Scouting for Girls
are a London-based UK indie pop band formed in 2005 by Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard.
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History
The name
Scouting for Girls
is a play on the words of the
Scouting for Boys
handbook first published in 1908 for the
Scouts, which provides boys instructions on good citizenship. Similarly, the
Scouting for Girls
fan club is known as the
"Wolfcubs"
and is based on the
Dennis the Menace fan club.
[1] It has been noted that the band was looking for a spirited way of removing themselves from the drudgery of their everyday lives, looking to the whimsy of childhood fantasy through playing a moog organ. Churchouse has observed on several occasions that playing bass is something he wanted to pursue as the bass has "two less strings".
Debut album
On
14 February 2007,
were signed to
Epic UK (a division of
Sony BMG). Their first
EP single, "It's Not About You", was released on 25 June 2007 and is the highest charting limited edition E.P. in chart history
[2].
The debut album from Scouting for Girls is
self-titled, and has sold over 700,000 copies. It reached number 1 in the UK on 20 January 2008, where it remained for two weeks. The band are currently aiming to release each track from the album as a separate stand alone single. It was announced in March 2008 the band would play second on the
NME stage at
T in the Park, after
The Wombats and before
Feeder. "I'm sure that is in someway significant", noted Churchouse. They also played the main stage at
Oxegen Festival 2008, the
4Music stage at 2008's
V Festival, and in October 2008 appeared at the
Big Gig
, a concert for members of
Girlguiding.
Recent history
Scouting for Girls were nominated in the
Best New Act
category in the
MTV Europe Music Awards 2008. On 20 January 2009, it was announced that the band were nominated for three
BRIT Awards.
[3]. Scouting for Girls played on the Sunday at
Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2009. They performed a total of five songs, and the lead singer lost his voice during the song 'Elvis Ain't Dead' and have recently completed a tour with support acts Sam Beeton and The Days.
School
Roy and Greg attended Queensmead secondary school in Middlesex, London. They worked until year 11 then moved on towards a music career.
Also the band's song
She's so lovely
was used in the starting of the 2008 movie
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
Discography
Albums
| Year
| Album
| Chart positions
| Certifications and sales
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| UK
| IRE
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| 2007
| Scouting for Girls
- First studio album
- Released on 17 September 2007
| 1
| 12
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- BPI certification: Platinum
- UK sales: 574,630
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Singles
| Year
| Song
| UK singles
| UK Download Chart
| Irish Singles Chart
| Album
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| 2007
| "It's Not About You"
| 31
| 31
| -
| Scouting For Girls
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| "She's So Lovely"
| 7
| 6
| 1
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| "Elvis Ain't Dead"
| 8
| 17
| 21
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| 2008
| "Heartbeat"
| 10
| 10
| -
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| "It's Not About You (Re-Release)"
| 38
| 38
| -
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| "James Bond"
| 40
| 40
| -
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| 2009
| "Keep on Walking"
| -
| -
| -
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References
- Interviews - Scouting For Girls
- Artist Profile - Scouting For Girls
- 95.8 Capital FM interview at the BRITs 2009 nominations party.