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The band was formed as a result of Lyle and McEwan meeting during a co-writing workshop in 2012 in North Hollywood, CA. [2] [3] Inspired in part by the score for Drive, and the retro synth genre growing around its release, [3] the pair wrote two singles, "WeMoveForward" and "Gloria", that would be released two years later in 2014 as part of their debut EP titled Days of Thunder.
The Midnight Band would later be featured on following Scott-Heron albums, assisting in production and back-up instrumentation. The songs on The First Minute of a New Day, which feature themes ranging from spirituality ("Offering") to revolution ("The Liberation Song") and oppression ("Winter in America"), contain jazz melodies by the Midnight ...
"The Great Midnight Special Rock and Roll Opera" (comedy sketch) Notes: Ludie Washington filled in for Leonard Lee as the "Lee" in Shirley and Lee for their performance. The Royal Teens, who had broken up in the early 1960s, reunited without keyboardist Bob Gaudio , who had withdrawn from all live performing in 1971; the remaining Teens ...
Several members of the Midnight Band had previously played with the Black & Blues, a musical group Scott-Heron and Jackson had formed as students. [6] The Midnight Band played the music on Scott-Heron's 1975 albums The First Minute of a New Day and From South Africa to South Carolina, and was important to their success. [3] [4]
The band was started by Benjamin brothers Vaughn (vocals) and Ron (keyboard, but later switched to bass) circa 1989 according to an interview with one of the former Midnite drummer Ambrose "Amby" Connor by Midnight Raver. Vaughn and Ron invited Joseph Straws, Jr. to be their bassist and Dion "Bosie" Hopkins was the original drummer.
Heroes is the fifth studio album by synthwave band The Midnight. It was released on September 9, 2022, by Counter Records. It was released on September 9, 2022, by Counter Records. [ 3 ]
Not long after the latest release, Midnight left the band and the other members dispersed and became involved with various other acts. For roughly seven years, Midnight remained out of sight. In the late 1990s, Midnight spent months recording a six-song full-band recording to try to secure a new record deal and some press.
The album deals with themes of romance, lost love and nostalgia within a backdrop of 1980s-style synthwave. [5] In an interview with Icon vs Icon, the band confirmed that Monsters is a thematic continuation of their previous album Kids, focusing on adolescence, closeness and alienation from the perspective of a teenager.