The Shining (band)
The Shining was a British music group that existed only for about three years. It took its name from the eponymous book by Stephen King and played melodic rock and Britpop noisigen.
- 2.1 albums
- 2.2 Singles
Biography
Foundation
The band was founded in 1999 initially announced as the new supergroup, since it was founded by former members of the band The Stone Roses, The Verve and the seahorses.
John Squire ( ex- The Stone Roses) and Simon Jones ( ex- The Verve ) had in 1999 a new project was launched, the first bore the name Reluctance and for both after the dissolution of the respective opening act should create a musical continued existence. As a drummer Squire brought the Seahorses member Mark Heaney. With Duncan Baxter was a young, previously unknown singers obliged to remind his exceptional charisma, facial expressions and shape to the young Freddie Mercury. Vocally he builds more like to Def Leppard and the A Northern Soul by The Verve times.
True Skies
After a long trial period and little creative results John Squire admitted in the summer of 2000 ado the field and the project threatened to tip over. But finally could (also formerly The Verve ) and Dan MacBean be required as new forces for the guitar Simon Tong. The two Simons were ultimately the main songwriter and the first album could be recorded. With Quicksilver / Dum Dum 's first single on Zuma Recordings was released in April 2002. For the album sales of Sony Music could be won. True Skies was released in September of the same year and was with the rock hit single Young Again ( and Others Trailer Soundtrack at ProSieben ) at least provide a decent result.
After the European tour in 2002, the band split from complex reasons. For one, the record deal from Epic / Sony was not renewed. Simon Tong accepted the offer to replace Graham Coxon in Blur and Dan MacBean made his second band, the Engineers, the main band. Also was the benchmark The Verve, a very high and Simon Jones had frequently admitted to the teasing questions from the press in relation to Richard Ashcroft ( the ex - frontman of The Verve ). There remain three singles and one album.
Then
Simon Jones has joined Cathy Davey in 2004 as a bass player and stays away from mass media and the public. Simon Tong supported Blur in 2003 as a live guitarist on their " think- tank " tour, 2004 and 2005 he worked as guitarist the album Demon Days Gorillaz played with and is now an official member of The Good, the Bad and the Queen. Lead guitarist Dan MacBean In 2003, the band co-founded Engineers that their eponymous debut album, released in 2005. Mark Heaney has summarized work since the separation with various musicians such as Badly Drawn Boy or Gang of Four, most recently, inter alia, again with Simon Jones. Baxter sang and played guitar from 2003 to 2005 in the previously unmarked indie band The Voluntary.
The end of 2006 were rehearsing Mark Heaney, Simon Jones and Duncan Baxter Jeff Wootton as new guitarist back regularly together what rumors about an upcoming reunion was loud. Wootton is a British exceptional young talent on the guitar and a member of the young group The Black Marquee. In February 2007, the band held without Baxter auditions for a new singer. Steven Young was chosen as the frontman of the formation, but which is run without the- Shining- reference, especially since The Verve reunion including Simon Jones of the band's first demanded patience.
Discography
Albums
- True Skies ( September 2002)
Singles
- Quicksilver / Dum Dum (April 2002)
- I Wonder How (May 2002)
- Young Again ( September 2002)