The band started out with founding members, David Clements and Neil Gillespie, playing together in the attic in Neil’s house to the radio and making tape recordings of their efforts. Child-hood friends, it was merely a way of having fun together yet they soon discovered that this may be more than just a hobby. They recruited Timothy Anderson a school mate of David’s and Matt Minford, another of David’s friends and Sixstarhotel was born. The group toured Northern Ireland heavily over the next three years, releasing the EP’s Cirucs Music, Everyone’s A Critic and These Rosewood Theories to acclaim from local press. Seeing that the band had potential, the band decided to become full-time.|Sixstarhotel|Enlarge|Sixstarhotel The band relocated to Glasgow, Scotland in October 2004, in an attempt to further their career. Recently, they recorded tracks with Richard Flack (Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters) and Mark Aubrey (Bloc party). Recent months have seen them complete a successful month long tour of Denmark as well as sharing a stage with You Say Party! We Say Die!. Currently, the band are recording their debut album in Belfast with producer Rocky O’Reilly of Oppenheimer, which is set for a release at the end of January, 2007. They discussed the album and their general ethos in a video interview with stv.tv/music in October 2006. |
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