Canterbury (band)
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| Origin | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2005–2014 |
| Labels | Hassle |
| Website | thisiscanterbury |
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Canterbury were an English rock band, formed in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 2005. The band consisted of guitarist and vocalist Mike Sparks, bassist and vocalist Luke Prebble, guitarist James Pipe and drummer Chris Velissarides.
Canterbury was founded in 2005, by Ben Bishop, James Pipe and Luke Prebble, who all attended the same college(Lord Wandsworth College in Hook, Hampshire). They were later joined by Mike Sparks after leaving his previous band and the line up was completed by fellow Music Tech class mate Scott Peters in early 2007. They spent their remaining few years of education writing songs for what would eventually become their first album four years later in 2009. After leaving college they began to take the band more seriously, touring all around the United Kingdom and promoting themselves through social-media formats, including Facebook and MySpace.
After leaving college, they began touring relentlessly for the next four years playing hundreds of shows around the UK and Ireland. Starting off in opening slots for anyone who would have them, they progressed to slots on much higher-profile UK-wide tours with groups including The Automatic,Enter Shikari, Against Me, Twin Atlantic, You Me At Six and We Are The Ocean.
In May 2009, the band released a music video for the first single "Eleven, Twelve". The release went alongside their support of Billy Talent in October of that year.
On 23 November 2009, Canterbury released their debut album Thank You. The album was recorded by the band across November and December 2007. The delayed release was based on them wanting to build a fan base before releasing the album. The band decided they would put the album up for free download via their website and encourage people to promote the album. When asked about why the band released it for free, Prebble said, "I don't think you can really expect to make people pay for a single or an album if you're a very small band." The album was downloaded over 3,000 times in the first three days of release.
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