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About Me

FORMED IN 1991,and hailing from ESSEX,UK,-THE BASIC LINE UP OF MAIN SONGWRITER PETE HOWE(gtr//vocs/keys),DARREN SNOW(bass/keys),DANNY SCEATS(drums/percussion)and ANDY FRANKLIN(drums/b.vocs)HAS REMAINED MORE OR LESS UNCHANGED.SUNBOX HAVE RECORDED 5 "PROPER" STUDIO ALBUMS,WITH NEW RECORDINGS IMMINENT!AFTER THE 5TH ALBUM,THEY RELEASED A "BEST OF" CD VIA THE TGU WEBSITE,AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONICA AND RARITIES DOUBLE CD,AND A REMIXES CD. THE 6TH,7TH and 8TH ALBUMS ARE IMMINENT, AS SIMULTANEOUS RELEASES.SEE OUR BLOGS FOR MORE INFO!***WE USE A LOT OF GUESTS ON EACH ALBUM, SO IN THE PICTURE SECTION HERE, IS THE CURRENT LINE-UP,PLUS SOME GUESTS PAST AND PRESENT!***WE'D LIKE TO THANK MONOCHROME MUSEUM AND FAME GAMES RADIO FOR THEIR FANTASTIC SUPPORT IN 2006-2007.THE SUNBOX SONG "SEX,LIES,LOVERS" WON FAME GAMES IN JAN 2007.THE SONG "CHICKEN" WAS REVIEWED BY THE N.M.E.!***BIG THANKS TO ALL THE CURRENT COLLABORATORS, ESPECIALLY ELLEWOOD,NEL,DANIELLE AND MONIQUE.*** Thanks,also,to Sarah Adams for the new cover photos,modelling and artwork.***FINALLY BIG BIG THANKS TO ALL THE BANDS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE BECOME SUCH GOOD "FRIENDS" HERE ON MYSPACE. YOUR SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS FOREVER CHERISHABLE.*** LOVE AND RAINBOWS!! -SUNBOX- "ART UNITES THE WORLD.UNITY CAN CHANGE IT"

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Member Since: 1/2/2007
Band Website: meermusic.com/sunbox
Band Members: CURRENT LINE-UP UPDATE(APRIL 2008): PETE HOWE-GTR/VOC/KEYBDS. BASS-T.B.A ELENA PETRANOVA-KEYBDS/B.VOC SADLY LEAVING US JUN 2008. DANNY SCEATS-DRUMS/PERCUSSION.GUESTS ON FORTHCOMING 2 CD ALBUM as of APRIL 2008- -ELLEWOOD-VOCS(pray; and fairytales) -NEL-BASS(pray) -SIMON MCCARTHY-AC GTR(fairytales) -DARREN SNOW-(our original bassist albums 1-5)BASS/SOME KEYBDS-fairytales) -ANDY FRANKLIN-(our main drummer on albums 1-3)DRUMS/SAMPLES-fairytales) -MONIQUE SOBCZAK-PIANO/VOCS(id do it all again) + SPECIAL GUESTS on "pray" ;)BIG THANKS TO THE MANY TALENTED BAND MEMBERS AND GUESTS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO PAST ALBUMS, AND TO ALL THOSE CONTRIBUTING TO OUR FORTHCOMING ALBUM.
Influences: talk talk, massive attack, jah wobble, the smiths, james, R.E.M., cocteau twins, radiohead, sigur ros,hawkwind..
Sounds Like: the smiths, james,jah wobble, cocteau twins, sunbox,r.e.m.,radiohead,talk talk.
Record Label: undecided..but hey, lets talk more..
Type of Label: None

My Blog

SUNBOX ON FAME GAMES-PLEASE VOTE!!

Hi Folks, our NINE MINUTE VERSION of "FAIRYTALES" has been accepted on FAME GAMES and we NEED YOUR VOTES! PLEEEEZE!You can ALSO listen to the FULL NINE MIN VSN THERE..! ITS NOW MOV...
Posted by SunboX on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:06:00 PST

3 CD studio release 2008-ALL NEW MATERIAL!!-UPDATE LATE MAY 08!

CD1-Strange Dreams and Beautiful Realities. Release imminent.Negotiations and pressing to follow. Expected tracks. 1)Fairytales(written by Howe,some arrangements by Snow and Ellewood)-Worl...
Posted by SunboX on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:22:00 PST

WHERE TO FIND OUR OLDER SONGS ON THE NET!!-BECAUSE....

..we'll be taking them off myspace shortly!...We've got a new sound and three new albums to indulge you with.You may not like the new sound,we hope you do!And we've added the isound pla...
Posted by SunboX on Sun, 04 May 2008 06:32:00 PST

Artwork-album artwork etc...

-The Sunbox logo was actually designed by Darren, and for our first album,Article One,an early version of the logo was used as the cover design.Inside were blocks of colour, track lyrics and info...
Posted by SunboX on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:57:00 PST

Discography,songs,and credited musicians.

1)Article One(Apr 1992) -The World I Love/The Age of Difference/The Love is Over/The Love is Over pt 2(instr)/Davidia*/Farther and the Sun/The Childs Swing(instr)/Embryo/No Coming Back. &n...
Posted by SunboX on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:17:00 PST

A selection of Reviews-1992>2007! :)

1)Essex County Standard reviewing 1st album(editted)-"...This sounds like a recipe for a rambling unfocussed mess, but in fact, is striking for the tautness of its song structures....
Posted by SunboX on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:37:00 PST