Former Utopia

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Former Utopia
Background information
Origin London, England, UK
Genres Rock
Years active2006–present
Labels Damnably
MembersGeorge Gargan
Rama
Russ Evans

Former Utopia is a rock band from London, England. They formed after meeting at a Silver Jews gig in 2006. The band toured the UK with Julie Doiron [1] in 2009 and with smallgang [2] 2011 and Europe with Shonen Knife [3] in 2012. They have also shared stages with Bottomless Pit, Uzeda, COME, Bellini, Thee More Shallows, Chris Brokaw, Geoff Farina, Shannon Wright, David Grubbs [4] and PW Long.

Contents

The band's Collapsar EP was self-recorded at Karma Studios in a day at Stoke Newington in 2012, and mixed and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Echolab Studios in Denton. Released on Damnably [5] in 2013, tracks from the EP received BBC Radio 6 Music airplay from Gideon Coe, [6] and Tom Ravenscroft. [7]

In 2013, the band were selected to play at Incubate [8] Festival in Tilburg.

Band members

George Gargan was formerly a member of the band Lazarus Clamp from 1999-2003 and played bass and sang on the albums The More We are The Funnier It Is (2004) and It Ain't What You Do It's What it Does to You (2008). [9]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Julie Doiron – The Luminaire, London 30/09/09". The Line of Best Fit.
  2. ↑ [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Shonen Knife, Former Utopia og Orphans: Loppen, København". Gaffa.dk.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Gideon Coe, 09/01/2013". BBC.
  7. ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - Tom Ravenscroft, 14/12/2012". BBC.
  8. ↑ [ dead link ]
  9. ↑ "It ain't what you do its what it does to you, by Lazarus Clamp". Lazarusclamp.bandcamp.com.
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