Amusement Parks on Fire

Origin	Nottingham, England
Genre(s)	Indie rock Shoegazing
Years active	2004–Present
Label(s)	Invada Records V2 Records
Associated acts	Silversun Pickups
Website	www.amusementparksonfire.com
Members
Michael Feerick Daniel Knowles Peter Dale Gavin Poole Joe Hardy
Former members
Jez Cox

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 writes and performs as a five-piece group: Michael Feerick (guitar/vocals), Daniel Knowles (guitar/production), Peter Dale (drums), Gavin Poole (bass) and Joe Hardy (keyboard).

Career

The band began as the solo project of Fender Stratocaster playing 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 was 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 - and a glorious, upbeat pop-grunge number" in the form of 'City Of Light' written by bassist Gavin Poole. "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.

Members

• Michael Feerick — Fender Stratocaster, 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

	A Star Is Born (V2) 2007
	In Flight (V2) 2006
	Blackout EP (V2) 2005
	Venosa/Eighty Eight (INVADA/GM Recordings) 2005

External links

• www.amusementparksonfire.com- Official Band Website
• V2music - Record Label biography of the band.
• MySpace: APOF
• Filter Mag: APOF
• Review of Amusement Parks On Fire live show in Belfast