Bond (band)
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Haylie Ecker, Eos Chater, Gay-Yee Westerhoff and Tania Davis - Bond
Bond is a crossover classical string quartet, similar in style to Vanessa Mae.
The members of the band are Haylie Ecker (first violinist, from Perth, Western Australia, Australia), Eos Chater (second violinist, from Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom), Tania Davis (viola player from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cellist from Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom). The group have had some of their music banned from the UK classical charts, apparently owing to it sounding too much like pop music. Bond are the #1 selling classical quartet of all time.
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Discography
Albums
- Born (2000)
- Shine (2002)
- Remixed (2003)
- Classified (2004)
- Explosive: The Best of Bond (2005)
Singles
- "Victory" (2000)
- "Viva!" (2001)
- "Wintersun" (2001)
- "Shine" (2002)
- "Fuego" (2002)
- "Explosive" (2004)
- "Samba" (2004)
DVD's
- Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2000)
Trivia
- Their first ever concert was in the Royal Albert Hall in London.
- They are extremely popular in Asia, especially in Japan.
- Bond performed the opening for the first ever MTV Asia Awards on February 2, 2002 in Singapore.
- The quartet were featured in the James Bond spoof movie Johnny English, playing their piece "Kismet".
- Eos Chater (second violin) is left-handed.
- Bond have agreed to perform in the Classic response tsunami relief concert in the Royal Albert Hall
- Bond play their hit 'Victory' in the sequel to the action film XXX-2
- They are the best selling string quartet of all time
External links
- Bond-Music (http://www.bondmusic.net/) — official Bond website.
- Bond Official Forum (http://www.bondmusic.net/forum/phpBB2/) — official Bond Forum
- Fly Away Bond Forums (http://omission.greatboard.com/index.php/) — Bond Fan Forum.