Suede are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1989.
-Wikipedia
Also known as:
The London Suede (US)
From:
London, England
Genres:
Alternative rock, Britpop, glam rock, Art rock
Years active:
19892003, 2010present
Associated acts:
The Tears, McAlmont and Butle,r Elastica, Strangelove
Members:
Brett Anderson vocals
(19892003; 2010present)
Mat Osman bass
(19892003; 2010present)
Simon Gilbert drums
(19912003; 2010present)
Richard Oakes lead guitar, piano
(19942003; 2010present)
Neil Codling keyboards, rhythm guitar
(19962001; 2010present)
Former members:
Justine Frischmann rhythm guitar
(19891991)
Bernard Butler lead guitar, piano
(19891994)
Alex Lee rhythm guitar, keyboards
(20012003)
Justin Welch drums
(1990; 2013)
Mike Joyce drums
(1990)
Breakthrough Singles:
"Animal Nitrate" (1993)
"Stay Together" (1994)
"Trash" (1996)
"Beautiful Ones" (1996)
"Lazy" (1997)
"Saturday Night" (1997)
"Electricity" (1999)
Did You Know:
When the group was formed Bret and Justine were dating
Under the threat of litigation the band had to change their name in America to "The London Suede"
Suede Quotes:
I don't know whether we really captured that in the studio and we had various members of the band feeling slightly disillusioned with the recording. I thought some of the stuff we did was great and some of it was pretty awful. And there was some stuff in-between. I don't think it was coherent body of work really and we had to ditch it otherwise we'd have had to piece it together with gaffer tape.
-Alex Lee
Records are never easy to make. You see these things on TV where some kid walks in and they sing on a record and it magically appears - it's not like that for most bands. You put a lot of brain strain in, a lot of sweat and banging you head against a brick wall. It's really tough. You want to make something that you feel really explores where the bands at at the moment.
-Alex Lee
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