Reef (band)
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Reef playing at Glastonbury 2010
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Glastonbury, Somerset, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, britpop |
| Years active | 1993–2003 2010–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG, S2, Sony Soho Square |
| Members | Gary Stringer Jesse Wood Jack Bessant Dominic Greensmith |
| Past members | Kenwyn House Pawel N James "Powelly" Powell Nathan "Tugg" Curran |
Reef are an English band from Glastonbury, England. The band members include Gary Stringer on vocals, Jesse Wood on guitar (replacing original guitarist Kenwyn House in 2014), Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums.
In 1993 while Bessant and Stringer were looking for band members, House had met up with Dominic Greensmith (from Barnstaple, Devon) in London, and discussed forming a band. The foursome finally got together, and started to jam, producing the extremely rare "Purple Tape" demo.
After recording a couple of tracks, the band spent much of 1994 touring and the way for "Naked" which was used in a TV advert for the Sony MiniDisc in which a record company executive hears the track on MiniDisc, throws it out of the window disapprovingly, but a young man outside picks it up, listens to it and likes it (demonstrating the format's durability). There has been some disapproval of the band's participation in this campaign, but in interviews they have emphasised that they were a young band and were offered a chance that any young band would not resist.
During their touring in '94 and '95 Reef supported Paul Weller, The Rolling Stones and Soundgarden, amongst others.
Both the Good Feeling and Naked singles came from Reef’s 1995 release, their now gold debut album Replenish. The album was recorded in the remote Cornish Sawmills recording studio and in a studio in Bath.
"We wanted our first album, Replenish, to be a really honest statement. Four people playing in a room and getting something that’s totally their own. It was recorded in the most basic way possible. Minimal room sounds. Up until recently, all I used for effects was a wah-pedal and I only used that on two songs," said guitarist Kenwyn House.
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