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Broadcast 2000 is a British acoustic rock band based in London, England, which centres around multi-instrumentalist Joe Steer. Steer is joined live by Tom Andrews, Chris Banner and Kelly Underdown.

The band's debut album Building Blocks was written, recorded, mixed and mastered in the bedroom of Steer's London flat. Steer has stated that he did not originally plan on being the lead vocalist, but recorded vocals on the tracks as a guide, with the intention of replacing them at a later stage.^[1] The first single from the album, "Get Up And Go", was used in a television advertisement in the UK for the energy supplier E.ON^[2]. The track "Pep Talk" is also set to be used at the beginning of the forthcoming film Yes Man (film)^{[citation needed]}. The song "Run" also features on Apple's 2008 MacBook commercial.

Whilst Building Blocks encompasses many different instruments to achieve its sound, the band consists of acoustic guitar and vocals (Steer), glockenspiel (Andrews), percussion (Banner) and violin (Underdown) when playing live.

Discography

Albums

Building Blocks (Grönland Records, August 25, 2008)

Singles

"Get Up And Go" (Grönland Records, May 12, 2008)
"Run"

Notes

^ "Broadcast 2000 Biography"
^ "See It & Save", E-on, 2008

External links

Broadcast 2000 (Official Site)

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[Broadcast_2000_Biography-1] "Broadcast 2000 Biography"

[E-on-2] "See It & Save", E-on, 2008

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 '''Broadcast 2000''' is a British acoustic rock band  based in [[London]], [[England]], which centres around multi-instrumentalist '''Joe Steer'''. Steer is joined live by '''Tom Andrews''', '''Chris Banner''' and '''Kelly Underdown.'''
-The band's debut album ''Building Blocks'' was written, recorded, mixed and mastered in the bedroom of Steer's London flat. Steer has stated that he did not originally plan on being the lead vocalist, but recorded vocals on the tracks as a guide, with the intention of replacing them at a later stage.<ref name="Broadcast 2000 Biography">"[http://www.broadcast2000.co.uk Broadcast 2000 Biography]"</ref> The first single from the album, "Get Up And Go", was used in a television advertisement in the [[UK]] for the energy supplier [[E.ON]]<ref name="E-on">"[http://www.eon-uk.com/media/388.aspx See It & Save]", [[E-on]], 2008</ref>. The track "Pep Talk" is also set to be used at the beginning of the forthcoming film [[Yes Man (film)]]{{Fact|Assume this is true but needs citation|[[User:Halazoon|Halazoon]] ([[User talk:Halazoon|talk]])|date=October 2008}}. The song "Run" also features on an [[Apple]] commercial for a line of [[MacBooks]]
+The band's debut album ''Building Blocks'' was written, recorded, mixed and mastered in the bedroom of Steer's London flat. Steer has stated that he did not originally plan on being the lead vocalist, but recorded vocals on the tracks as a guide, with the intention of replacing them at a later stage.<ref name="Broadcast 2000 Biography">"[http://www.broadcast2000.co.uk Broadcast 2000 Biography]"</ref> The first single from the album, "Get Up And Go", was used in a television advertisement in the [[UK]] for the energy supplier [[E.ON]]<ref name="E-on">"[http://www.eon-uk.com/media/388.aspx See It & Save]", [[E-on]], 2008</ref>. The track "Pep Talk" is also set to be used at the beginning of the forthcoming film [[Yes Man (film)]]{{Fact|Assume this is true but needs citation|[[User:Halazoon|Halazoon]] ([[User talk:Halazoon|talk]])|date=October 2008}}. The song "Run" also features on Apple's 2008 [[MacBook]] commercial.
 Whilst ''Building Blocks'' encompasses many different instruments to achieve its sound, the band consists of [[acoustic guitar]] and vocals (Steer), [[glockenspiel]] (Andrews), percussion (Banner) and violin (Underdown) when playing live.