"Dreams of slavery and masturbation..."
Luxury Stranger is the 'brain child' of Simon York and it is growing... After working within a strictly guitar based rock band, achieving success being signed to Roadrunner Records, playing with some top names in music (including Mansun and 10CC) and finally coming away from the band - Simon began solo work as a musician, artist and actor.
Experimenting with electronic instruments and layered vocal textures, creating both giant and subtle soundscapes, Simon worked at first under the guise of
The Earl of Sound but ended up killing off this character and returning to the name Simon York...
"I loved the Earl but he had to die. He took over my personality, he was a scoundrel - a dangerous and womanising creature..." (Simon York) To learn more about Simon's past work, see Simon's on-going biog on his personal Myspace page, which can be found in Luxury Stranger's top friends.
Luxury Stranger is Simon York's future - Simon is now embracing both electronic and guitar based music and working as the front man / main songwriter / brains of
Luxury Stranger.
At the end of February 2008,
Chris Ruscoe (pictured below) joined Luxury Stranger as bass player.
Chris comes from a background of various alternative and electronica bands. He has an obsession with home recording equipment and old vinyl collections. His musical passions are broad, addictive and often disturbing...
Drawing on the darkness of early post punk bands, the imagery of The Cure’s ‘Pornography’ era, and the obsessive production values of Martin Hannett, Chris considers his playing style as solid, low slung, and innovative.
"Blending styles, genres and influences is my driver."
(Chris Ruscoe) To learn more about Chris, go to his profile in the LS top friends!
At the end of April 2008, Simon and Chris announced the arrival of Luxury Stranger's new long-stay drummer!
Owen Walton (pictured right) has been a fan of LS since the project first appeared on the internet in August/September 2007.
"I have the opportunity as a fan to play the music I've been listening to and grown attached to. I've always wanted to do something of this stature - This as a big chance to make up for lost time." (Owen Walton) Owen is influenced mainly by Dave Barb, the original drummer of Adam & the Ants and is loving every moment with LS. To learn more about Owen, go to his profile in the LS top friends!
Luxury Stranger played it's first gig on Friday, 5th September 2008 at Junktion 7, Nottingham (see blog for details). After a cracking set and explosive performance, the band hope to be arranging more dates as soon as possible. The band is also experimenting with material which could make the list for the second LS album...some of these pieces are already in the LS live set. News on how to get the 1st album,
Desolation, will be 'revealed' as soon as details are confirmed.
To find out more about Luxury Stranger, please contact David Butcher at First Step Records at [email protected] now!
Simon York and Luxury Stranger are not associated with First Step Management who are based in Ilfracombe, Southwest UK.
Please note: This myspace is generally run by The Luxury Stranger Admin Team (LSAT). Band members do check into the site sometimes but if you wish to contact them, do so either via the admin team or directly through their personal profiles - thanks, LSAT .
All recorded songs written & performed by Simon York except 'Completion': written & performed by Simon York & Chris Ruscoe, all songs & words are copyright 2006-2008 SDBsongs except 'Completion': copyright 2008 SDBsongs / M'aidez Music.
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