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about|the band Chapterhouse|the fictional planet of Frank Herbert's Dune novels|Chapterhouse (Dune) For the religious buildings, see Chapter house Refimprove|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Chapterhouse | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Reading, Berkshire|Reading , England | genre = Dream pop Shoegazing | years_active = 1987& ndash;1994 2008& ndash;present | label = Dedicated (label)|Dedicated Records Cherry Red|Cherry Red Records | associated_acts = Mojave 3 Slowdive Air Cuba (band)|Cuba Tunng Biocom Inner Sleeve The Bikinis | website = | current_members = Andrew Sherriff Ashley Bates Russell Barrett Stephen Patman Simon Rowe | past_members = Steve Wren Jon Curtis
Chapterhouse are a United Kingdom|British shoegazing band (music)|band originally of the early 1990s, from Reading, Berkshire|Reading , Berkshire , England . Formed in 1987 by Andrew Sherriff and Stephen Patman, the band began performing alongside Spacemen 3 . After the band split, Sheriff later formed Biocom. http://www.comeheaven.com/band/index.html Comeheaven.com
Career
The band comprised Andrew Sherriff (born 16 May 1969, Wokingham , England; guitar/vocals), Stephen Patman (born 8 November 1968, Windsor, Berkshire , England; guitar/vocals), Simon Rowe (born 23 June 1969, Reading, Berkshire; guitar), Jon Curtis (bass) and AshleyBates (born 2 November 1971, Reading; drums).
Chapterhouse took the unusual step of rehearsal|rehearsing and concert|gigging for well over a year before recording even a demo (music)|demo tape. They were initially compared to the British acid rock scene, a mistake hardly rectified by the band's early performances supporting Spacemen 3. Chapterhouse eventually found themselves associated with the shoegazing groups of 1991 (with Lush (band)|Lush , Ride (band)|Ride , Moose (band)|Moose and Slowdive ).
Bassist Jon Curtis left early on to study, being replaced by Russell Barrett (born 7 November 1968, Vermont , United States ) who also fronted his own garage band, the Bikinis. Chapterhouse eventually signed to the newly formed Dedicated Records|Dedicated label, releasing a series of Single (music)|singles , including "Pearl," which featured guest vocals by Rachel Goswell of Slowdive and reached #67 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 100
Their first album , Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)|Whirlpool , released in 1991, has been cited as one of the genre's high points, but failed to capture a wider market despite reaching #23 in the UK Albums Chart . In the same year, Chapterhouse also appeared in their home town Reading Festival immediately following Nirvana (band)|Nirvana 's performance.
Blood Music (Chapterhouse album)|Blood Music , stylistically different, was released in 1993. Two singles from this album, "She's a Vision" and "We Are the Beautiful", were relatively successful, but the album was withdrawn due to a sampling (music)|sampling lawsuit. Global Communication reworked Blood Music for a remix album, Pentamerous Metamorphosis .
The band then released no further new material other than a double album , Rownderbout in 1996, compiling their singles, various A-side and B-side|B-sides , rarities and unreleased demos which featured Slowdive drummer Simon Scott. Sherriff went on to form Bio.com and Rowe went on to play guitar for Mojave 3 . Bates formed Air Cuba (band)|Cuba and now plays in the British folktronica band Tunng , and Chapterhouse ceased to be for almost fifteen years.
The music of Chapterhouse was mostly out of print on CD until March 2006, when Cherry Red Records reissued the album Whirlpool with bonus tracks, and for the first time, lyrics.
The band played a version of "Love Forever" with Ulrich Schnauss on the Barn Stage at the 2008 edition of Truck Festival . In response to requests over the years, Chapterhouse played live at Club AC30's Reverence show at the ICA on 26 November 2009 along with Ulrich Schnauss and Kirsty Hawkshaw . This was preceded on 23 November by a warm up show at the Luminaire in Kilburn. The band also played at The Scala in London on 18 March 2010, and undertook on short tours of Japan in April 2010, and North America in May 2010. http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/? region=gb_london& query=detail& event=357791 Ticketweb.co.uk The North American tour had to be postponed due to the Icelandic ash cloud cancelling flights, stranding Patman in Japan. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/125042-chapterhouse-battles-eyjafjallajoekull-postpones-north-american-tour Popmatter.com Chapterhouse rescheduled the North American tour for September and October 2010. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/131490-chapterhouse/ Popmatters.com
Discography
Studio albums
Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)|Whirlpool (1991, reissued in 2006) - UK Albums Chart|UK #23
Blood Music (Chapterhouse album)|Blood Music (1993)
" Something More (Chapterhouse song)|Something More " (1990)
" Pearl (song)|Pearl " (1991) - UK Singles Chart|UK #67
" Falling Down (Chapterhouse)|Falling Down " (1991) promo http://www.discogs.com/Chapterhouse-Falling-Down/release/818115 Falling Down @ Discogs
" Mesmerise (song)|Mesmerise " (1991) - UK #60
" Mesmerise (remix) " (1991)
"Don't Look Now" (1992)
" She's a Vision " (1993)
"We Are the Beautiful" (1993)
Year
Title
Chart Positions
Album
US Modern Rock
1991
"Pearl"
7
Whirlpool
1992
"Mesmerise"
21
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1994
"We Are the Beautiful"
29
Blood Music
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.chapterhouse.info
http://www.comeheaven.com
Chapterhouse Category:English pop music groups Category:English rock music groups Category:Shoegazing musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1987 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1994 Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008
