Catfish and the Bottlemen - wikipedia Catfish and the Bottlemen Catfish and the Bottlemen Catfish and the Bottlemen performing at Brooklyn Steel in 2017 Background information Origin Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom Genres Alternative rock indie rock post-punk revival Years active 2007 ( 2007 ) -- present Labels Island Communion Associated acts Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles Detroit Social Club Members Ryan Evan McCann, Matthew Blakeway, Robert Hall, Johnny Bond Past members Billy Bibby Jon Barr Catfish and the Bottlemen are an English rock band, formed in Llandudno, North Wales in 2007. Their debut album, The Balcony, reached number 10 in the UK Albums Chart and achieved Platinum status on 30 December 2016. The band have toured in South America, Japan, UK, Europe, North America, and Australia and have featured in a number of festivals including Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Latitude, Community festival, Reading and Leeds, T in the Park, Governors Ball and Bonnaroo. They won a Brit Award for British Breakthrough act on 24 February 2016. On 27 May 2016, they released their second album, The Ride. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 2013 -- 16 : The Balcony 1.3 2016 -- present : The Ride 2 Origins 3 Musical style 4 Concert tours 5 Discography 5.1 Studio albums 5.2 EPs 5.3 Singles 5.4 Timeline 6 Awards and nominations 7 References 8 External links Biography Early career Catfish and the Bottlemen, formerly known as `` The Prestige '', were founded in April 2007, when Ryan `` Van '' McCann and William Bibby ( Billy Bibby ) began playing guitar together at Bibby 's parents home, a bed and breakfast in Llandudno, Wales. McCann 's parents also ran a bed and breakfast in town and Van was friends with Bibby 's younger brother Stephen, which is how McCann and Bibby met. McCann and Bibby were joined by Benji Blakeway on bass as the third founding member of the band. Schoolmate Jon Barr followed shortly thereafter on drums. Bibby, who had been playing guitar since age 10, taught both McCann and Blakeway how to play. They promoted themselves by playing in car parks after other artists ' gigs, including bands such as Kasabian. Steve Lamacq first played an early demo on BBC Radio 6 Music in March 2009. During 2009, Catfish came runners up in the ' North Wales Battle of the Bands ' having been beaten to the post by another local band The Fides who later closed the Conwy River Festival. Original drummer Jon Barr was replaced by Robert `` Bob '' Hall in 2010. Hall was introduced to the band by a North Wales - based producer who was working with the band at the time.. Jonathan Bond `` Bondy '' joined the band in August 2014 replacing Bibby. The band derives its name from McCann 's first childhood musical memory : that of an Australian street busker in Sydney, playing beer bottles strung to a wire who goes by the name Catfish the Bottleman. He was called `` Catfish '' because of an unusually styled spiky beard he had when he first began playing in 2000. McCann was reunited with Catfish the Bottleman in January 2015 at the studios of Triple J radio in Sydney. 2013 -- 16 : the Balcony The band signed to Communion Records in 2013, and released their first three singles `` Homesick '', `` Rango '' and `` Pacifier '' the same year. In 2014, the band signed to Island Records and on 17 March, released the single `` Kathleen '', produced by Jim Abbiss ( Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Adele ). All the singles were premiered by Zane Lowe and added to the playlist on Radio 1. `` Kathleen '' ranked at number one on MTV 's hottest tracks in April 2014. In summer 2014, Catfish and the Bottlemen performed at a number of festivals in the UK and Europe, including Reading and Leeds, Latitude, Kendal Calling, Y Not Festival, Strawberry Fields Festival, T in the Park, Pinkpop and Ibiza Rocks. They also played at New York 's Governors Ball. On 19 June 2014, the band announced the release of their debut studio album The Balcony. Founding lead guitarist Billy Bibby suddenly and unexpectedly ceased performing with the band in the summer of 2014. and was replaced by Johnny `` Bondy '' Bond. On 25 July 2014, the band cancelled three festival appearances due to `` unforeseen personal circumstances ''. On 13 August 2014, the band posted on Facebook : `` Some of you will have noticed that we have been playing with a different guitarist over the past weekend. Unfortunately, due to some personal circumstances, Billy wo n't be touring with the band for the foreseeable future. '' When asked about leaving the band, Bibby commented, `` Well to be honest after Catfish I had no plans. I did n't know what I was going to do. I just started writing songs and it took off from there... '' and `` I 'm proud of what I did in Catfish and what I achieved and everything that came with it, but I 'm just looking into the future now with my band and that 's all I 'm focused on ''. In autumn of 2015, he founded a new band, Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles. The Balcony was released on 15 September 2014. Shortly afterwards, the band also announced a UK tour. The album charted at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart in the week ending 27 September 2014, was certified Silver in the UK on 9 January 2015, was certified Gold on 20 March 2015 and reached Platinum sales on 30 December 2016. They won the BBC Introducing Award at the first BBC Music Awards in December 2014 and performed `` Kathleen ''. The Balcony was released in the US on 6 January 2015. The day after, the band performed on the Late Show with David Letterman. In an interview with WOW247, McCann said that the band have `` three albums written already ''. He continued to say that `` I 'm more excited for the second album than the first, because the workload is done now ''. At the 2016 Brit Awards, the band won in the British Breakthrough Act category. They headlined Liverpool Sound City in May 2016, their first headline slot at a festival. 