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Scouting For Girls Biography

Scouting for Girls (formed 2005)

Scouting for Girls is an English pop band consisting of life-long friends Roy Stride (Piano & Vocals), Peter Ellard (Drums & Vocals) and Greg Churchouse (Bass & Vocals).

Scouting for Girls: Formation & Rise to Fame

Roy, Greg and Peter were old friends from Ruislip. Aged 14, Greg bullied Roy into getting an acoustic guitar for Christmas, instead of a Sega Megadrive. Greg and Roy attended their first ever gig together, to see Suede In Watford in 1995. At university, Roy and Greg were briefly in a band named Cape.

With Roy swapping from guitar to piano, Scouting for Girls was born and the band started to put on gigs in a room above a pub in Harrow, London.

The band's name was chosen in reference to the Scouts handbook Scouting for Boys, first published in 1908.

The band has built up a fan base since their formation in 2005, via websites such as MySpace and Pulse Rated, for unsigned bands.

In February 2007, the band signed to Epic UK (part of Sony BMG), after the head of the label was invited to one of the band's rehearsals. Their debut EP, It's Not About You, became the highest charting limited edition EP in UK chart history.

Scouting For Girls: Chart Success

Scouting for Girls' first major single release, 'She's So Lovely', stayed in the UK Top 10 singles chart for six weeks after its release in August 2007. The follow-up 'Elvis Ain't Dead' was released in December 2007. The song spent four weeks in the Top 10 and both songs have received extensive airplay on mainstream UK radio stations.

The band's eponymous debut album went to the top of the UK album charts and has been certified Platinum, having sold over 500,000 copies.

In April 2008, the band were forced to cancel a string of headline shows, due to Roy falling ill and being unable to sing.

Scouting for Girls: TV Appearances

The band performed on Al Murray's Happy Hour, the ITV1 TV show, in January 2008.

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Scouting For Girls Hate Road Testing New Tracks

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1st October 2010

JLS and Cheryl Cole won big at the BT Digital Music awards last night (30.09.10). Girls....

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Scouting For Girls Festivals

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11st June 2011

The Netherlands' most famous open-air festival and Europe's longest-running uninterrupted outdoor pop festival PINKPOP....

V Festival

20th August 2011

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Scouting For Girls Video and Audio

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Scouting Fori Girls, She's So Lovely Video And Information

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Scouting For Girls Reviews

Scouting For Girls, Everybody Wants To Be On Tv Album Review

22nd April 2010

It's been three years since the trio that make up Scouting For Girls released their self-titled debut album, which...

Scouting For Girls, Scouting For Girls Album Review

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Openly pubescent in outlook, Scouting For Girls are just another McFly, who were just another Busted, who were quite...

Scouting For Girls, It's Not About You, Ep Review

21st June 2007

A Piano, Bass and Drums are the ingredients that make up Scouting For Girls, oh and Roy, Greg and Peter (Must remember...

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Scouting For Girls Interviews

Scouting For Girls, Interview

12th October 2010

This week we spoke to British indie band Scouting for Girls. After their huge recent success, Roy Stride, the ....

Scouting For Girls, Interview

7th June 2007

Scouting For Girls are: Roy, Greg & Pete, we caught up with the marvellous Scouting For Girls at a recent gig. Their ....

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