The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives are an English band who originated from Rothwell in Leeds, they formed in 2002. They have received praise by such well known DJs as Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, and performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were "the band most likely to leap to the main stage in 2007” in an issue of the NME.

They supported Dirty Pretty Things whilst they toured in spring 2006. In early November 2006 they supported The Kaiser Chiefs, who are known to be admirers of the band. On 8 July 2007, they played on the Radio 1 NME Stage in front of thousands of people at T in the Park. The performance was televised and shown later that day on BBC3 television channel.

Current members
 Matt Bowman (vocals)
 Oliver Main (lead guitar)
 Ryan Wilson (rhythm guitar)
 Dave Best (bass)
 Jimmi Naylor (drums)

Discography
Singles
TitleRelease DateLabelCat NumberUK Singles ChartAlbumExtra Information"I'm Not Sorry"13 March 2006Dance To The RadioDTTR008Limited Edition (500) 7""You Know I Love You"16 July 2006Dance To The RadioDTTR015N/ALimited Edition 1000 7" and 500 empty CD covers for single promotion gig at The Cockpit"I Found Out"6 November 2006Dance To The RadioDTTR01839Wait For Me#1 UK Indie"Romantic Type"26 February 2007Dance To The RadioDTTR02619Wait For Me#1 UK Indie"I'm Not Sorry"21 May 2007Dance To The RadioDTTR02912Wait For Me#1 UK Indie"Take Her Back"13 August 2007Dance To The RadioDTTR03420Wait For Me#1 UK Indie"I Found Out (2007 Version)"12 November 2007Dance To The RadioDTTR04042Original Version Taken From The Pigeon Detectives' First Album, Wait For MeRe-Recorded with a DJ named Stephen Street

References

Other websites
 Official site
 Dance to the Radio record label
 The Pigeon Detectives - Leeds Music Scene
 The band at MySpace
 The Pigeon Detectives live images on shootingmusic 
 The band  at Drowned in Sound
 Last.fm playbacks, samples and tunes

Category:English rock bands
Category:English punk bands
Category:Indie rock bands