Wednesdays to keep the fans up to date. Some videos also contained excerpts of her album One Night Only.
Discography
Albums
- 2007: Started a Fire
- 2010: One Night Only
Singles
- 2007: You and Me
- 2008: Just for Tonight
- 2008: It's About Time
- 2010: Say You Do not Want It
- 2011: Can You Feel It