Don Broco
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Don Broco live at Slam Dunk Festival in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Bedford, England, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Pop rock, alternative rock, funk rock, post-hardcore |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Website | www |
| Members | Rob Damiani Simon Delaney Matt Donnelly Tom Doyle |
| Past members | Luke Rayner |
| Don Broco discography | |
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| Studio albums | 2 |
| Music videos | 14 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 8 |
Don Broco (stylized DON BROCO) are an English rock band formed in Bedford, England in 2008. The band consists of Rob Damiani (lead vocals and electronics), Simon Delaney (guitar), Tom Doyle (bass) and Matt Donnelly (drums and vocals). The band's debut album Priorities was released on 13 August 2012, followed up by Automatic on 7 August 2015.
The band's origins go back to before their university years during high school, attending Bedford Modern School, where they played their first gigs, but it wasn't until after University, to which they studied at Nottingham University where they decided to become a band. Damiani, Delaney, Donnelly and Rayner all attended the same High School.
The band initially took on many different names, including "Club Sex". One of the group's ideas was "Don Loco", which was changed to Don Broco following guitarist Simon Delaney breaking his wrist in a football accident.
They first toured the country in November 2008, playing gigs in places such as Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Watford, amongst others.
They appeared at Camden Crawl and Download Festival in 2009, as well as supporting Enter Shikari on a short run of shows in May 2009.
Don Broco also played Underage Festival, at Victoria Park in London, UK, in both 2009 and 2010. They played Sonisphere festival 2010 on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage. The band then went on to support Enter Shikari at both their Christmas parties at Hatfield Forum in December 2010. In September 2010 Don Broco also played in a local festival called Amersham Summer Festival.
'Big Fat Smile' was Produced and Engineered by Matt O'Grady and Mixed by John Mitchell.
In January 2011, they released the video to "Beautiful Morning", directed by Lawrence Hardy. The following month they released Beautiful Morning as a single. They released their EP 'Big Fat Smile' on 14 February 2011.
Don Broco, alongside Lower than Atlantis and Veara, supported We Are The Ocean on tour in April/May 2011. The band completed a third UK headline tour in May 2011 with support from Burn The Fleet. This run of shows included a show at the Alternative Escape Festival in Brighton, with Deaf Havana and at Hub Festival in Liverpool, as well as performances at Slam Dunk North and South.
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