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New Model Army are an English post-punk/alternative rock band formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1980 by its lead singer and main composer Justin Sullivan, bassist Stuart Morrow and drummer Phil Tompkins. Within a few months, Tompkins had left to be replaced by Rob Waddington, who himself was replaced in summer 1982 by Robert Charles Heaton.〔〔 ==Overview== New Model Army formed in Bradford, West Yorkshire in October 1980, taking their name from Thomas Fairfax's English Revolution militia. The original line-up featured Justin Sullivan (also known initially as Slade The Leveller), bassist Stuart Morrow and drummer Phil Tompkins. By the time they began making their first records in 1983, Robert Heaton had joined as drummer (and later multi-instrumentalist). In the intervening years, members have included Jason 'Moose' Harris, Ricky Warwick, Chris McLaughlin, Nelson, Adrian Portas, Dave Blomberg and Ed Alleyne-Johnson. The current line-up features Dean White (keyboards and guitar since 1994), Michael Dean (drums since 1998), Marshall Gill (guitar since 2006) and Ceri Monger (bass since 2011). Their music has always been unclassifiable, drawing on influences across the musical spectrum – punk, folk, soul, metal and classical, while Sullivan’s lyrics, which range from directly political through to the spiritual and personal, have always been considered as a key part of the band’s appeal.〔 Above all they feature story-telling and landscapes and Sullivan’s long time association with the artist, novelist, and poet Joolz Denby, who was the band’s first manager and remains to this day their art designer, has underpinned much of the band’s ethos. Their first mini-album ''Vengeance'' (1984), written against the backdrop of the early Thatcher years was an uncompromising and musically original debut. Following a performance on The Tube, it reached Number 1 in the UK independent chart in early 1984. The band then made a series of albums for EMI (and one for Epic) attracting some of the world’s best-known producers and mixers including Glyn Johns, Tom Dowd, Andy Wallace, Bob Clearmountain and Niko Bolas. These albums, ''No Rest for the Wicked'' (1985), ''The Ghost of Cain'' (1986) (album of the year in The Times), ''Thunder and Consolation'' (1989), ''Impurity'' (1990) ''The Love of Hopeless Causes'' (1993) brought the band chart recognition and large sales across the world. However, despite these successes, the band remained staunchly outside the mainstream, exploring different sounds, styles and ideas – all the while supported by a famously fanatical and loyal fan base. In 1996, foreseeing how the Internet was going to change the music industry, they returned to their independent roots, setting up their own Attack Attack Records label and continued to thrive creatively with a series of albums ''Strange Brotherhood'' (1998), ''Eight'' (2000), “Lost Songs” (2002), ''Carnival'' (2005), ''High'' (2007) and ''Today Is a Good Day'' (2009). The period around their 30th Anniversary, celebrated in 2010 with special marathon shows across four continents, was accompanied by misfortunes including the sudden death of long-time manager, Tommy Tee, and a fire that destroyed their studio and archive. However, the band emerged with two revolutionary albums, ''Between Dog and Wolf'' (2013) and ''Between Wine and Blood'' (2014), mixed by Joe Barresi and greeted with surprise and acclaim by critics and a return to the Top 40 in the UK and Germany. In October 2014 a documentary feature film about the band’s career and recent return to higher public awareness, “Between Dog and Wolf: The New Model Army Story” by Royal Television Academy Award winner director Matt Reid from Hustler Street Films premiered at the Raindance Film Festival in London and the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Model Army (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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