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Simply Red
Simply Red


Background information
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) New Wave
Blue-eyed soul
Years active 1983—present
Label(s) East West Records
Elektra Records
Website Website
Members
Mick Hucknall
Ian Kirkham
Kenji Suzuki
Dave Clayton
Steve Lewinson
Pete Lewinson
Kevin Robinson
Former members
Aziz Ibrahim
Tony Bowers
Chris Joyce
Tim Kellett
Sylvan Richardson
Fritz McIntyre
Dave Fryman
Gota Yashiki
Tim Vine
Shaun Ward
Wayne Stobbard
Andy Wright
Mark Jaimes
Heitor Pereira
Graham Cooper
Dee Johnson
Chris De Margary
Sarah Brown
John Johnson



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Julian Casablancas: 'The Strokes New Album Is Half Done'

October 12, 2009
Julian Casablancas: 'The Strokes New Album Is Half Done'Julian Casablancas has said that the next Strokes album is more than half-written.

The Strokes front man told XFM: “We worked on it for months, we have most of the songs written, more than half of them written.

"But it's just a question of getting all five dudes in the room. I'm ready to do it. We're supposed to have done it already but it got pushed back.”

He added: “I have my own personal wish that it would sound like Thin Lizzy, but if they could peer into the future and kind of have '80s melodies. Like a super-tight late '70s rock band but with A-Ha moments, if that makes sense.”

Casablancas also hinted at the rumoured discontent in the Strokes camp.

“The Strokes is a tough musical jury, so if something is going to survive it's got to pretty much please five incredibly picky dudes," he said.

"That's the great thing about the band but on the other hand sometimes it can be stifling for certain parts.”

“You might have a vision for a part but you can't express what you want to look like in its final state.

"And it's hard to even get to the final state because before it works, people are like, 'I don't like it', so it's hard to work an idea through when people are fighting you.”

The Strokes last album, 'First Impressions Of Earth', was released in 2006.

(by David Renshaw)



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