Colours of One
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Colours of One are a five-piece alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from the surrounding areas of Bridgend
Bridgend
Bridgend is a town in the Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of the capital, Cardiff. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...

, Wales
Wales
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. From the beginning of 2008 their line-up consisted of lead vocalist
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

 Michael Simmonds, bassist
Bassist
A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

 Chris Dower, guitarists Matthew "Miff" Tuck and Rhys Hart, and drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 Paul Jones; until summer 2011 when bassist Chris Dower parted ways with the band, to be replaced with Ben Hughes.

The band's name is inspired by a lyric in Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...

' song 'Redefine'. The line is "So modify this third rock from the sun by painting myriads of pictures with the colours of one".

'Evil i' and Kicks EP (2007-2009)

Having been dabbling in various musical projects during school, and playing a number of local gigs, after finding a steady line-up, the band was re-launched in early 2008 under the new name of 'Evil i', a play on the common expression ‘evil eye’; on the basis that much of the band's lyrics at that time were observational in the form of social critiques; and so the band was effectively acting as an 'evil eye'. 'Eye', however, was flipped to 'i', reflecting that social criticism must be accompanied by self-criticism as each individual cannot help becoming a product of their surroundings.

The band took their energetic and adrenaline-fueled live shows all over the UK, and throughout this busy year, the band continued to write new material to add to their next planned mini-album. In March 2009, the band decided that another name change was imminent, since they felt the name 'Evil i', whilst relevant to the lyrical material being written at the time, was misrepresentative of their sound, suggesting a more metallic and heavier sound than the band actually produced. The band eventually decided on the name Colours of One.

Colours of One and Bad News Makes Big Noise (2009-Present)

In 2009, the band set up an independent record label called Rogues Gallery Records, with the intention of allowing the band to keep control and legal ownership over all their own material and as a means to gain a wider release for their new mini-album, entitled 'Bad News Makes Big Noise'. The CD was released digitally on November 29, 2009, but after securing a distribution deal with Cargo Records in 2010, was physically released into stores across the UK and Europe on 17 May 2010. The mini-album received favourable press across numerous music sites, webzines and online music stores, and has been critically acclaimed by Classic Rock
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...

 and Rocksound magazines. Tracks from the album have had considerable airplay on many radio stations all over the UK, including TotalRock in London, Ian Camfield's show on XFM
Xfm
Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

 and BBC Introducing in Wales with Bethan Elfyn
Bethan Elfyn
Bethan Elfyn is a Welsh radio and television presenter.Bethan was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, was brought up in Newtown, Powys, and now lives in Cardiff. She is a fluent Welsh speaker and has appeared as a panellist on Welsh language channel S4C's music talent show Waw Ffactor...

. They have also been featured in Kerrang!
Kerrang!
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper...

's Local Heroes section. They also featured in cult music & fashion publication, Disorder magazine, in February 2011.[10]

Colours of One have been playing extensively all over the UK throughout 2010 and 2011, playing alongside many up-and-coming bands such as Wales' Tiger Please
Tiger Please
Tiger Please is an Indie / Alternative five-piece band from Cardiff, Wales. The band formed in August 2008. The band's influences are U2, Sigur Ros, Kings Of Leon, John Mayer and Counting Crows. They signed with Walnut Tree Records in 2009 and released their debut EP They Don't Change Under Moonlight...

, Straight Lines (band), Attack! Attack! UK and Dopamine (band) as well as Starseed (band)
Starseed (band)
Starseed is a melodic hard rock band originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, now based in London, United Kingdom formed in 2000. Starseed's latest release "Peace Machine" has seen a significant rise in the band's UK popularity with the album receiving rave reviews and acclaim from the UK music...

 and Jurojin from London.

As of summer 2011, the band have started writing and recording material for a follow-up CD, with the working title "Anthemusa", named after the Island of Sirens in Homer's Odyssey. Songs from this upcoming release have started to appear in live shows throughout 2011, most notably 'Echoes'.

At the end of 2010, 'Bad News Makes Big Noise' was included in the BBCs "Top Welsh Albums of 2010", alongside Lostprophets
Lostprophets
Lostprophets is a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997. Founded by vocalist Ian Watkins, bassist Mike Lewis, drummer Mike Chiplin and guitarist Lee Gaze, they were originally a side-project to hardcore punk band Public Disturbance. To date, Lostprophets have released four studio...

, Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck , Michael Paget , Jason James , and Michael Thomas . They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana...

 and Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers
Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

.

Current

  • Michael Simmonds - lead vocals
  • Matthew "Miff" Tuck - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Rhys Hart - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Ben Hughes - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Paul Jones - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

     & percussion

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