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Eight Legs are an indie pop punk band from Stratford-upon-Avon. They formed in 2007 when band members Sam Jolly, Jack Wharton, Adam Neal and Jack Garside were just 18/19 years old.[1]

Eight Legs' first self-titled EP was released in 2006 by Blow Up Records.[2] Their first album Searching For The Life was released on 7 April 2008 by Weekender Records.[3] On 22 May 2009, Eight Legs released their second album entitled The Electric Kool-Aid Cuckoo Nest by Ais, Snowhite, and Universal Distribution.[4] Eights Legs also released a third album called Eight Legs on 25 October 2010 by Invisible DJ Records.[5]

Their single, "These Grey Days", was chosen by Hedi Slimane, to be on the original soundtrack of Autumn Winter 2006 Dior Homme Runway fashion show.[6]

They were featured in popular music magazine NME in 2007.[6]

Their single "These Grey Days" featured on the NHS 'Alcohol: Know Your Limits' public information film in 2008.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Eight Legs - Home". Facebook.com. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Eight Legs by Eight Legs on Spotify". Play.spotify.com. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  3. ^ Jason S. Lee (1 March 2013). "Searching For The Simple Life". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  4. ^ "The Electric Kool-Aid Cuckoo Nest [LP] VINYL". Bestbuy.com. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Eight Legs [CD]". Bestbuy.com. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Eight Legs". Nme.com. 16 May 2007.
  7. ^ "NHS 'Alcohol - Start Of A Night Out' TV ad - 30 sec advert". 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2020.