The Wedding Present - Step Into Christmas The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The bands music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms. Throughout their career, they have been led by vocalist and guitarist David Gedge, the bands only constant member. News came in early September 2004 that Cinerama would be rebranded as The Wedding Present. The line-up was to be the same as the last line-up of Cinerama, which included Simon Cleave. The first new single, Interstate 5, was issued on 15 November 2004, to lead off the new album, Take Fountain, which was released on 14 February 2005. A second single, Im From Further North Than You, was released on 11 April 2005. Third and final single Ringway to SeaTac was released on 24 October 2005. All singles, their B-sides and acoustic versions from this period were compiled on the 2006 compilation Search for Paradise: Singles 2004-5. The release came with a bonus DVD compiling the videos for Dont Touch That Dial (a Cinerama single re-recorded for Take Fountain), Interstate 5, Im From Further North Than You, Ringway to SeaTac and others. The Wedding Present toured Europe and North America in the Spring of 2005 (with John Maiden on drums) and again in Europe towards the end of 2005 (this time, with Simon Pearson on drums). During Christmas 2006, guitarist Simon Cleave left the group and was replaced by the groups sound engineer Chris McConville - who played on the 2006 tours of North America (with Charlie Layton on drums) and Europe (with Graeme Ramsay on drums). Until 2009 the line-up remained stable with Gedge, De Castro, McConville, and Ramsay co-writing. They recorded 17 songs with Steve Albini in January 2008, some of which have been played live at gigs in recent years. Titles include Ive Lost the Monkey, Soup, Drink You Eat You, Model, Actress, Whatever..., The Thing I Like Most About Him Is His Girlfriend, Twenty Jackies, Swingers, Peek-a-boo, Hulk Loves Betty, Boo Boo, Palisades, Santa Ana Winds, Pinch Pull Twist Release, The Trouble With Men, Dont Take Me Home Until Im Drunk and Spider-Man in Hollywood. The bands new album El Rey was released on 20 May 2008 in North America and 26 May 2008 in Europe, accompanied by the digital download-only single The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend. A compilation of singles and remixes How The West Was Won was released towards the end of 2008 and accompanied by a single Holly Jolly Hollywood. The Wedding Present also covered The Cures High for American Laundromat Records tribute Just Like Heaven - a tribute to The Cure. Some months before a short tour of the UK and Japan in March 2009, Chris McConville left the band and was replaced by former guitarist Simon Cleave, who left the band again later that year. Graeme Ramsay subsequently moved from drums to guitar and Charles Layton once again became their drummer. In 2009 two The Wedding Present songs, Im From Further North Than You, and Ringway to SeaTac appeared in the award winning Monty Miranda directed independent film Skills Like This. The director was praised for his use of music in an integrated soundtrack. In August 2010 it was announced that De Castro would not be touring with The Wedding Present for the Autumn 21st anniversary tour of Bizarro, and that her last gig would be at the 28 August 2010 at Gedges mini festival At the Edge of the Sea in Brighton. This marked the end of a 12 year association with Gedge, stretching back to when Cinerama was formed. She was replaced by Pepe le Moko. A new Wedding Present album, Valentina was released in March 2012.Shortly before its release, guitarist Graeme Ramsay left the band after six years. and was replaced by Patrick Alexander (ex-The Young Playthings and The Pipettes). During 2012, The Wedding Present toured a set which usually featured the whole of Seamonsters, performed live and in album order. The rest of the set was a mixture of songs from Valentina and the back catalogue. In April of the year, The Wedding Present toured Australia for the first time, playing concerts in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne. See full bio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wedding_Present youtube/watch?v=cN6wXF5cN44
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