Breed 77
| Breed 77 | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Breed |
| Origin | Gibraltar |
| Genres |
Alternative metal Flamenco metal |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Labels | Albert Productions (UK), Pagana Records (Spain), Flight Records (Japan) LaRocka Records (UK) |
| Associated acts | Black Sabbath, Ill Nino, Machine Head, Soil, Mägo de Oz |
| Website | Breed77.net Breed77.com |
| Members |
Paul Isola Danny Felice Ben Edis Pedro Caparros López Andre Joyzi |
| Past members |
Stuart Cavilla Rui Lopez Lawrence Bautista Nick Beeslty Gavin Hall |
Breed 77 (pronounced "Breed Seven-Seven") is a British band from the overseas territory of Gibraltar whose music is a fusion of alternative metal and flamenco.
Breed 77 comes from the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Old Gibraltarian school friends, Paul Isola, Danny Felice, and Stuart Cavilla met up in London and became informally known as the Gibraltarian Mafia. When, in late April 1996, this circle of friends formed a band, they wanted a name to reflect their joint origins and called themselves simply Breed. The band were forced to change their name because it was previously registered by Steve Hewitt (formerly of Placebo) on his vanity record label. Stuart Cavilla, the band's bass player, had previously worked as a motorcycle courier under the call sign of Kilo 77 or K77, and the band became Breed 77.
In 1998, Kerrang! readers voted Breed 77 the 'Best Unsigned Band'. In 1999, they won both the Metal Hammer and Kerrang! awards for the best new band. Then in 2001 they signed a five-album deal with Albert Productions, the legendary Australian publisher of AC/DC.
Breed 77's self-titled debut album was first released in November 2001 and due to a high demand was re-released in April 2005. Their second album Cultura was released on 3 May 2004 and went to number 61 in the UK album charts and number 3 in the Rock Album Chart. Cultura produced the singles "La Última Hora", "The River", and "World's on Fire". "The River" managed to secure their first UK Top 40 position, getting to number 39 in the UK Singles Chart. "World's On Fire" just missed out scraping in at number 43, but was number 1 in the Rock Singles Chart. Neither song received any mainstream radio air-time and the videos were featured only on the Scuzz and Kerrang! TV music television channels.
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