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Infobox musical artist | name = Yeti| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = England | genre = Indie (music)|Indie , Rock music|rock , psychedelic , rockabilly , Folk music|folk | years_active =| label = Moshi Moshi Records|Moshi Moshi Get Up & Go Records| associated_acts = The Libertines | website = http://www.yetigonzales.com/ Official Website| current_members = John Hassall (musician)|John Hassall Mark Underwood (formerly Harmony Williams) Andrew Deian Graham Blacow | past_members = Brendan Kersey Yeti are an England|English rock band , founded in 2004 by John Hassall (musician)|John Hassall , of The Libertines . Hassall met Brendan Kersey, Andrew Deian and Mark Underwood (formerly Harmony Williams) through mutual friends, and the line-up was completed when drummer Graham Blacow responded to a classified advertisement. The band is based in North London.
Career
Yeti began with Hassall as the main songwriter, but soon Underwood started writing and singing a few of his own (including lead-off track on One Eye On The Banquet , "The Last Time You Go" and "Insect-Eating Man"), while Deian has also penned several tracks, including their single "Don't Go Back To The One You Love" and "Jermyn Girls". CriticsWho|date=February 2011 have compared the band's sound to "early" Beatles, The La's, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Coral, The Zombies, Love and early "pre-Rough Trade" Libertines.
Their debut single " Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder " was released in March 2005, and reached #36 in the UK Singles Chart . It was named "Single Of The Week" by NME .cite web |url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2005.htm|title= NME Tracks of the Week 2005|publisher =Rocklistmusic|accessdate=2008-01-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071218014456/ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2005.htm |archivedate = 2007-12-18. " Keep Pushin' On " was released on 29 August 2005 under Moshi Moshi Records and reached #57.
The band was also featured in magazines such as Vogue (magazine)|Vogue , Arena , GQ , Spin (magazine)|Spin ,cite web |url= http://www.spin.com/features/ithappenedlastnight/2006/08/060830_spinvegas/|title=Article on Spin (magazine)|Spin website|publisher = Spin (magazine)|Spin |accessdate=2008-01-14 Dazed & Confused (magazine)|Dazed & Confused and Clash (magazine)|Clash . In December 2005, Yeti played "Noise and Confusion 05" - their biggest show to date - at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium , opening for Oasis (band)|Oasis and Foo Fighters . This was followed by a string of supporting shows on Oasis' European Tour in February 2006. Yeti featured in the 2006 advertising campaign for the Italian fashion label "Energie".cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=p3PolF_OV2A|title=Video on YouTube|publisher =YouTube|accessdate=2008-01-14
Yeti returned to action at the end of October 2006 and released a limited edition EP, One Eye on the Banquet , playing a series of small gigs within the UK throughout the final months of 2006.
In early 2007, Kersey left the band to join London band The Early Years (band)|The Early Years .
The band played their first show as a four piece at the Proud Gallery in London in August 2007. Yeti released their a compilation album , Yume! , in Japan on 29 August 2007,cite web |url= http://music.jp.msn.com/news/3416.htm|title=MSN article|publisher = Microsoft |accessdate=2008-01-14 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071114121925/ http://music.jp.msn.com/news/3416.htm |archivedate = 2007-11-14 and the band played shows in Tokyo , Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka , Kyoto , Sapporo and Yokohama in September 2007 to promote the record. Yume! was a success and peaked at number 3 in the Japanese HMV Foreign chart.
The band completed a thirty date UK tour, with tour mates London band The Foxes (band)|The Foxes , to promote their album, The Legend of Yeti Gonzales . It was released in June 2008, and received favourable reviews from the NME and Daily Mirror . http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/entertainment/music/2008/06/27/album-review-yeti-the-legend-of-yeti-gonzales-89520-20622197/ Album Review: Yeti - The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales - mirror.co.uk
Discography
Albums
The Legend Of Yeti Gonzales - 23 June 2008; Get Up & Go Records
Compilation albums
Yume! , August 29, 2007 (Japan only), (Vinyl Junkie)
EPs
One Eye on the Banquet , 30 October 2006
Singles
" Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder ", 28 March 2005 ( Moshi Moshi Records|Moshi Moshi )
" Keep Pushin' On ", 29 August 2005 (Moshi Moshi)
" Don't Go Back To The One You Love ", 26 May 2008 Get Up & Go Records)
References
Reflist
External links
official website| http://www.yetigonzales.com/
myspace|yetiintelligence|Yeti
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