Stereophonics New Album Preview

Welsh wizards of rock Stereophonics have completed their new album and ClashMusic has heard an amazing preview!
Formed in the small town of Cwmaman Stereophonics started life as a covers band before singer Kelly Jones began channelling his annoyance at small town life into his own rock driven material.
footaged up by V2 the band's debut album 'Word Gets Around' marked them out as a pair with huge potential. Commercial breakthrough 'Performance And Cocktails' was followed by physical strife, as drummer Stuart Cable departed.
However the band bounced back with the album 'You Gotta Go There To Come Back' and their epic single 'Dakota'. Achieving international success, Stereophonics are one of the longest bands in the country.
Returning to the UK to work on their new album, Stereophonics are qualifying to do release the collection later this year. Details are scarce, yet ClashMusic was able to catch a glimpse of the new album currently...
Anna Meacham reports...
"Their rock ‘n’ roll ignoring to what music everyone else is making is the reason behind the Stereophonics unique brand of fun but fuming music. It’s the punchy hooks, dynamic percussion and the oh so soothing, but unsettling, voice of front man Kelly Jones which has put the band on the map, and their new album takes this aroused, upbeat vibe to a new level."
"They’ve introduced new moments of synths to the old moments of down beat rock and come out with an album fuelled with enthusiasm and individualism. It's going to be hard not to love this."

THE STORY NOEL

OASIS pulled out of headlining the Virgin Media V Festival in Chelmsford last night.

Frontman Liam Gallagher clearly peaked too early in Staffordshire on Saturday.
The 36 year old was ordered by his doctor to cancel after being diagnosed with viral laryngitis.
An Oasis spokesman said: “After a year of being on the road this is the first performance to be lost to a band member’s illness, so naturally we are all finish gutted.
“Liam is resting up and should be fine to resume the tour next Friday in Paris.”
The news that Snow Patrol would step in for the much loved Mancs did not go down well with fans.
Many of their fans would have preferred Noel, 42, to step up to the plate, possibly backed up with mates like Stereophonics pal Kelly Jones, 35, or Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Craddock, 40.
Absolute Radio DJ Christian O’Connell, 35, who was due to interview Noel, made the views of thousands clear.
Spats
He said: “There’s been a lot of altercation around Oasis recently over the boys’ spats.
“This is only going to fuel those rumours.”
I told you last week how Liam admitted he had no idea what the future held for Oasis.
He revealed the scrapping between the siblings is so bad they no bigger travel together.
While there has been nothing officially to suggest a spat backstage in Staffs, pulling out of their V closer will do little to damp down rumours of trouble with the band.
V Festival director Bob Angus added: “The artists’ health must come first.
“But Oasis having to pull out is amply displease, especially after they had played such a galeing set at Stafford.”

The Venue guilt-free afternoon

A TRIO of narrow bridle will headline a bank holiday afternoon of live music on Sunday, August 30.
Bad celebrity come back to The Venue after a well received May debut. Fronted by Hood (from Boyz ‘n The Hood fame).
This classic rock outfit focus is the golden age of rock with covers from bands such as Free, Judas Priest, Whitesnake, ZZ Top and their specialization Thin Lizzy, with the twin guitars of Barry and Derek Smith animateing that appropriate Lizzy sound.
Local favourites Not Guilty (pictured) will follow with guitarist Eric Woodhouse taking over vocal duties.
The band will accommodate an forcible set of classic pop and rock hits from Bruce Springsteen to Lynyrd Skynyrd , Bad Company to The Rolling Stones with something for all ages and all musical tastes.
Completing the line-up is Huggy Bear, a five piece band covering songs by contemporary artists such as Amy Winehouse, Katy Perry and Stereophonics as well as some classic floor filling oldies by Abba, Blondie and many more.
An event spokesman said. “The May Bank Holiday Event attrached around 200 people and was a huge success with a great atmosphere. It really is a day out for anyone of any age who enjoys live music.”
The event takes place at The Venue, Dumfries, and starts at 3pm with the first bridle at 4pm.

