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  • Formed: 2003, Nottingham, England
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Out of the Angeles," "Amusement Parks on Fire"

Biography

Noise-pop band Amusement Parks on Fire was formed in Nottingham, England, and led by Michael Feerick, who wrote and performed APOF's first record before the age of 20. The self-titled debut album was released in the U.K. in 2005 on Invada Records, run by Portishead's Geoff Barrow. After favorable reviews in such publications as NME, the record was released in the U.S. by Filter while the band -- now including guitarist Daniel Knowles, bassist Jez Cox, and drummer Pete Dale -- has since played shows with the Secret Machines, the Dears, the Kaiser Chiefs, and the Raveonettes. ~ Kenyon Hopkin, All Music Guide
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Amusement Parks on Fire

Amusement Parks on Fire - Live in Concert
Background information
Origin Nottingham, England
Genres Indie rock
Art Rock
Years active 2004–Present
Labels Invada Records
V2 Records
Associated acts Silversun Pickups, Swimming[disambiguation needed], You Slut!, Pilgrim Fathers, JCDecaux, Red Shoe Diaries, Lights Over Phoenix
Website www.amusementparksonfire.com
Members
Michael Feerick
Daniel Knowles
Peter Dale
Gavin Poole
Joe Hardy
Former members
Jez Cox
John Sampson

Amusement Parks on Fire are a band from Nottingham, UK.

The band was formed by Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and performed all the instruments for the self-titled debut album. The band now performs as a five-piece group: Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass/vocals) and Joe Hardy (keyboards/samples/guitar/vocals).

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Career

The band began as the solo project of Michael Feerick in 2004, who wrote and recorded nine songs on a small budget with friend Daniel Knowles engineering the sessions. The self-titled debut album was released in the UK on INVADA Records, a label run by Geoff Barrow of Portishead in 2005. The band signed to V2 Records in 2005 and recorded their second studio album Out of the Angeles at Sigur Rós' Sundlaugin studio in Álafoss, Iceland and toured Europe and America extensively.

The line-up altered to its current state in summer 2006 with the addition of Gavin Poole (Bass) and Joe Hardy (Keyboards/Guitar). This was followed by a co-headline tour of the UK with US noise outfit Scarling. and a headline tour across mainland Europe and Scandinavia. The band played in Japan for the first time at the Summer Sonic Festival 2006.

In addition to the second album Out Of The Angeles, the band recorded a series of limited edition 12" EPs — the first of which, Blackout was released in late 2005, In Flight was released early in September 2006. These were followed by A Star Is Born on the 2nd of April 2007 which, according to a Rough Trade review, showcased "other dimensions to Amusement Parks On Fire's otherwordly sound ...Feerick's classical influences...and hinting at a more bullish Amusement Parks direction to come. "Out Of The Angeles 2" is set to be released in the US and Japan later in 2009 and will consist of "the b-sides from the OOTA EPs remastered and possibly remixed/worked to make an entirely new flowingly coherent LP". [1]

2009

The start of this year saw the band tour Ireland followed up in April/May by a well received full UK tour supporting 65daysofstatic as well as their own headlining dates respectively.

The band are currently at work in Los Angeles, CA, on their third full length LP. September will see Amusement Parks On Fire tour the US extensively with Psychedelic Furs followed by shows in mainland Europe in November. An EP of new material and selected tracks from the 'Out Of The Angeles' EP's, as yet unreleased in the US, called Young Fight will be released to coincide with the tour. The new full length album will be released in early 2010 and followed by an extensive world tour.

Members

  • Michael Feerick — guitar, vocals
  • Daniel Knowles — guitar, production
  • Peter Dale — drums
  • Gavin Poole — bass, vocals
  • Joe Hardy — keyboards, guitar, vocals

Discography

Studio albums

  • Out of the Angeles (V2) 2006
  • Amusement Parks on Fire (INVADA) 2005

EPs

  • Young Fight (Filter U.S Recordings) 2009
  • A Star Is Born (V2) 2007
  • In Flight (V2) 2006
  • Blackout EP (V2) 2005
  • Venosa/Eighty Eight (INVADA/GM Recordings) 2005

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Amusement Parks on Fire (2005 Album by Amusement Parks on Fire)
Out of the Angeles (2006 Album by Amusement Parks on Fire)
Out of the Angeles [Bonus Track] (2006 Album by Amusement Parks on Fire)

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