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  • The Long Blondes
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  • English indie rock groups
  • Post-punk revival music groups
  • Musical groups established in 2004
  • Musical groups disestablished in 2008
  • Music in Sheffield
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  • Indie Rock band from Sheffield, formed in 2004.Split on the 20th October 2008 after main songwriter Dorian Cox suffered a stroke at the age of 27.Singer Kate Jackson now performs as a solo artist (alongside Bernard Butler), Reenie Hollis formed the band Nature Set and Dorian Cox recovered from his stroke and set up a new band called Former Lover.
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  • The Long Blondes were a five-piece English indie rock band formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 by Dorian Cox (lead guitar and keyboards), Reenie Hollis (real name Kathryn Hollis) (bass guitar and backing vocals), Emma Chaplin (rhythm guitar, keyboards and backing vocals), Kate Jackson (lead vocals) and Screech Louder (real name Mark Turvey, drums).After several critically acclaimed singles, they released their debut album, Someone to Drive You Home, on Rough Trade Records in November 2006. Their second album, %22Couples%22, was produced by Erol Alkan and released in April 2008. On 20 October 2008, due to the unexpected illness of their primary songwriter and lead guitarist, Dorian Cox, the band announced their amicable split via a message on their website, the same day their singles compilation, %22Singles%22 was released.
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  • 2008-10-19
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  • The Long Blondes
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  • Indie Rock
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