Halo were a rock band from Bristol, England, who formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2004. In 2002, they released one album, and had three singles chart in the UK Singles Chart.
Halo started out as a four piece in 1999, performing their first gig at Louisiana Bar, Bristol. The band's founder members the Moncrieff brothers had been playing together prior to Halo, with Graeme teaching younger brother Iain to play on his father's acoustic guitar at the ...
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Halo were a rock band from Bristol, England, who formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2004. In 2002, they released one album, and had three singles chart in the UK Singles Chart.
Halo started out as a four piece in 1999, performing their first gig at Louisiana Bar, Bristol. The band's founder members the Moncrieff brothers had been playing together prior to Halo, with Graeme teaching younger brother Iain to play on his father's acoustic guitar at the age of 16. With the pair both playing guitar, Iain came up with the idea of getting a drummer and bassist to form a band. They called themselves 'Chaser' although they were short lived, splitting due to musical differences. In 1999 The Moncrieff's started auditions to form a new band, when Jim Davey was to be appointed the drummer and Steve Yeomans was given the roll as bassist. Performing in and around Bristol, Halo's first release Still Here was recorded in a studio near Bristol.
The quartet was spotted by Sony Music Entertainment towards...
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