Doves (band)

Doves
Doves performing live in 2009. From left to right: Jimi Goodwin, Andy Williams, and Jez Williams.
Background information
Origin	Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1998–2010 (on hiatus)
Labels	Heavenly
Associated acts	Black Rivers, Sub Sub
Members	Jez Williams Jimi Goodwin Andy Williams

Doves are an English alternative rock band, originating from Cheshire. The band is composed of twin brothers Jez Williams (guitar, vocals) and Andy Williams (drums, vocals), and Jimi Goodwin (bass, vocals, guitar). Additionally, the band employs Martin Rebelski, as a touring and session musician on keyboards. The band have released four studio albums, two of which have reached Number One on the UK album charts. Their first career-spanning compilation album The Places Between: The Best of Doves was released in April 2010.

Doves went on hiatus in 2010. Jimi Goodwin released his first solo album Odludek in 2014, while the Williams brothers regrouped as Black Rivers.

The formation of The Doves can be traced back to when the Williams brothers and Goodwin met at Wilmslow High School at age 15. All three members played in various local bands during the timeframe, with their paths occasionally crossing. After meeting again at The Haçienda in 1989, the Williams brothers and Jimi Goodwin formed Sub Sub, releasing their first single "Space Face" in 1991, and then in 1993 they released "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)," which reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. On the Williams twins' birthday in February 1996, the band's Ancoats studio caught fire and burned down, leading the band members to abandon their previous dance-oriented style and start afresh as alternative rock band Doves in 1998. On the band's change of direction, Jez Williams said: "We were faced with a really black and white decision: throw the towel in or carry on. And if you're going to carry on, you've got to put everything into it to justify it, because before that you've lost everything. That was quite a liberating feeling, actually."