The Bluetones

The Bluetones
The Bluetones in Bangkok, Thailand in 1996
Background information
Origin	Hounslow, London, England
Genres	Britpop, indie rock, indie pop
Years active	1993–2011; 2015–present
Labels	A&M, Superior Quality, Cooking Vinyl
Website	bluetones.band
Members	Mark Morriss Adam Devlin Scott Morriss Eds Chesters
Past members	Richard Payne

The Bluetones are an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members are Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fifth member, Richard Payne, came on board between 1998 and 2002. The band was originally named "The Bottlegarden".

The band has scored thirteen Top 40 singles and three Top 10 albums in the UK charts. Although their commercial success waned in the post-Britpop era, they continued to tour and release new records. Their most recent album A New Athens was released in May 2010. The band split on 1 October 2011 following a farewell tour which ended with a concert in Osaka, Japan. However, on 13 April 2015, the band announced that they are to reform for a UK tour.

After the release of two singles on Fierce Panda Records, the band signed to A&M Records and released Expecting to Fly on their own sublabel Superior Quality Recordings. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, and featured the singles "Bluetonic" and "Slight Return", with the latter climbing to #2 on the UK charts (kept from the top by Babylon Zoo's "Spaceman"). Following the touring and promotional duties for Expecting to Fly, the band released stand-alone single "Marblehead Johnson" to bridge the gap between albums.