Mardy Bum

Arctic Monkeys

Biography

Arcitc Monkeys is a band that was formed in High Green (Sheffield), in England in 2002. The founding members Jamie ‘Cookie’ Cook (guitar), Matt Helders (drums, vocals), Andy Nicholson and Alex Turner (vocals, guitar) were inspired by their peers to form a band. In June of 2003 they played their first ever gig at their local pub called “The Grapes”.

The first CD the band ever released had 18 songs on it. They gave the CD away for free at their concerts. Their first fans uploaded their free music to the internet. There their music continued to be shared and spread all around the world. Soon they got to sign a contract with the music label “Domino Records”. Many other labels were interested in them and offered them more money than “Domino Records”. But they liked the ‘down to earth’ style of the president of “Domino Records” and decided to stay with them.

Three years after their first gig the band released their debut album called “Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not.”. It was a huge success and turned out to be the fastest selling debut album in British music history. The band sold over 350’000 copies of the album in the first week. For Andy Nicholson the fame and success of the band was overwhelming, and he decided to quit the band. He was replaced by Nick O’Malley. So far, the band has released six albums featuring many international hits.

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Fight Song

Rachel Platten

Biography

Platten was born on May 20, 1981 in New York City to Paul and grew up in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. She was raised Jewish. She has a younger sister, Melanie. Platten studied classical piano from the age of 5 and then took up guitar in high school. She attended Nichols high school, where she sang in the school’s singing group. At Trinity College, she was a member of the „Trinitones“, the college’s first all-female a cappella group.

As a part of a study abroad program, she went to Trinidad to do an internship at a record label. While she was there, she sang backup for a friend’s band in front of over 80,000 people. According to Platten, from that moment on she knew she had to pursue music full-time.

Platten graduated from Trinity College with a degree in political science in 2003. She then moved to New York City’s Greenwich. She performed her solo music around the Village and eventually began touring the country.

In the spring of 2015, Platten released “Fight Song” from the Album Wildfire. The song has been used in various media, as well as serving the official anthem for the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. It reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Australian Singles Chart, number six in Ireland, number eight in New Zealand, number nine on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 and number one on the UK Singles Chart.

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Ghost

Ella Henderson

Battle Symphony

Linking Park

Count On Me (Cover)

The Bankesters