The Courteeners biography
The Courteeners are a rock band formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England in 2006 by Liam Fray (guitar/vocals), Michael Campbell (drums/backing vocals), Daniel Conan Moores (Guitar), Mark Cuppello (bass)
History
Formation
The band members have known each other since they were ten years old. Liam and Conan attended Cardinal Langley RC High School in Middleton, Mark Cuppello attended St Monica's RC High School in nearby Prestwich, and Michael Campbell attended St Cuthberts RC High school (Rochdale).
While at the University of Salford (studying Creative Writing), Liam Fray started to perform acoustic sets as a singer-songwriter around bars and at open-mic nights in Manchester. After getting positive reactions from the crowd, Fray decided to leave University and form a band. Liam first recruited long time friend and neighbour Michael Campbell, who at the time had never played the drums before in his life. They continued to play under the name 'Liam Fray' until Conan Moores (Guitar) and Mark Cuppello (Bass) joined to form the entire band.
They had their first gig at the Manchester Roadhouse in October 2006, and quickly went from strength to strength within Manchester, largely through a word of mouth following brought on by extensive gigging and television publicity. The Courteeners released their debut single "Cavorting" on 6 August 2007 by Loog Records. A second single, "Acrylic" was released on 22 October 2007 reaching number 44 in the UK Chart.
The Courteeners were approached by producer Stephen Street of Smiths, Blur and Morrissey fame through their label Polydor about the possibility of them working with each other and together they set about working on the Courteeners' debut album, They first released the single "What Took You So Long?" on the 14 January 2008, the song reaching #20 in the United Kingdom. The debut album, St. Jude, was released on 7 April 2008 on Polydor Records. It was launched at Manchester's Market Street HMV store where they performed and sold the first of their albums. The first album was bought by Andrew Harris at 12.01am which was signed and noted by Liam as their first album to be sold.
The album itself reached the No.4 position in the UK Charts, and has since gone on to achieve gold status. The album was preceded by the release of single "Not Nineteen Forever" on 31 March 2008, entering at #19 and becoming their highest charting single to date. A fifth single, "No You Didn't, No You Don't" was released on 23 June 2008.
The band played to a packed out John Peel tent at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. The summer also saw them playing major slots at V Festival, T In The Park, and many other festivals across Europe. A trip to Japan saw them playing with Kasabian and Primal Scream at the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata Prefecture.
A new single "That Kiss" was released on 6 October 2008, with Stephen Street once again taking producer duties. The song was released as a stand alone track and went straight in at number 5 in the Midweek Top 40.
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