All about Elliot Minor

Aug. 29, 2009 - PRLog -- Elliot Minor aka The Academy originate from York in the UK. Corresponding to the band`s Myspace site, they also combine classical music into their sound. Elliott Minor, when they were (The Academy) , supported McFly in Newcastle in 2006 to an audience of thirteen thousand devotees and were spotted by a representative of Repossession Records to whom they subsequently signed a record deal.
The band consists of members Alex Davies (Guitar and Vocals), Ed Minton (Guitar and Vocals), Dan Hetherton (Backing Vocals and Drums), Ali Paul (Piano and Keyboard) and Teddy Hetherton (Bass).

Dan and Alex were born and raised up in york, where they went to the Minster choir schoolhouse, while Ed, (born in Japan) started his educational activity in United Kingdom at the age of 8. Alex went on to Uppingham schoolhouse where he met Ed, and then they send all the time they had making their own music. Dan went to Pocklington schoolhouse where he focus on music and drama. In October 2005, having left schoolhouse, Dan and Alex went back to the Minster, picking up there younger brothers. Shortly after they met up again the formed a band called Elliott Minor (Was recognized as The Academy), and then they began to write and record new songs. Eliot Minor currently have 26+ songs recorded and are still writing and recording. All material to date are original songs written and recorded by Elliot Minor. They have been recording for around 3 months and are now taking a break to continue playing shows around the UK. The album is planned to be released in late July, while they will be releasing a yet undecided new single in early July. Since the band set up as a band in 2005 they have grown a following and started to do more and more gigs. As gigs became more regular, they decided to include Ali Paul and Ted Hetherton (Dan s brother) in the band. They both went to the same school as Dan and Alex when the were younger.They now play keyboard and bass in live performances.
Eliot Minor released their first single,  Parallel Worlds , on the 9 April 2007. It was number 31  on the UK Singles Charts. Before this it has already been on major channels lke MTV2, The Box, Kerrang TV and The Hits. Every Monday, the band post a Webisode of themselves recording their new album in Los Angeles, California on their MySpace page and on Youtube. The producer is Jim Wirt, who works with the bands Something Corporate and Jack s Mannequin, two of Eliot Minor s main influences.

Elliot Minor have played numerous small gigs in their local area, including The Mount school, York where there was no entry fee. Since March 2007, they have been touring around the country including Scotland. Elliot Minor have been to Newcastle, Leeds, Glasgow, Manchester, London, Liverpool and Birmingham.The majority of the venues booked are smaller halls within various Carling Academies.

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