Hundred Reasons
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| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Years active | 1999—present |
| Genres | Alternative Rock, Post Hardcore, Emo |
| Labels | V2 |
| Members | Andy Bews Colin Doran Ben Doyle Andy Gilmour Larry Hibbitt |
| Past members | Paul Townsend (1999-2006) |
Hundred Reasons are a British rock band, originally signed to Columbia Records in mid-April 2001 after fourteen months of near-constant touring. Their music can be described as Post-Hardcore.
Their debut album Ideas Above Our Station reached number 6 in the UK album chart, spawned several Top 40 singles and has since gone gold, selling over 118,000 copies by mid-2005. The band went on to tour extensively throughout Europe and Japan. Despite selling more than 58,000 copies of second album Shatterproof Is Not A Challenge they were dropped by Sony BMG in June 2004.
Hundred Reasons signed to V2 Records in September 2005. Their third album Kill Your Own, with production duties handled by guitarist Larry Hibbitt, was released on March 20th, 2006, and has so far sold around 28,000 copies worldwide. The band completed a sold out UK tour in March 2006 and spent the summer playing festivals, including Reading/Leeds, touring Europe and playing in Japan. Their October 2006 tour has been postponed due to singer Colin Doran suffering from career-threatening vocal nodes. It has since been rescheduled for January 2007. The third single from Kill Your Own 'The Chance'/'Live Fast, Die Ugly' will be released as a download-only bundle on 30th October 2006.
On August 9th 2006 it was announced on the band's official website that guitarist and vocalist Paul Townsend would be leaving the band following their tour of Japan in early September. The departure is said to be "totally amicable". Ben Doyle of The Lucky Nine has since joined the band as guitarist.
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[edit] Band Members
- Andy Bews - Drums
- Colin Doran - Lead Vocals
- Ben Doyle - Guitar
- Andy Gilmour - Bass
- Larry Hibbitt - Guitar, Vocals, banjo and shakers
Ex-Members
- Paul Townsend - Guitar, Vocals (1999-2006)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
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[edit] Live
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[edit] Singles and EPs
- One - (July 2000)
- Two - (August 2001)
- Split w/Garrison - (August 2001)
- epTHREE - (December 2001) UK #37
- If I Could - (March 2002) UK #19
- Silver - (May 2002) UK #15
- Falter - (September 2002) UK #38
- The Great Test - (November 2003) UK #29
- What You Get - (February 2004) UK #30
- How Soon Is Now? - (March 2004)
- Singles Club 3 w/Brigade & Orko - (December 2005)
- Kill Your Own (March 2006) UK #45
- The Perfect Gift (May 2006) UK #111
- The Chance/Live Fast, Die Ugly
[edit] Compilations
- The Dead Cheap Fierce Panda Sampler - (September 2000, features Cerebra)
- Born To Do It Better - (October 2000, features Change Of Season)
- Rumours, Ridicule and the Profit Motive - (January 2001, features Counting The Days)
- Please Take Off Your Shoes Before Entering - (March 2001, features Slow Learner)
- Rumours, Ridicule and the Profit Motive - (April 2001, features Counting The Days)
- Commercial Breakdown Vol. 2 - (August 2001, features Different and Wireframe)
- Mosh & Go - (October 2001, features Slow Learner)
- How Soon Is Now - The Songs of the Smiths - (March 2004, features their cover of How Soon Is Now?)
