Two Door Cinema Club (Formed 2007)
Two Door Cinema Club is a Northern Irish Indie Rock band, consisting of the members Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Kevin Baird (bass, synths, backing vocals).
They are best known for their songs, "What You Know" and "Something Good Can Work".
Formation: Trimble and Halliday met whilst at the same school together, Bangor Grammer School.
They also met Baird here.
At the age of 16, the three performed as a band together on ATL Rock School under the name "Life Without Rory", but they finished last.
Before disbanding, "Life Without Rory" recorded 3 demos, which are on their inactive Myspace page and YouTube channel.
Trimble, Halliday, and Baird formed a new band shortly after.
The name came about when Halliday mispronounced the local cinema as "Tudor cinema".
Music Career: In January 2009, an EP called "Four Words To Stand On" was released.
It was self recorded and produced.
The band started recording their debut album in July 2009.
They began mixing the record in September 2009.
"Tourist History" was released on 26th February 2010.
Its singles, "Something Good Can Work", "I Can Talk", and "Undercover Martyn" preceded it.
They announced on the 20th June 2012 that "Beacon" would be the title of their new album.
"Sleep Alone" was selected as the albums lead single.
The second single to be released from the album was "Sun".
They announced in December 2012 that they would be performing at T In The Park in July 2013.
Trimble later announced that the band had left Kitsune and signed with Parlophone Records.
In August 2013, the band announced that a new EP was going to be released, titled "Changing Of The Seasons".
"Tourist History" won 'Choice Music Prize' for Irish Album of the year 2010, in 2011.
"Undercover Martyn" came number 21, and "I Can Talk" came number 72 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 2010.
"Sun" came number 37, and "Sleep Alone" came number 90 in the 2012 Triple J hottest 100.
In 2013, "Changing Of The Seasons" came number 71 on the same poll.
The band has received numerous nominations for NME awards.
They were nominated for best new band in 2011, and their album "Tourist History" was nominated for best album.
Hey were also nominated for best live band in 2012, and in 2014 they were nominated for best British band.
The band toured after the release of their album "Tourist History" in March 2010.
They also performed at many festivals including the iTunes festival, T In The Park, Reading & Leeds festival, and Oxegen.
Their 2010 Eastern tour saw them perform in Australia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
The band went on a 2-week tour in January 2011.
They travelled the US and Canada, along with Tokyo Police Club, Work Drugs, and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.
They also performed at Orange Evolution Festival in 2011.
They also performed at many other festivals, including Glastonbury, Coachella, Isle Of White, Reading & Leeds, Parklife, and many more.
In November 2011, the band toured around America again.
They went on tour in South Africa in March 2012.
In May and June 2012, the band completed two American tours whilst also headlining the 2012 NME awards tour at the start of the year.
The band went on a full UK tour in 2013, starting in Belfast and finishing in London.
They were supported by Bastille and Swim Deep.
After this they went on tour in Europe, with support from The 1975 and Dig Is Dead.
Biography by Contactmusic.com
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