Bell X1 (band)
| Bell X1 | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Alternative,indie rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Island, PIAS, Warner Bros., |
| Associated acts | Juniper, Damien Rice, Doveman, Peter Katis |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Paul Noonan David Geraghty Dominic Philips |
| Past members | Brian Crosby |
Bell X1 are a music group from Dublin, Ireland, known for their wide range of styles, powerful live performances, intelligent and witty lyrics and a dedication to touring. NPR says they deliver "a brilliant co-mingling of electronic music and anthemic pop rock".
Bell X1 are festival and arena headliners in their native Ireland and play to ever growing numbers on their regular North American and European tours. Aside from U2, they are the Irish band with the most airplay in their native country and, according to Billboard, also the second biggest live performers.
Most of the band were originally members of Juniper. Paul Noonan was Juniper's drummer and Damien Rice was the lead vocalist; guitarists Dominic Philips and Brian Crosby and multi-instrumentalist David Geraghty completed the original line-up. Juniper built up a strong live following in Ireland and enjoyed chart success with EP Manna and singles Weatherman and World is Dead (the latter two through Universal Records) but never released a full album. The band became a quartet with the departure of Rice over creative differences. Rice admitted in a 2002 interview with the Sunday Tribune that he had become upset after writing a song which the record company had disliked.
After a short break they reformed themselves as Bell X1 and Noonan became the new band's frontman. The live line-up, alongside original members Crosby and Philips, came to be completed by drummer Tim O'Donovan, and trianglist Nessan Harpur, who also fronts electropop group Neosupervital.
Juniper's original contract with Polygram Ireland was moved to Island Records UK. Bell X1 released three albums while with Universal/Island; Neither Am I, Music in Mouth and Flock. Subsequent releases have come out on the band's own BellyUp Records and its distribution partners at Warner Music, Redeye & The Orchard. Those titles are: Tour De Flock, Blue Lights on the Runway, Bloodless Coup, Field Recordings & Chop Chop.
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