2016 -- present : the Ride Van McCann at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2016 On 23 March 2016, the band announced via Twitter and Instagram that their second studio album would be entitled The Ride, which was released on 27 May 2016. On 3 June 2016, The Ride reached number one on the UK Albums Chart with unit sales of 38,000. On 8 July 2016, Catfish and the Bottlemen played their largest headlining show to date at Castlefield Bowl in Manchester, UK with Vant, Broken Hands, and Little Comets as support. On 1 July 2017 they headlined the first Community Festival in Finsbury Park London. Origins Lead singer Ryan Evan `` Van '' McCann was born in Widnes, Cheshire, UK and travelled briefly to Australia as a child. Bass player Matthew Blakeway was born in Llandudno. Drummer Robert Hall grew up in Llandudno while Jonathan Bond is from Newcastle. When questioned on the band 's Llandudno origins, McCann responded that : `` We lived there but we 're not actually Welsh. '' Musical style When reviewing The Balcony, Scott Kerr of AllMusic likened the band 's sound to that of Johnny Marr, The Cribs, Feeder and Mystery Jets. According to Ben Homewood of NME, McCann 's vocal style is similar to The Kooks ' frontman Luke Pritchard. With respect to the musical approach to The Ride, McCann has stated, `` I feel like everybody started thinking too outside the box trying to be arty and different. We wanted to stay inside the box. '' Concert tours The Balcony Tour ( 2014 -- 15 ) The Balcony and The Ride Tour ( 2016 -- 2017 ) Revolution Radio Tour ( 2017 ), opening act for Green Day Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certification Sales UK AUS SCO US US Alt. US Rock The Balcony Release : 15 September 2014 Label : Island Format : CD, digital download, vinyl 10 51 11 121 9 13 BPI : Platinum UK : 300,000 ^ US : 37,000 The Ride Release : 27 May 2016 Label : Capitol Format : CD, digital download, vinyl 6 28 BPI : Gold UK : 100,000 ^ EPs Year Title Label Format 2009 Poetry & Fuel Size CD digital download Beautiful Decay Size CD digital download Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK UK Indie BEL JPN US Alt. US Main. US Rock `` Homesick '' 2013 182 -- -- -- -- -- -- The Balcony `` Rango '' -- -- -- -- -- -- -- `` Kathleen '' 2014 110 11 -- 82 17 -- 40 BPI : Silver `` Fallout '' -- -- 92 -- -- -- -- `` Cocoon '' 109 -- 128 -- 29 -- 50 BPI : Silver `` Pacifier '' -- -- -- -- -- -- -- `` Hourglass '' 2015 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- `` Soundcheck '' 2016 95 -- -- -- 11 34 32 The Ride `` 7 '' 81 -- -- -- 8 -- 35 `` Glasgow '' 128 -- -- -- -- -- -- `` Twice '' 87 -- -- -- 32 -- -- `` Outside '' 2017 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- `` -- '' denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. Timeline Awards and nominations Year Organisation Award Nominated Result 2014 BBC Music Awards BBC Introducing Award Catfish and the Bottlemen Won 2015 Q Awards Best Live Act Catfish and the Bottlemen Nominated 2016 Brit Awards British Breakthrough Act Catfish and the Bottlemen Won NME Awards Best British Band Catfish and the Bottlemen Nominated Best Live Band Catfish and the Bottlemen Nominated Best Fan Community Catfish and the Bottlemen Nominated Q Awards Best Track `` Twice '' Nominated References ^ Jump up to : `` Catfish and the Bottlemen Communion ''. BPI. January 2013. Jump up ^ `` Catfish And The Bottlemen 's Van McCann : ' America thinks we 're Oasis but with better manners ' ''. Nme.com. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Catfish and the Bottlemen ''. www.bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 28. ^ Jump up to : `` Gimme Your Answers : An Interview w / Catfish And The Bottlemen ''. A Music Blog, Yea ?. 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External links Official website Catfish and the Bottlemen Van McCann Benji Blakeway Bob Hall Bondy Bond Billy Bibby Jon Barr Studio albums The Balcony The Ride Extended plays Poetry & Fuel Beautiful Decay Kathleen and the Other Three Singles `` Homesick '' `` Rango '' `` Kathleen '' `` Fallout '' `` Cocoon '' `` Pacifier '' `` Hourglass '' `` Soundcheck '' `` 7 '' `` Glasgow '' `` Twice '' `` Outside '' VIAF : 310684302 BNF : cb169089975 ( data ) MusicBrainz : 7ed36954 - f027 - 43df - b353 - c7239f4faa27 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catfish_and_the_Bottlemen&oldid=815848457 '' Categories : Catfish and the Bottlemen English rock music groups Musical groups established in 2007 2007 establishments in Wales Brit Award winners Hidden categories : Pages containing links to subscription - only content Use dmy dates from June 2016 Use British English from June 2016 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Español 한국어 Italiano Lietuvių Nederlands 日本 語 Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 17 December 2017, at 15 : 58. 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Question: who are catfish and the bottlemen signed to
Answer: Island Records