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multiple issues| refimprove = February 2008| lead too short = September 2009Infobox musical artist| name = The Frames| image = The Frames, cont.jpg| caption = The Frames| background = group_or_band| origin = Dublin , Republic of Ireland|Ireland | genre = Rock music|Rock , indie rock , Folk music|folk | years_active = 1990–present| label = Plateau Records|Plateau , ANTI- | website = URL| http://www.theframes.ie/| associated_acts = The Swell Season | current_members = Glen Hansard Joe Doyle (musician)|Joe Doyle Colm Mac Con Iomaire Rob Bochnik Graham Hopkins | past_members = Noreen O'Donnell Dave Odlum Paul Brennan (drummer)|Paul Brennan Dave Hingerty John Carney (director)|John Carney Graham Downey Johnny Boyle The Frames are an Ireland|Irish band based in Dublin . Founded in 1990 by Glen Hansard , the band has been influential in the Dublin rock music scene. The group has released six albums. In addition to Hansard, the band's current lineup includes original member Colm Mac Con Iomaire , Joe Doyle (musician)|Joe Doyle , Rob Bochnik and Graham Hopkins .
History
The band began in 1990 and consists of survivors of Dublin's prolific early 1990s rock-and-roll scene. The band was central to the development of many emerging Irish rock bands of the time, including Turn (band)|Turn . They also toured together with other Irish artists. In December 2004, Hansard appeared on stage to collaborate with Paddy Casey and The Dublin Gospel Choir . In 2007 The Frames toured Australia and New Zealand as the support act for Bob Dylan .
The name The Frames arose from Hansard's habit of fixing bicycles of his friends. The large number of bicycle frames lying around his house led neighbours to dub it the "house with the frames". In a 2001 interview, Hansard said, "I worked in a bicycle shop for a little while, but the name came from ... my back garden was so full of frames, my house became known as The Frames house, much to my mother's distaste, she hated it. But my garden was full of frames, old bikes, I would make up bikes for my friends out of all the old bikes. So it sort of became known if anybody found a bike up on the hill on the way home they would throw it into my garden, a graveyard for old bikes." http://www.playrewind.com/2006/03/interview_with_.html PlayRewind.com (Nov. 17, 2001): Interview with Glen Hansarddead link|date=November 2011
The band has had many members over the years, some of whom have also been, or later became, members of other Dublin rock bands. Colm Mac Con Iomaire and Dave Odlum both were founding members of folk group Kíla . Graham Downey, son of Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey (drummer)|Brian Downey , played bass for the band between 1993 and 1996. http://www.drownedinsound.com/bands/2697 Drowned In Sound - Listings - Artists - The Framesdead link|date=November 2011
The Frames have always collaborated closely with other groups that emerged from the Busking|buskers on Grafton Street , Dublin, where Hansard started his music career. Among these groups were the aforementioned Kíla, and Mic Christopher . When Christopher died in 2001, Hansard and his band were heavily involved in organising the Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher album)|Skylarkin' concert to commemorate his life and release the album. The Frames still occasionally perform Mic's songs—chiefly "Heyday"—as a tribute.
The band is also known for interspersing snippets of songs by other artists into their own as a form of homage; notable examples are " Redemption Song " by Bob Marley, " Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire " by Johnny Cash , " Lilac Wine " by James Shelton (as made popular by Jeff Buckley / Elkie Brooks ) and " Pure Imagination " from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory , all of which are captured on the live album Set List (The Frames album)|Set List .
In 1991, Hansard came to public attention after taking the part of "Outspan" Foster in the film The Commitments (film)|The Commitments . However, Hansard regretted this role as he felt it distracted from his music career. Mac Con Iomaire also had a cameo in the movie as a violinist auditioning for the band. Bronagh Gallagher , one of Hansard's colleagues, can be seen wearing a Frames t-shirt in her appearance in the film Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction . http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/theframes/images/fr_pulp_fiction.jpg Irish Music Central: The Frames imagesdead link|date=November 2011 Hansard appeared on screen as the principal character parodied by Irish music comedy Web site Eyebrowy.comcite web|url= http://www.eyebrowy.com |title=EYEBROWY.COM :: eyebrowy productions :: indie animation |publisher=Eyebrowy.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04 and in 2007 as the lead in the movie Once (film)|Once which featured his songs.
As of 2007, the band consisted of Glen Hansard , Joe Doyle (musician)|Joe Doyle , Colm Mac Con Iomaire , Rob Bochnik and Johnny Boyle . Various people played drum s during 2003 and 2004, including Graham Hopkins who drummed Dance the Devil , Burn the Maps , and the band's latest album The Cost . On one version of the album Fitzcarraldo , the band used the name The Frames DC , to avoid confusion with a United States band.
The band released its sixth studio album, The Cost , on September 22, 2006. They appeared on the setlist at Lollapalooza 2006 just 12 days afterward.
