Aftershock

Aftershock are an English band hailing from Bedford in Bedfordshire. The original line up of Alex Hughes, Dan Ward, Rob Hanlow & Karl Johnson were joined in late 2006 by Becca Hayworth for the release of the band's 4th studio album Illegal Music:Volume 1. In 2007 they were joined by Keyboard player Richard Gray whilst Dan Ward took a 3 month break from the band to deal woth difficulties in his private life. The songwriting duties are spread between Hughes, Ward, Hanlow and Hayworth.
==2008==
The year started with the release of Music Matters, an independant single. It managed to achieve a top 30 placing inthe UK charts. After the single release attentions turned to the bands 12th overall album which was entitled Lovers & Other Strangers. Five singles were taken from the album which included 2 double a-sides and a number 1 in Canada.
January also saw Aftershock finalise details of a collaboration album with Girlspice which is due to be released in August of 2008. They also set about secret writing and recording sessions for another collaboration.
February saw the release of two singles (Two Of A Kind & [[Truth Tells Lies [Monrose Mix]]] ) from the Lovers & Other Strangers:The B-Sides + album before the actual album release on March 1st.
March saw the band concentrate on the release of No Pressure : The B-Sides + and its accompanying singles (Hide & Seek, Stepping Stone and Invisible).
August saw the release of their 10th studio entitled Illeagal Music : Vol. 2. The release was preceeded by 6 singles including a duet with Girlspice on the sensual Sexual Magic. One further single was released after the album's release in the form of Footsteps In The Dark with Japanese superstar Yumi Takahashi.
September sees the release of the bands first greatest hits collection entitled Time Is Against Us. The lead single features R'n'B superstar Kelis.
November will see the release of a sophomore-bjorkesque album entitled Emotional Landscapes. Finishing touches are happening to this at present.
==Discography==
:Main article: Aftershock Discography
Year	Title 	Type 	Chart positions (UK)
2006	If You Gotta Go..Go Now 	Studio 	898
2006	No Pressure 	Studio 	254
2006	Hidden Agenda 	Studio 	151
2007	Hidden Agenda:The B-Sides + 	Collection 	110
2007	Illegeal Music : Volume 1 	Studio 	83
2007	It Ain't Easy 	Studio 	42
2007	Echoes 	Studio 	1
2007	If You Gotta Go...Stay:The B-Sides + 	Collection 	113
2007	Positive Emergency 	Studio 	10
2007	It Won't Be Long Now 	Studio 	9
2007	It Won't Be Long Now:The B-Sides + 	Collection 	42
2008	Lovers And Other Strangers 	Studio 	2
2008	Lovers And Other Strangers:The B-Sides +	Compilation	8
2008	No Pressure:The B-Sides + 	Compilation	59
2008	It Ain't Easy:The B-Sides + 	Compilation	11
2008	Illeagal Music : Volume 2 	Studio 	6
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