Eamon Hamilton
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Eamon Hamilton is frontman of Brakes and formerly played keyboards for British Sea Power.
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[edit] Biography
Eamon Peter Hamilton was born in Stewart, BC, Canada and raised in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK. Eamon, a journalist (often using the pseudonym Hungry Hamilton), moved to Brighton and in 2002 was temporarily recruited to play keyboards for British Sea Power live. The band were reportedly impressed that - without warning, during a song without keyboards - Eamon went off into the crowd banging a drum, and hired him fulltime.
Eamon is also a songwriter in his own right, and has recorded and played live under a number of different guises. One of his main projects was Brighter Lunch, also featuring Matt Eaton, now of Actress Hands. Eamon also performed in Reykjavík with Georg and Orri of Sigur Rós as his backing band.
In August 2002, Tom and Alex White of The Electric Soft Parade saw Eamon performing solo and offered to play guitar and drums, respectively, with Eamon. They soon were joined by Marc Beatty, of Mockin' Bird Studios and The Tenderfoot, to play bass. Brakes was born. Their debut single, Pick Up the Phone, was released in 2004 on Tugboat Records and an album, Give Blood, followed in July 2005.
[edit] Selected discography
[edit] Brighter Lunch
- "Going My Way" - 2001, self-financed
- "Call A Medic" - 8th October 2001 on Monkey Tennis
[edit] Brakes
[edit] Albums
- Give Blood - 4th July 2005 on Rough Trade Records
[edit] Singles and EPs
- "Pick Up the Phone" - 20th September 2005 on Tugboat Records
- "All Night Disco Party" - 13th June 2005 on Rough Trade Records
- "Ring A Ding Ding" - 17th October 2005 on Rough Trade Records
[edit] External links
- Brakes Official Website
- British Sea Power Official Website
- Eamon reviewing his future band prior to joining
| British Sea Power |
| Yan | Hamilton | Noble | Wood |
| Eamon | Abi Fry | Phil Sumner |
| Albums |
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| The Decline of British Sea Power | Open Season |
| Singles |
| "Fear of Drowning" | "Remember Me" | "The Lonely" | "Childhood Memories" "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" | "Remember Me" | "A Lovely Day Tomorrow" "It Ended on an Oily Stage" | "Please Stand Up" | "Remember Me"/"I Am a Cider Drinker" |
| Related articles |
| Rough Trade Records | Roy Wilkinson | Brakes | Brighton | Frank Sidebottom |
