Band bio

Eliot Minor

 

With four hit singles under their belt, York quintet Elliot Minor have quietly infiltrated the charts and are poised to crash into the mainstream in a major fashion. Recently praised by Kerrang!, the band have already charted with their debut ‘Parallel Worlds' and the latest hit "The White One is Evil' and played to a 10,000 capacity festival crowd at Download's Dimebag Darrell Stage. It's evident that Elliot Minor are Britain's biggest best kept secret.

 

Musically, Elliot Minor mix influences ranging from the piano-infused hard rock of ‘Time After Time' to the sonically charged ‘Parallel Worlds', which is embellished with grandiose orchestration. They deliver pitch perfect three-way vocal harmonies on the infectious ‘The White One is Evil' and add an undertone of ultra-melodic punk to ‘Still Figuring It Out'. In the live arena, Elliot Minor perform with an accomplishment that belies their youth.

 

Alex Davies (frontman) provides the central thrust of the band's creativity. A classically trained musician gifted with an innate gift for melody and an ability to turn his skills to whatever instrument he picks up, Alex is the sort of the person for whom music is a life-affirming necessity rather than a mere interest. A highly prolific writer, he has a unique take on life that makes him a fascinating personality and a thoroughly engaging frontman. Always eager to express his musicianship in new and creative ways, Alex has the talent to ensure that there's so much more to come in the future.

 

Like Alex, the other four members of Elliot Minor are also from classically trained backgrounds. The band's roots were cemented when Ed Minton, then the only NOFX and Drive Thru Records fan at his music school, introduced his friend Alex, then obsessed with classical music and playing the organ, to the world of rock and riffs. Green Day, Blink 182, Goldfinger and The Ataris all became particular favourites as the duo started writing songs together. But it wasn't until 2005 that Elliot Minor became a concrete proposition when a chance meeting united them with drummer Dan Hetherton (who has since pushed the band's huge online following). The line-up was soon solidified with the addition of Dan's brother Teddy on bass and Alex's childhood friend Ali Paul on keyboards. The band's influences have since expanded to include the likes of The Used, Ash, Lostprophets and Audioslave.

 

Elliot Minor's potential was soon recognised and the band departed for the sunnier climates of Los Angeles for three months to record their debut album with producer Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank, Something Corporate) and later mixed by Neal Avron (Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy). Elliot Minor's sound grew cinematic and ever more adventurous as a result.

 

Elliot Minor have since hit the road in relentless fashion, having headlined countless gigs the length and breadth of the UK and in Ireland. It's a beneficial strategy as every tour sees the venues becoming bigger, the fans ever more devoted and the reaction all the more frenzied. In addition to their Download set and headlining tours, they have also supported Fall Out Boy. The band's biggest UK tour now in the pipeline.

 

Elliot Minor are already reaping the rewards of their work with regular TV appearances on all of the leading music channels complimented by Radio 1 and XFM airplay. Recently signed to Repossession Records / Warner Bros. Records, Elliot Minor's potential holds no bounds.


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