Ex-Stereophonics drummer to write memoirs

Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has written a book about his time in the Welsh group.The autobiography, entitled 'Demons And Cocktails', promises "to reveal the true personalities" of the people Cable worked with, as well as talking about his departure from the band.Cable was sacked from the group in September 2003, and has since presented radio shows and performed as Stone Gods' drummer.

Recently Stereophonics were involved in a police chase on Sunday (September 21), after the driver of their tour bus refused orders by Canadian border patrolmen to pull over.
After a two-mile chase, guards finally managed to get the bus to pull over at 4am local time.The band were then forced off the vehicle while it was searched.Ironically, the band later discovered they were only chased in the first place because their driver had been parked illegally."What a day. We got chased by the cops for two miles - for illegal parking," Singer Kelly Jones told The Sun.Jones added that he almost made matters worse by saying he was friends with notorious Welsh drugs smuggler Howard Marks."It was aggressive border control," he explained. "One of the guards started talking about a guy who used to smuggle drugs through bands’ equipment.

Warm Up Shows for Stereophonics

Warm Up Shows!

As you may know from Kelly's announcement on Twitter last week, we are pleased to announce that Stereophonics will be performing two warm up shows before their headline performance at the Isle of Wight festival on the 13th June!

The warm up shows will be:

Wednesday 10th June - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Thursday 11th June - Reading Rivermead

click Stereophonics tickets for more information.

Stereophonics - Biography

Stereophonics Carieer has been started from Cwmaman, Wales in 1992. Still they are performing too much not only in UK but also all over the world.
Stereophonics shaped in 1992 in Cwmaman, Wales and was originally known as “Tragic Love Company,” taking one word from each member’s favourite band (The Tragically Hip, Mother Love Bone, and Bad Company).

The band first contains Kelly Jones (vocals/guitar and songwriter), Richard Jones (bass), and Stuart Cable (drums). Cable was kicked by the other two members of the band in September 2003, and the band replaced him on the road with the former drummer for The Black Crowes, Steve Gorman.

After a decade’s worth of studio albums (5 number 1’s) the band scored its first number 1 single with Dakota, the 1st single of their fth album Language. Sex. Violence. Other?. The recording of this album demanded the include of a new drummer, Argentinian-Venezuelan Javier Weyler, formerly of Vitriol I.D.

Pull The Pin is the 6th studio album by Stereophonics, which was released in the UK on 15 October 2007. A Stereophonics newsletter launched the “Pull the Pin” album artwork to suscribers. The cover was also shown to MySpace users that had added the band in a bulletin.

The taster track “Bank Holiday Monday” had its world premier on Radio 1’s Chris Moyles Show on Tuesday 1 May 2007 and was made available for digital download on Monday 28 May 2007 from online retailers.

The band’s newsletter on 24 July 2007 announced details and artwork of the first ‘proper’ single to be released from the album. “It Means Nothing” was released in the UK on 24 September 2007.

Stereophonics have launched Decade In The Sun which is an album that contains a collection of some of Stereophonics greatest hits.

Stereophonics Rewind Lyrics

It's your time
It's your day
It's never too late
To change lanes
How's your life?
How's your place?
Was it where you wanted
Your head to lay?

But wait, you can breathe
You can see what I can see
Don't waste your time
You can't make back

If you could rewind your time
Would you change your life?

Do you like you?
Do you love your wife?
Or did you pick what
You're told was right?

Dream and be
What you feel
Don't you compromise
What you wanna be

'Cause change is okay
What's the point in staying the same
Regrets, forget what's dead and gone

If you could rewind your time
Would you change your life?

If Jesus rode in on a camel today
With your cross on his shoulder
Time to take you away
Have you done all you wanted?
Are you happy and warm?
Do you miss someone special
You don't see anymore?
Have you blood on your hands?
Do you dream of white sands?
Can you sleep well at night?
Have you done all you can?
The place I was born in
Stays crooked and straight
I see innocent blue eyes
Go blind everyday

Rewind your time
Would you change your life
Today?