Ben Fox Smith
| Serafin | |
|---|---|
| Genres |
Noise rock Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2000–2008 |
| Labels | Taste Media |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members |
Ben Fox Smith Christian Smith-Pancorvo Darryn Harkness Johanna Hoppe |
| Past members |
Ben Ellis Ronny Growler Mike Clark Stuart Quinnel Richie Mills |
Serafin is a rock band from London who formed and began playing in September of 2000 until quietly disbanding in the late 2000s after the release of their second album.
The original band lineup didn't play live but the two members who have stayed throughout are Ben Fox Smith, and Darryn Harkness. The band itself was formed after the demise of Stony Sleep when Ben met Darryn at a Eurovision Song Contest party in Highbury, London. Darryn played on some John Peel Sessions before forming Serafin. They added Johnny Borrell (bass) and then Stuart Quinnell with Richie Mills (drums) from Cable. These line-ups were short lived (a few months) and their first gig had Ronny Growler on drums and Mike Clark on bass.
Stuart Quinnell appears to be the bass tech for Frankie Poullain from The Darkness and plays in the road crew band Onion Trump.
Mike Clark left to go back to Canada in 2002 and is now working on Ben Smith's acoustic-electronic solo project Young Sawbones. He was replaced by Ben Ellis who had been playing for Catherine Wheel who had decided to call it a day. It was this line-up on their debut album No Push Collide.
On 26 August 2004 Serafin posted this note on their website: "We have replaced our drummer Ronny Growler with a guy called Lonely Blue boy. We love Ronny who is a fantastic drummer in his own right, but have had to realise our musical differences and preferences which, while considering the chemistry of the band and its future, became too great to continue with." Not too soon later did they announce that they had returned to the studio for their second album.
The new drummer was Ben's brother Christian Smith who had left Razorlight in March 2004.
Famous fans include Simon Pegg of Spaced and Craig Nicholls of The Vines.
On 23 October 2007, Serafin announced their new bassist: Johanna Hoppe from the New Telepathics who replaces Ben Ellis.
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