Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park (sometimes spelled Maximo Park) are an English indie rock band who formed in 2001.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Newcastle, England |
| Genres | Indie rock Post-punk revival |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Warp Records |
| Website | www.maximopark.com |
| Members | Paul Smith Duncan Lloyd Archis Tiku Lukas Wooller Tom English |
History
Maxïmo Park formed in 2001 (with frontman Paul Smith coming from Billingham in Teesside). To Start off with, the four founding members played only a little amount small shows, with Archis Tiku on vocals, constantly switching the instruments he played. Almost about to split up, but instead they decided to look for somebody else to sing vocals. Singer Paul Smith was discovered by the then-girlfriend of drummer Tom English in a pub while he was singing along to a Stevie Wonder song. Having found someone with a stage presence, they started to write their first songs together, all despite the fact that the frontman never imagined himself as a frontman of a band. Paul Smith had never sung on stage before.
Around March 2004, a friend of the band's paid for 300 copies of a 7" red vinyl single "Graffiti" and later released a vinyl of their tracks ("The Coast Is Always Changing"/"The Night I Lost My Head") that they’d recorded in their house in Fenham. After some time of doing shows around their home town, Steve Beckett of the dance-electronic label Warp Records found one of these records and decided to sign Maxïmo Park to his record label.
Members
- Tom English – drums
- Duncan Lloyd – guitar
- Paul Smith – vocals
- Archis Tiku – bass
- Lukas Wooller – keyboard
Discography
Albums
- A Certain Trigger
- Missing Songs
- Our Earthly Pleasures
Maxïmo Park Media
Paul Smith in the Live Music Hall Cologne
References
Other websites
- Maxïmo Park official website
- Maxïmo Park MySpace
- An acoustic session for Vox podcast Archived 2018-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Karaoke Plays Review Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Maximo Park, Newcastle 15th Dec 07 Review Archived 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
Interviews
- The Scenestar Maxïmo Park Interview July 2007
- Interview by Alexander Laurence (The Portable Infinite 2006)
- Die Klangschau: 15 Songs chosen by Maxïmo Park Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine and interview Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Maximo Park video interview with stv/music, June 2007 Archived 2007-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Video interview with Paul from Maximo Park Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- SUPERSWEET interview Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview by Natalie Shaw for Clash Magazine Archived 2007-12-29 at the Wayback Machine