Cosmic Rough Riders

Cosmic Rough Riders
Origin	Glasgow, Scotland
Genres	Alternative rock, folk rock, pop rock
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Poptones, Measured, Korova
Website	www.cosmicroughriders.com
Members	Mark Brown James Clifford Stephen Fleming

The Cosmic Rough Riders are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. They were originally formed in 1998 by Daniel Wylie and Stephen Fleming, and later they were joined by Mark Brown and James Clifford. To date they have recorded five albums, and had four singles in the UK Top 40.

They self-released the albums Deliverance (1999) and Panorama (2000), both having been recorded in a community funded recording studio located in Glasgow's Castlemilk housing scheme. Both albums were named in Virgin's Encyclopaedia of the Greatest Albums of All Time.

Cosmic Rough Riders signed a one album license deal with Poptones Records, the newly formed label of ex-Creation Records boss Alan McGee, who released the band's third album, Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine in November 2000, actually a compilation of songs from Panorama and Deliverance.

Single releases in 2001 earned them increasing numbers of fans in the press. Their single "Revolution (In the Summertime?)" was released and went into the UK Singles Chart, scoring them their first Top 40 hit and debut on BBC Television's Top of the Pops. This was immediately followed into the chart by "The Pain Inside", giving them back-to-back Top 40 hit single success.

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