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The Pineapple Thief, a progressive rock band from Somerset, United Kingdom, began as the musical vision of
BruceSoord.
Soord started the band as an outlet for his music back in 1999. Bruce released the debut Abducting The Unicorn
onCyclops records - this created enough interest to convince Bruce that perhaps The Pineapple Thief was here to stay,
quicklyestablishing a small but fanatical fan base. Bolstered by critical plaudits and support from fans, Bruce returned to the
DiningRoom studios to work on the second, and to many, the breakthrough Pineapple Thief alb ...read more
The Pineapple Thief, a progressive rock band from Somerset, United Kingdom, began as the musical vision of
BruceSoord.
Soord started the band as an outlet for his music back in 1999. Bruce released the debut Abducting The Unicorn
onCyclops records - this created enough interest to convince Bruce that perhaps The Pineapple Thief was here to stay,
quicklyestablishing a small but fanatical fan base. Bolstered by critical plaudits and support from fans, Bruce returned to the
DiningRoom studios to work on the second, and to many, the breakthrough Pineapple Thief album 137.
During this time, several major labels started to take an interest, causing a delay in the release which arrived over two
yearsafter the debut. However it was probably the third album, Variations on a Dream that gave the band the boost
theyneeded, reaching out to yet more people all over the world, by which point The Pineapple Thief were consistently the
topsellers on the Cyclops label.
After this release in the spring of 2002 Bruce decided to form a band to take his music to the fans. The band consisted of
hisclose musical friends - former university band mate Jon Sykes on bass, Wayne Higgins on guitars, Matt O’Leary on
keyboardsand Keith Harrison on drums. Matt has since left but Steve Kitch (who co-produced and mixed 10 Stories
Down) hassince joined to play the keyboards on stage. Wayne Higgins also decided to leave for personal reasons in early
2008, but hasnot been replaced, the band deciding to continue as a four-piece.
Three albums followed, 10 Stories Down (2005), Little Man (2006), and What We Have Sown (2007),
whichwas to prove to be the last album released via Cyclops. The group's most recent album is 2008's Tightly Unwound.
Anew album called Someone Here is Missing will be released June 15, 2010. « hide |
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