Gallows (band)

Infobox musical artist
Background = group_or_band
Name = Gallows


Img_capt = Frank Carter and bassist Stuart Gili-Ross
Years_active = 2005 – Present
Origin = Hemel Hempstead, England
Genre = Hardcore punk [ [http://www.spin.com/features/ithappenedlastnight/2007/10/071016_gallows/ SPIN.com: Gallows Bring Their Snarling Punk to Broadway ] ]
Punk rock
Label = Warner Bros
Epitaph
In at the Deep End
Holy Roar
Thirty Days of Night
Current_members = Frank Carter
Laurent Barnard
Steph Carter
Stu Gili-Ross
Lee Barratt
Past_members =
URL = http://www.myspace.com/gallows

Gallows are an English hardcore punk band from Hemel Hempstead. Their debut album, "Orchestra of Wolves" was distributed in the U.S. by the famous independent label Epitaph Records, and they signed a £1,000,000 four-album deal with Warner Bros. [http://www.punknews.org/article/28849 Punknews.org | Gallows working on new album ] ] Their name refers to 'gallows humour' after the band's fondness for distasteful comedy.

History

Gallows formed in 2005 from the ashes of Laurent Barnard's previous pop punk band, My Dad Joe [ [http://www.style43.com/news/2007/05/03/exclusive-gallows-interview/ Style 43 » Blog Archive » EXCLUSIVE GALLOWS INTERVIEW ] ] , and Stuart Gili-Ross from the recently defunct Winter In June and released their first album "Orchestra of Wolves" on In at the Deep End Records. The album caught the attention of Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz, who released it in the US on Epitaph Records, with new tracks including a cover of Black Flag's Nervous Breakdown. In an interview Gurewitz named Orchestra of Wolves as one of his favourite albums of 2007 praising it as being the best hardcore album since Refused's Shape of Punk to Come.

Their 2007 tour included stops at the South by Southwest showcase festival, Warped Tour 2007, Download Festival, Taste of Chaos 2007, and the Reading Festival, where Frank Carter got tattooed live on-stage during the set.

The band won the 2007 Kerrang! Award for best British Newcomer. [ [http://blog.kerrangawards.com/2007/08/best_british_newcomer.html#more Best British Newcomer | Kerrang Awards 2007 ] ]

Their single "In The Belly of a Shark" appears on . [ [http://darkzero.co.uk/v4/games/news/12932/gaming-full-guitar-hero-iii-setlis Full Guitar Hero III Setlist Leaked ] ]

The bands third single, "Staring At The Rude Bois", which was originally by The Ruts, provided Gallows with their first UK top 40 single, appearing at number 31 on the chart on the 25th November 2007. [ [http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/gallows/staringattherudebois_hi.wvx Staring At The Rude Bois] Music Video featuring Lethal Bizzle.] The band in February released new single "Just Because You Sleep Next to Me Doesn't Mean You're Safe", the video for which was filmed at Emo's in Texas . [ [http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/gallows/justcauseyousleep_hi.wvx warnermusic] "J.B.Y.S.N.T.M.D.Y.S." music video]

In January 2008, the band's show at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California was canceled after Disney chose to ban them from performing—reportedly after listening to Orchestra of Wolves. [ [http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/080121/340/hs3i9.html&e=l_news_dm Music News - The latest music news and gossip from Yahoo! Music UK & Ireland ] ]

They are currently recording their second album. This is set to be released in early 2009. [ [http://www.punktastic.com/interviews/223 Punktastic Interview with Laurent Barnard] ]

Gallows contributed a song to the album with a cover of Wrathchild.

On August 18, 2008, the band made available on their MySpace profile a recently recorded song entitled "Gold Dust". It has been confirmed that the song will not appear on the band's second studio album, but that it is ". . . just a little treat for everyone that's been asking for new Gallows songs for a while." [http://www.thrashhits.com/2008/08/gallows-to-release-new-track-on-myspace/]

Future

In an interview with NME, Frank Carter stated that the band won't last past 2009 (five years together) and that it was not a commitment of his: "Gallows is not my life. It's a hobby I get paid for. I'm a tattoo artist - that will always be my life and job. Being in a band is something I do for fun. I quit the band four times before we signed to a major label. Gallows won't last five years." However he stated that in this period the band will record a second album, and will never die.

Frank Carter has recently confirmed, in an interview with kerrang, that he plans to wed Emma Shaw from an up and coming psychobilly band, 'Shiver me timbers'.

Discography

Albums

* "Orchestra of Wolves"

Demo

The band's first demo (2005) contains 5 tracks, and there are 4 versions of it; one in a card sleeve, with the art work spray-painted on by Frank and hand numbered out of 50, the other almost exactly the same, except numbered out of 30 and does not have the spray-painted cover. The third version featured the band's name in a spray-paint-like font on the front in a plastic wallet. The final version has different artwork (a drawn bug of some sort), and comes in a plastic wallet.

Paulo (formerly of My Dad Joe), not Steph, plays guitar on this record.

The demo was produced by Richard Williams, previously the guitarist in the now defunct St Albans-based hardcore band Flatline. The demo was re-issued by Holy Roar Records on 19th February 2007. It was released on white 7" vinyl, and is strictly limited to 500 copies. Although of the same title as the 2005 release, this print does not include the fifth track of the original release 'The Ballad Of...'.

plits

* Gallows/November Coming Fire Split 7"

ingles

Members

* Frank Carter - (Vocals)
* Laurent "lags" Barnard -(Guitar/Vocals)
* Steph Carter - (Guitar/Vocals)
* Stu Gili-Ross -(Bass)
* Lee Barratt -(Drums)

External links

* [http://www.gallows.co.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.verseonemagazine.com/May/Gallows.htm Laurent "Lags" Barnard Interview - VerseOne Magazine Interview - 2008]
* [http://delrock.it/photogallery/2008-06/gallows-stadio-alberto-braglia-modena.php Live pictures from Gallow concert in Modena, Italy]

References