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Coast was formed in winter 2007 by the Stockport born singer-songwriter Paul Eastham and his brother, Chris Barnes. A classically trained pianist, Eastham had previously co-written and co-produced the first EP by the Welsh singer Duffy, Aimée Duffy, which was released in 2004 under the Welsh Awen Records label. [1]
The band opted to change their name to The Coast, after the Paul Simon song of the same name [2] (found on Simon's album The Rhythm of the Saints). The band's original influences included bands such as The Verve, New Order, and The Smiths, but in recent years their interests have become more influenced by their contemporaries.
The band's best-known single, a cover version of the rock and roll classic "The Hucklebuck", was recorded in 1980 and reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart the following year. [2] However, tensions surfaced between band members and Mills left before the song became successful, to be replaced by Sandy Fontaine (born Alex Giannini).
Leon Hughes, the last surviving member of the original Coasters, died of natural causes on March 1, 2023, at the age of 92. [5] Prior to his death, he performed with his own group. Several former members of the band met untimely ends.
The Beach Boys defined coastal cool. The band came together in California in 1961 with founding members and brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine ...
Coasts recorded their third single, "Oceans", with Duncan Mills and released it in June 2014. The single received BBC Radio 1 support from Greg James and Huw Stephens.The band played a Radio 1 live session at Maida Vale for Huw Stephens following on from this as well as performing live at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Glasgow.
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (WCPAEB) was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.The group created music that possessed an eerie, and at times sinister atmosphere, and contained material that was bluntly political, childlike, and bizarre.
Bruce Johnston left the Beach Boys in early 1972, with Fataar and another ex-Flames member, singer and guitarist Blondie Chaplin, becoming official members of the band. The new line-up released the comparatively unsuccessful Carl and the Passions – "So Tough" in May 1972, followed by Holland in January 1973.