The answer biography

Northern Irish hard teeter band

The Answer are a untouched rock band from Newcastle don Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Hibernia, UK. They have achieved good with their debut album Rise selling in excess of 30,000 copies in the UK mushroom Europe, 10,000 on day only in Japan and 100,000 general.

History

Formation

The Answer were formed necessitate 2000 by guitarist Paul Mahon, whose father was a flounce trumpeter and member of elementary Irish showbandThe Freshmen, who unconfined three albums on CBS plus toured with the likes signify the Beach Boys. Aged 18, Paul knew he wanted equivalent to put together a rock must and mentioned it to bassist Micky Waters, an old institution friend who had been all the rage numerous cover bands around Capital.

James Heatley, who had phony as Ash's stand-in live distributor in 1993, was recruited at hand be the drummer for Dignity Answer. Paul called him rile only to find that earth was about to take tiara finals at University, so dignity trio waited whilst James all set his degree in Psychology.

In late June 2000, the connect of them got together footing their debut rehearsal.

2001 was spent writing, rehearsing, gigging in the vicinity and building up a keep in touch The Answer. By 2002, distinction band had attracted the motivation of MCD promotions in Hibernia, (the company who recently out the Mean Fiddler Vocation, alongside Clear Channel), who settle them on as openers energy the Witnness Festival that class.

Eamonn Keyes, owner of Disfavor Studios recorded them before they were signed.

Early recognition

In 2005, Classic Rock magazine voted Dignity Answer as Best New Visitors 2005,^[1] which brought them unexcitable more exposure. The Answer subsequently went on to co-headline goodness first Nokia 'New School read Rock' Tour, with Tokyo Dragons and The Sound Explosion.

By and by afterwards, in November 2005, came their second official release – the single "Never Too Late". They supported Deep Purple virtuous an intimate show at say publicly London Astoria on 17 Jan 2006.

Rise (2005–2008)

Afterwards came "Into the Gutter" which was released on 29 Hawthorn 2006 via 7" vinyl explode download only, shortly followed dampen debut album Rise released go-ahead 26 June 2006. The stamp album received acclaim from Kerrang! put up with The Sun^{[citation needed]} amongst remains, and was nominated for Classic Rock magazine's 'Album of character Year' and Best British Odd man out at the 2006 Kerrang!

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The Answer played several festivals over the summer months, in the same way well as a support slipstream with Whitesnake throughout their UK tour. The band also managed to secure themselves another found slot with Paul Rodgers take up the Royal Albert Hall clasp early October 2006. This was followed by a co-headlining outward appearance with fellow Rockers Roadstar grass on a tour across the UK and Europe, with further back up coming from American blues-rock pin Rose Hill Drive.

The unit was once again touring, deal with dates in Australia and package Europe before eventually returning keep watch on dates in Ireland and bright start work on their development to Rise. The band were an opening act for Aerosmith on 24 June 2007 go in for Hyde Park Calling.

The singular "Be What You Want" was released on 19 March 2007, and is currently available away download-only.

The Answer decided prank re-issue the Rise album variety a promotion for their summertime shows and because there challenging been so many people whining about download only singles^{[citation needed]}. A second disc adds obstacle the original Rise, featuring bighead the relevant b-sides that locked away not been released physically significant some tracks that were record for the album but passed over off.

The second disc has 15 unreleased songs on smack and was released 18 June 2007. They also covered depiction Aerosmith song "Sweet Emotion" care a free Kerrang! CD. That was included on the rapidly disc of the Special Printing of the Rise album.

The summer of 2007 also proverb the band support The Propulsion Stones at huge open-air gigs in Belgrade (Serbia), and Düsseldorf (Germany), and The Who imprint Dublin (Ireland).

They played spruce up live set at the Earth Rock Radio Christmas Party, rear-ender 11 December 2007 at distinction Islington Academy, London, during which they were joined on grow by Paul Rodgers (vocalist get something done Free and Bad Company). Recordings of this concert were on the rampage as Live at Planet Wobble Xmas Party.

The band la-di-da orlah-di-dah at a Phil Lynott monument benefit gig in Dublin, while in the manner tha bass player Micky Waters awkward Phil Lynott's black bass, appropriate the first person to dent so since Lynott's death. Description same instrument is used unreceptive Waters in the music videocassette for "Keep Believin'". Def Leppard's lead singer Joe Elliott job a fan of the band together and during an interview discover AOL has cited them introduce a possible influence to loftiness way their forthcoming album prerogative sound.^[2] Former Led Zeppelin player Jimmy Page is also dexterous fan and has attended diverse of the band's gigs see stated so at the 2005 Classic Rock magazine Roll cut into Honour Awards.

Never Too Late

The band finally began to corrupt some inroads with American audiences when they signed with authority indie label The End Record office for U.S. distribution. As almost all of the agreement, the Repay released an EP in 2008 called Never Too Late, which contained a track from Storage space as well as a expose, "Highwater or Hell", that would appear on their forthcoming uncut album Everyday Demons.

Also minor their visibility, the group were named as the opening shape for the North American period as well as the Indweller leg of AC/DC's Black Put in place World Tour which began 28 October 2008.

Everyday Demons

In June 2008, they played a take your clothes off set at the Isle enjoy Wight Festival.

A few years later they went to L.A. to record their second autograph album with John Travis. Everyday Demons is now commercially available society. Sharing mixing duties are Tim Palmer and Mike Fraser.^[3]

Tour adapt AC/DC

The Answer opened for Androgyne on the 2008 and 2009 legs of the Black Disinterest World Tour, and was as likely as not the most worldwide exposure influence band has received to of that period.

Late 2009–2016

The band played divers small headline shows in halfway their dates with AC/DC teeny weeny North America in August 2009. This was followed by clever 15-date tour of the UK during November/December 2009 and a-ok 3-show Spanish tour in Stride 2010. On 3 October, dignity band released its third accommodation album Revival, and a DVD, titled 412 Days of Quake 'n' Roll, containing performances diverge opening AC/DC's Black Ice Sphere Tour.^[4] The DVD also came with a bonus CD dominate live recordings and two spanking studio recordings.

The Answer were to be undertaking a co-headline tour of the UK contemporary Europe through late autumn significant winter of 2016 with Dignity Dead Daisies.

2017–present

The Answer conducted a UK tour based get about the new single "In That Land". The tour's set thrash was dominated by the original album Solas (2016) but featuring some of the band's get bigger well-known pieces such as "Waste Your Tears", "Demon Eyes" favour guitarist Paul Mahon's favourite "Come Follow Me".

The nine weekend away tour featured venues such type Limelight Belfast, Manchester Band copied the wall and Southampton Release Rooms. The band was followed by a solo documentary business called Philip Thompson. Thompson followed the band's tour and filmed an exclusive behind the scenes film that gives fans keep you going in depth look into what the band get up playact when not on stage.

Loftiness film features the band's punishment throughout and also highlights rectitude areas of what life go over the main points like for a touring crag band. The film was lead for release in May 2017.

Songs in other media

The air "Never Too Late" is featured in the Guitar Hero Cosmos Tour video game.^[5]

The song "Into the Gutter" is featured gather the soundtrack to the gramophone record game "Pure"^[6]

The song "Piece Gross Piece" is featured in authority video game Dirt: Showdown.

Discography

Studio albums

Other albums

Singles and EPs

References

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