Former Utopia

Former Utopia
Background information
Origin	London, Uk
Genres	Rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Damnably
Members	George Gargan Rama Russ Evans

Former Utopia is a rock band from London, in the UK. They formed after meeting at a Silver Jews gig in 2006. The band toured the UK with Julie Doiron in 2009 and with smallgang 2011 and Europe with Shonen Knife in 2012. They have also shared stages with Bottomless Pit, Uzeda, COME, Bellini, Thee More Shallows, Chris Brokaw, Geoff Farina, Shannon Wright, David Grubbs and PW Long.

The bands 'Collapsar' EP was self-recorded at Karma studios in a day at Stoke Newington in 2012 and mixed and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Echolab Studios in Denton. Released on [Damnably] in 2013, tracks from the EP received BBC6 Music Radio Play from Gideon Coe and Tom Ravenscroft . In 2013 the band were selected to play at Incubate Festival in Tilburg.

George Gargan was formerly a member of the band Lazarus Clamp from 1999-2003 and played Bass and Sang on the albums 'The more we are the funnier it is' [2004, Words and works rejected/ Cleverlegs]. and 'It ain't what you do its what it does to you' [2008, Bearos/ Cleverlegs].

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