The Fratellis
The Fratellis (Italian brothers ) are a Scottish rock band from Glasgow.
Band History
The band's name comes from the mother's maiden name of bassist Barry Wallace, now Barry Fratelli, and is not due to the rogue gang in Richard Donner's The Goonies. The other band members " adopted " this name as a stage name. Fittingly, in Italian means Fratelli brothers.
The breakthrough of the trio came in 2006 with the single Henrietta, her first chart hit in the UK. It was followed by two Top Ten singles and the debut album Costello Music, the Place 2 took immediately to the LP charts.
In early 2007 their album was released throughout Europe and came among others in the German-speaking countries in the charts. The Fratellis were known by the Apple iPod TV commercials in January, in which the song " Flathead " was used, after which the song came out there on an EP.
On the single Baby Fratelli two T. Rex cover are included. This is a live version of Hot Love (only on the CD- single) and a studio version of Solid Gold Easy Action, but which is only included on the Limited Edition Shaped vinyl.
The song Chelsea Dagger was the UEFA Cup final in 2007 (in Glasgow ) played while the captain of FC Sevilla, Javi Navarro craned his trophy in the air. In early October 2007, a DVD was released with the full concert of the band at the Brixton Academy plus bonus material.
On 6 June 2008 they released their second album, Here We Stand, which was recorded in their own studio. The Fratellis occurred in 2007 and 2008 at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park.
The song Chelsea Dagger is the theme music for the documentary My VOX Restaurant and Torhymne of FC Bayern Munich, the 1st FC Nuremberg, the SV Ried and the ZSC Lions from Zurich. The song can also be heard in the video game Burnout Dominator. Go to the video game FIFA 09 they contributed the song Tell Me a Lie from the album Here We Stand at.
After a time out, which almost lasted about three years the band gave on June 4, 2012 that they would take a concert for the Eilidh Brown Memorial Fund for the occasion, as The Fratellis resume cooperation again. On October 7, 2013, their third album, entitled We Need Medicine appear.
Style
The sound of the Fratellis is more reminiscent of the London rock and punk scene, which had to and formed by the Libertines, as. At Scottish neighbors such as Franz Ferdinand However, There is also a clear influence of British glam -rock, in particular, Slade and T. Rex are mentioned. It is said that Diana Lemm and Glenn Fisher, childhood friends of the Fratellis have influenced their musical style sustainable, but this is highly debatable in Kenner circles. The most dominant influences of the band include loud singer John Lawler: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Clash and Pink Floyd. It is this traditional role models he makes for a long-term musical success of bands responsible: "For most bands you hear that they were not just influenced by older, seminal bands of the last decades, but by bands of the last one or two years, the just straight to specify a current, short-lived trend. Sooner or later it will all but die out. "
Discography
Albums
- Costello Music (11 September 2006)
- Here We Stand (6 June 2008 )
- We Need Medicine (October 7, 2013)
EPs
- The Fratellis EP ( 3 April 2006)
- Flathead EP (23 January 2007, only U.S. and Europe)
Singles
- Henrietta (12 June 2006)
- Chelsea Dagger (27 August 2006)
- Whistle for the Choir (27 November 2006)
- Baby Fratelli (26 February 2007)
- Flathead ( 23 March 2007)
- Mistress Mabel (3 April 2008)
- Look Out Sunshine (18 August 2008)
- A Heady Tale ( 22 December 2008)
- Seven Days Seven Nights (29 September 2013)