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(1) It’s not every day that three people from different parts of the world meet and immediately decide to form a band, but if you’re talking about New Zealand based band ATLAS, that’s exactly what happened.
In April 2005, at the famous Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, New Zealand rocker Ben Campbell and his sister Beth Campbell were introduced to American solo artist Sean Cunningham. The three were introduced by producer Hank Linderman in hopes that they would combine their talents to write songs for their seperate solo careers. Five days later the group decided to form ATLAS.
Also in L.A. at the time playing with the legendary Sting was Ben’s former bandmate and future ATLAS lead guitarist Andy Lynch. Now relocated in Auckland, New Zealand, ATLAS have proven their worth with their gripping first single “Is This Real” topping the rock radio charts. Written by Ben and Sean, the song is a gritty, honest account of finding yourself. “It’s a song about growing up, about not having a real structure in life,” Ben explains, “looking for reasons to get up and do things.” The track, which has brought the band much attention in the music industry, was recorded in Christchurch by Elements Music and mixed at Neil Finn’s studio in Auckland.
Now with a hit single under their belts, ATLAS are releasing their second song “Crawl” to radio and TV. “For me ‘Crawl’ is about not wanting to conform to the majority, and wanting to figure life out for yourself” say’s Sean. “It’s also a song which has helped to define us sonically, finding where our sound sits”. The group have been working hard on that sound, combining their varying tastes in music to come up with their unique rock sound.
In April 2005, at the famous Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, New Zealand rocker Ben Campbell and his sister Beth Campbell were introduced to American solo artist Sean Cunningham. The three were introduced by producer Hank Linderman in hopes that they would combine their talents to write songs for their seperate solo careers. Five days later the group decided to form ATLAS.
Also in L.A. at the time playing with the legendary Sting was Ben’s former bandmate and future ATLAS lead guitarist Andy Lynch. Now relocated in Auckland, New Zealand, ATLAS have proven their worth with their gripping first single “Is This Real” topping the rock radio charts. Written by Ben and Sean, the song is a gritty, honest account of finding yourself. “It’s a song about growing up, about not having a real structure in life,” Ben explains, “looking for reasons to get up and do things.” The track, which has brought the band much attention in the music industry, was recorded in Christchurch by Elements Music and mixed at Neil Finn’s studio in Auckland.
Now with a hit single under their belts, ATLAS are releasing their second song “Crawl” to radio and TV. “For me ‘Crawl’ is about not wanting to conform to the majority, and wanting to figure life out for yourself” say’s Sean. “It’s also a song which has helped to define us sonically, finding where our sound sits”. The group have been working hard on that sound, combining their varying tastes in music to come up with their unique rock sound.
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SometimeWorld wrote:
Bla Vardag ftw
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atlasmusik wrote:
So here we are!!! www.atlasmusik.de www.myspace.com/atlasmusik
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EduMusic wrote:
Wow, the album from sweedish prog band its simply amazing!
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senorbale wrote:
so.. over.. this.. band
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kokusmitsahne wrote:
thhe german band is much better!!
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UltraBoy wrote:
There is even a german Band called Atlas. They are from Kassel according to their myspace http://www.myspace.com/atlasmusik
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Yeayah I love Atlas! I got my pic with Sean! He is a sexy beast XD
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Pancho- wrote:
There are lots of bands with this name, I know a Didgeridoo based band too (nice, BTW)
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TragicallyUnhip wrote:
NZ Atlas blows.
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The voting poll doesn't really solve anything...
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Mordkas wrote:
for the real atlas ! ;)
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Busy_P wrote:
yeah, atlas from germany are much better than these guys! trust me... www.myspace.com/atlasmusik check it out
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Schluckelinio wrote:
there are two bands called atlas...
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redhed2010 wrote:
i love crawl the best... its awesome and the music video is weird but def too good
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Aludin wrote:
prog \m/
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_subway_ wrote:
Tag the Bulgarian Atlas with Bulgarian letters..
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SoulhavenNZ wrote:
Just collected my copy of the ATLAS (NZ) CD. Seems to be a lot of bands called Atlas. Why are there no descriptions of the rest of them?
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electric_dave wrote:
Geog-Prog UK Atlas ftw.
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QueefKing wrote:
The NZ atlas sucks sheep balls, swedish prog atlas FTW.
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walipop wrote:
The NZ one is amazing [[= I can't wait for their debut album!!
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