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Members: Simon York - vocals/guitars/other instruments, Chris Ruscoe - bass/other instruments, Owen Walton - drums/percussion

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Label: Major Digital

Manager: self-managed, aided by First Step

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About

"Dreams of slavery and masturbation..."

Luxury Stranger is a band based
in Nottingham, UK. Luxury Stranger is signed to Major Digital (an off-shoot
of germany's Major Records).

Luxury Stanger started off as the 'brain child
of Simon York (pictured right) and then it began to grow...
After working within a strictly guitar based rock band, achieving success being signed to Roadrunner Records, playing with some top names in music (including Mansun and 10CC) and finally coming away from the band - Simon began solo work as a musician, artist and actor. Experimenting with electronic instruments and layered vocal textures, creating both giant and subtle soundscapes, Simon worked at first under the guise of The Earl
of Sound but ended up killing off this character and returning to the name Simon York... "I loved the Earl but he had to die. He took over
my personality, he was a scoundrel - a dangerous and womanising creature..." (Simon York)

At the end of February 2008, Chris Ruscoe (pictured below)
joined Luxury Stranger as bass player. Chris comes
from a background of various alternative and electronica bands. He has an obsession with home recording equipment and old vinyl collections. His musical passions are broad, addictive and often disturbing...

Drawing on the darkness of early post punk bands, the imagery of The Cure’s ‘Pornography’ era, and the obsessive production values of Martin Hannett, Chris considers his playing style as solid, low slung, and innovative. "Blending styles, genres and influences
is my driver." (Chris Ruscoe)

At the end of April 2008, Simon and Chris announced the arrival of Luxury Stranger's new long-stay drummer! Owen Walton (pictured right) has been a fan of LS since
the project first appeared on the internet
in August/September 2007.
Owen is influenced mainly by Dave Barb,
the original drummer of Adam and the Ants and is loving every moment with LS.
"I have the opportunity as a fan to play the music I've been listening to and grown attached to. I've always wanted to do something of this stature - this as a big chance to make up for lost time." (Owen Walton)

Luxury Stranger played it's first explosive live performance on Friday, 5th September 2008 at Junktion 7, Nottingham. The band is also experimenting with material which could make the list for the second LS album... some of these pieces are already in the LS live set. In December 2008, Luxury Stranger signed with Major Digital, making LS label mates with the likes of Ladytron and IAMX. You can now buy LS' first album 'Desolation' as a digital download from various music download websites including Amazon.com and HMV.com http://hmv.com/hmvweb/digitalProductDetails.do?ctx=-1;8;-1;-1;-1&productId=8026732 - buy it today!

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If so, you can keep up to date with Luxury Stranger gigs and events more easily there. Myspace will continue to be the main LS site but Facebook will allow us to send you information on all LS happenings in a much easier fashion.
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You can also find out more about Luxury Stranger, by contacting First Step
at first.step@tesco.net now! Please note: Simon York and Luxury Stranger are not associated with First Step Management who are based in Ilfracombe, Southwest UK.