Rooster (band)

Rooster
[[Image:|220px|Artwork of Rooster's debut self-titled album]] Artwork of Rooster's debut self-titled album
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Indie Rock
Years active	2002 - 2007
Label(s)	Brightside
Members
Nick Atkinson Luke Potashnick Dave Neale Ben Smyth

Rooster were an English indie rock band. They rapidly gained popularity in countries like Australia, as well as Japan, Singapore and other East Asian countries. Rooster were formed in 2002 by Nick Atkinson (vocals), Luke Potashnick (guitar), Dave Neale (drums) and Ben Smyth (bass). Atkinson and Potashnick were former school friends who reunited while living in London, after both admitted they were struggling to make an impact with their respective bands. They formed Rooster with Neale and Smyth and, after only a few live shows, were signed to the new BMG affiliate label Brightside.

Album cover of Rooster's debut release

The band's self-styled "griff rock" combined hard rock with pop but was marketed primarily at the UK teen rock market recently cornered by Busted and McFly. Rooster's debut single, "Come Get Some", reached the UK Top 10 in November 2004. The band received much acclaim for their live shows, which were energetic and exciting with fantastic musicianship. Live shows saw the band improvising and extending songs; Neale often performed a four minute long drum solo during "Drag The Sunrise Down". Rooster were known to incorporate covers, such as, Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love", Free's "All Right Now", Jamiroquai's "Deeper Underground", Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and The Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" into their live sets. Live performances included:

• V Festival (2004 & 2005)
• T in the Park
• Oxygen
• Summer Sonic (Japanese Festival)
• Top of the Pops
• CD:UK
• Wembley Arena
• 4 UK Tours
• 2 Japanese Tours

With musical differences and difficulties with the record company the band announced their split via their MySpace on 23rd January 2007.

Trivia

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• The quartet received plenty of publicity when they became the first band to broadcast a concert live by mobile phone, with their gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on 2 November 2004 aired by the 3 mobile network. The quartet's debut album was released the following January.
• The band settled on the name Rooster when Atkinson came home £250 richer after putting a bet on a horse called Rooster Booster.
• The band's most recent single was called "Home" and was released July 10th 2006, but entered the charts at a disappointing #33. The latest album ,"Circles and Satellites", was originally planned for release on July 24th 2006 but was postponed until a later date due to disappointing single sales. Japan, however, had the album available in July. It was not released in the UK until October 2nd 2006.
• The band provided a track for the soundtrack of the film "Stormbreaker", which is based on the novel by Anthony Horrowitz. The track selected to appear on the film's soundtrack was "Good to be Here" which was released as a download only single in August 2006.

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

• Official site
• Official MySpace