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The Cribs are a 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
The Cribs debut could not have been on a more auspicious occasion, three brothers - Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman - playing to the toughest audience - the family - at a New Year's party. Twins, Gary and Ryan, had been given their first guitars that Christmas, Ross accompanied with a make-shift kit. Gary and Ryan were nine and Ross five years old; the year was 1989.
The band has gone on to release 2 albums - self titled debut The Cribs in 2004 and the follow up album Th ...read more
The Cribs are a 3-piece indie band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.
The Cribs debut could not have been on a more auspicious occasion, three brothers - Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman - playing to the toughest audience - the family - at a New Year's party. Twins, Gary and Ryan, had been given their first guitars that Christmas, Ross accompanied with a make-shift kit. Gary and Ryan were nine and Ross five years old; the year was 1989.
The band has gone on to release 2 albums - self titled debut The Cribs in 2004 and the follow up album The New Fellas in 2005. Their singles have included "You Were Always The One" (#66 on the UK Singles Chart), "What About Me" (#75), "Another Number", "Hey Scenesters!" (#27), and "Mirror Kissers" (#27). "Martell", the third single from The New Fellas, was released on August 22nd 2005, reaching #39.
The band are good friends with Leeds indie band the Kaiser Chiefs, and have regularly toured with them, and have even covered each others songs. The Cribs joined the Kaiser Chiefs and Maximo Park for the 05 Rock 'n' Roll Riot Tour tour in October 2005.
They are also opening for half of the shows of Death Cab For Cutie and Franz Ferdinand, who are co-headlining a tour in 2006.
Their song, Martell from "The New Fellas" release, was featured in the Canadian Telus Commerical, a series of commercials known for consistantly featuring less mainstream, yet iconcical music ranging from Daft Punk to Supergrass.
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