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Biography
Refimprove|date=October 2008 My Life Story are a United Kingdom|British indie pop musical ensemble|group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s, when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. Fronted by singing|singer / songwriter Jake Shillingford, the group was formed in London around 1991, and inherited their name from an earlier group in which Shillingford had appeared. A cross between a pop music|pop group and a chamber orchestra , the band's sound was heavily oriented toward orchestral musical instrument|instruments .
History
At the time of their debut single (music)|single , "Girl A, Girl B, Boy C" (1993) produced by Giles Martin son of George, the group had a regular line-up of twelve members. Though the membership fluctuated continually, it rarely dipped into single figures until 1999, when their third album credited just four regular members, though most of the former line-up were still used as session musician s.
My Life Story enjoyed the most success at the time of their second album The Golden Mile , which spawned five singles that entered the lower half of 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= 385 but finally disbanded after a series of farewell concert s in December 2000.
On 26 May 2006 the band reformed with the full line-up of thirteen members, to play at the Mean Fiddler on Charing Cross Road in London, in support of their forthcoming Best Of album. The gig got a review rating of 10/10 from Planet Sound . A second reunion show took place at the Astoria in London on 8 December 2006. Further reunions have taken place every two years on 13 December 2007 at the O2 Shepherds BushEmpire , and Koko on 26 November 2009, where the band performed their debut album, Mornington Crescent , for the first time in its entirety. In 2009, it was announced that, to mark 15 years since their debut album, the group would reform and perform the album in full, together with later songs. This concert took place at KOKO (venue)|KOKO which is next door to Mornington Crescent tube station .
My Life Story announced that they are to reunite again to perform The Golden Mile at the Shepherds BushEmpire on 3 March 2012 to celebrate fifteen years since the albums release.
Their sound recording and reproduction|recording of the song "Mr Boyd" (originally recorded by Roger Hodgson 's Argosy in 1969) was featured during the closing credits of the film , Stiff Upper Lips .
"12 Reasons Why I Love Her" was used in an advert for The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central (UK TV channel)|Comedy Central in the UK.
Other projects
The spirit of the band lived on in Shillingford's next project, ExileInside, which drew its influences from 1980s electronica, replacing the lush orchestral sounds of My Life Story with a quirky retro synth based sound.Citation needed|date=October 2008 Former band members Aaron Cahill and Mal Campbell appear in the line-up, and the material is engineered by George Shilling . Shilling also produced many My Life Story tracks, including most of the Golden Mile album.
Shillingford also released an acoustic solo album in 2009 called Written Large , which featured two new tracks, plus acoustic versions of My Life Story and ExileInside songs.
More recently, Shillingford has taken on the moniker of http://www.choppersaurus.com Choppersaurus, and been involved in writing tracks such as "You Are Not Alone" by dance outfit Mason.
Shillingford has also presented an electronica music show on the Essex based community radio station Phoenix FM .
Dan Turner the band's keyboard instrument|keyboard player went on to form the band MacArthur with singer/songwriter producer Dom Chapman (aka CHAPMAN) after the group split in 2000. He landed a recording contract with Artist Network and recorded the Northern Soul influenced album MacArthur working with musicians such as Gary "Mudbone" Cooper ( Funkadelic ) and Chris Sharrock ( The La's , World Party , Robbie Williams , Oasis (band)|Oasis ). As the band were about to release their first single the record company went bankrupt. The music has now been taken on by Fairwood Music.
Discography
Albums
Mornington Crescent (My Life Story)|Mornington Crescent ( Mother Tongue Records - 1994) UK Albums Chart|UK #115
The Golden Mile (My Life Story)|The Golden Mile ( Parlophone - 1997) UK #36
Mornington Crescent (reissue) (Parlophone - 1998)
Joined Up Talking ( it Records 2000) UK #126
Sex & Violins (The Best of My Life Story) (Exilophone Records 2006)
Megaphone Theology (B-Sides and Rarities) (Exilophone Records 2006)