The band's song "Dream Awake" was used in the pilot episode of NBC's Life (NBC TV series)|Life . Also, "Finally" was prominently featured in the 11th episode of the show, when the title character reaped the rewards of the detective work which he had been doing all season. However, a different song is used in the version of the episode on nbc.com. The band's song "Seven Day Mile" was used in the season six premiere of House on Fox.
The band's ex-bassist, John Carney (director)|John Carney , is now a film director, best known for writing and directing the film Once (film)|Once , which stars Hansard, who wrote much of the music for the film. Hansard and Marketa Irglova won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" from Once .
On May 13, 2008, the US iTunes store released a Deluxe Edition of The Cost . This edition included three extra songs—"The Blood," "No More I Love Yous," and "This Low." It also included the music videos for "Falling Slowly," "Sad Songs," and "The Side You Never Get To See."
In late 2009, the band appeared on The Swell Season 's album, Strict Joy . On March 24, 2010, the band announced their first concert in three years at Electric Picnic to celebrate their 20th anniversary. .cite web|url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=58854586& blogId=531547476 |title=The Frames to play at this year's Electric Picnic van The Frames op Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=2011-10-31 |accessdate=2011-11-04
The Song "Rise" from the Album The Cost was featured at the end of season 3, episode 13 of the American Broadcasting Company|ABC series " Castle (TV series)|Castle ".
Members
Glen Hansard : lead vocals|vocals , rhythm guitar|guitar (1990–present)
Colm Mac Con Iomaire : Keyboard instrument|keyboards , backing vocals|vocals , violin (1990–present)
Rob Bochnik : lead guitar|guitar , backing vocals|vocals (2002–present)
Graham Hopkins : drums , backing vocals (2008–present)
Former
Noreen O'Donnell: (1990–1996) (vocals)
Dave Odlum : (1990–2002) (guitar, Odlum later co-produced album Burn the Maps with Bochnik)
Paul Brennan (Binzer): (1990–1998) (drums, percussion)
Dave Hingerty: (1998–2003) (drums, percussion)
John Carney (director)|John Carney : (1990–1993) (bass guitar, vocals)
Graham Downey: (1993–1996) (bass guitar)
Johnny Boyle (2003–2008) (drums)
Discography
Albums
Another Love Song (The Frames album)|Another Love Song (1991) (Out of production, though available for download from iTunes) (Re-released on cd in 2010 by Salvo Records)
Fitzcarraldo (1995 album)|Fitzcarraldo (1995) (as The Frames DC)
Listen|filename=The Frames Revelate.ogg|title="Revelate" (1995)|description=from the 1995 album "Fitzcarraldo"|
Fitzcarraldo (1996 album)|Fitzcarraldo (1996) Irish Albums Chart|IRL #26
Dance the Devil (1999) IRL #28
For the Birds (The Frames album)|For the Birds (2001) IRL #6
Breadcrumb Trail (2002) (live album) IRL #1
Set List (The Frames album)|Set List (2003) (live album) IRL #1
Listen|filename=The Frames Fake.ogg|title="Fake" (2003)|description=from the 2004 album "Burn the Maps"
The Cost (2006) IRL #2
Another Love Song (The Frames album)|Another Love Song (Re-released) (2010) cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url= http://irish-charts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=The+Frames& titel=Another+Love+Song& cat=a |title=The Frames - Another Love Song |publisher=irishcharts.com |date=2010-07-16 |accessdate=2011-11-04 IRL #77
Singles and EPs
"The Dancer" (1991)
"Masquerade" (1992)
Turn On Your Record Player EP (1992)
Picture of Love (1993)
Angel at My Table (1994)
"Revelate" (1995)
"Monument" (1996)
I am the Magic Hand (February 15, 1999)
Pavement Tune (1999)
Rent Day Blues EP (1999)
Come On Up to the House (1999—Compilation featuring "Star Star" by The Frames)
Lay Me Down (2001)
Headlong (2002)
The Roads Outgrown EP (2003)
"Fake" (September 12, 2003)
"Finally" (August 20, 2004)
"Sideways Down" (January 28, 2005)
"Happy" (Radio Single Only – 2005)
" Falling Slowly /No More I Love Yous" (September 1, 2006)
http://anti.com/artists/view/3 The Frames at Anti-
http://www.littlebigmusic.com/frames.html The Frames at Little Big Music
http://www.archive.org/details/TheFrames The Frames collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
http://www.fabchannel.com/the_frames Fabchannel: The Frames Live (Nov. 21, 2006, Amsterdam concert)
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/04/17/theframes/ Glen performs at The Current
Ian Peel: http://www.zttaat.com/article.php? title=172 Warriors of pop, 21 years of ZTT Record Collector , September 2004 (copy at Zang Tuum Tumb and all that ) Article on the history of ZTT Records , contains a paragraph about The Frames
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