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Hard Fi
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The musical style and lyrics of Hard-Fi are mostly influenced by the suburban location of Staines, Spelthorne, Surrey in England. The band is usually an English Indie Rock Band. Although the town of Staines is seen by many critics, traditionally, as a cultural wasteland. But the town is closed to London, that can place a band in such a position to produce music that is mostly influenced by the scene.
The members of the Hard-Fi are Richard John Archer, Ross Phillips, Kai Stephens, Steven Michael Kemp and Wrongtom. Richard John Archer is the frontman of the band. He is also the lead singer and also the principal songwriter of the band. He has done his graduation from Kingston University, in music. Ross Phillips is the guitarist in the band and sometimes acts as the vocalist too. Phillips, before joining the band used to work in a local hi fi shop. It was in this shop that he met Archer who used to regularly come to the shop to play his demos on the latest systems. On one occasion, when Archer asked his views on the music Phillips replied that the music was all crap. Archer was so influenced with his straight answer that he recruited Phillips to play as the lead guitarist for the group. Kai Stephens is the bassist and also sings backing vocals. Steven Michael Kemp plays drum in the band. He originally hails from Lancashire. He used to play in Contempo, along with Richard. But when Richard formed Hard-Fi, he left the earlier band to join Hard-Fi. Wrongtom is the in-house remixer and the tour DJ.
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Artist Biography - Hard Fi
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 They signed to a new record label, that too was newly formed, Necessary Records. They released their debut album Stars of CCTV, that was initially recorded as a nine track mini album, and later it was then mixed with a variety of unusual acoustic environments. All the copies of the records was quickly sold and not only this it also received critical acclaim and even the local radio station used to play the music. They then switched off to the Atlantic Records label (a major) and their they were given the chance to re-record their debut album. The album was such a hit, again, that Stars of CCTV was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. album re-entered the official UK album chart at No.4 on January 1, 2006. Two places higher than it originally went in on the week of its release, the album climbed from No.33. Stars of CCTV finally climbed to No.1 on January 22, 2006. The band's re-release of Cash Machine entered the official Top 40 singles chart at No.14 on January 1. Not only this they were also nominated for two Brit award. The full length tour of Hard-Fi of 2006 sold out in just 15 minutes.
Hard- Fi released their first album Cash Machine, Pt. 1, in the year 2005. The tracks for this album are Cash Machine [Radio Edit] and Cash Machine [Acoustic]. In the same year, Hard-Fi released Cash Machine, Pt. 2. The tracks are Cash Machine, Cash Machine [Roots Manuva Dub Remix], Cash Machine [New Video], Cash Machine [Old Video] and Cash Machine [Making of the New Video]. Living for the Weekend was released in the year 2005. The tracks of this album are Living for the Weekend, Peaches [Radio 1 Live Version], Hard to Beat [Axwell Mix] and Living for the Weekend [Multimedia Track]. The EP Cash Machine was released in the year 2005. The tracks of this EP are Cash Machine, Tied Up Too Tight, Sick of It All and Seven Nation Army. Stars of CCTV was released in the year 2006. The tracks of this album are Cash Machine, Middle Eastern Holiday, Tied Up Too Tight, Gotta Reason, Hard to Beat, Unnecessary Trouble , Move on Now , Better Do Better, Feltham Is Singing Out, Living for the Weekend and the title track Stars of CCTV.
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