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Artist
bonfires
12+ albums
indiealternative rockbeatlesrockunsigned uk
about
Bonfires is the name of multiple artists. 1. pop punk band from Chicago. 2. rock band from the UK. (1.) Bonfires was a pop punk /indie rock band from the south suburbs of Chicago. They came about after the members previous band Hometown Heroes dissolved. They played together til the end of 2015 when lead singer Zech Pluister left the band to front Sleep On It. Other members would go on to play in bands Better Love & Stillwell. You can listen to their music here: https://bonfiresil.bandcamp.com/ (2.) A band with its roots set firmly in the glory of live music, Bonfires take a range of influences across the last fifty years of contemporary rock and roll. A close knit unit that have been friends for as long as they can remember, growing up both musically and personally amidst the era between the collapse of US grunge and the rise of early britpop in the 1990's. This is reflected in Stuart Whistons 'big chorus' style of songwriting which he couples with a soft and loud (very loud) guitar dynamic, taking influence from Nirvana, early Oasis as well as showing traces from shoegaze era artists and noise pop such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo & the Bunnymen and early Verve. Underneath Darren 'Eddie' Edwards provides both crunching riffs as well as softer 'Hooky' basslines influenced by both heavy grunge and dance grooves from the likes of Pixies, Queens of the Stone Age, New Order and The Stone Roses. This is all locked into the pounding drums of Mike 'Donnie' Lo Bosco, who is
