White City

White City - released Wanna Be; What's Behind Your Love...

Group from Germany

Genres: Progressive rock, alternative rock, afghanistan, punk rock, post-grunge

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About White City

There are at least three artists with the name, White City 1. A post-punk rock band based in Kabul, Afghanistan 2. A comedy rap group, based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA 3. A folk group, based in USA. 1. White City is progressive/post-punk/rock band, based in Kabul, Afghanistan. The three-piece line-up consists of Ruth Owen (UK), formerly from the England based band Echobelly on bass and lead vocals, Travis Beard (Australia) on guitar and backing vocals and Andreas Stefansson (Sweden) on drums and backing vocals. The band is a power trio, with influences ranging from Queens of the Stone Age to Metric. The name "White City" refers to a security status imposing on all UN personnel a strict curfew during a period of high security tensions. It was suggested to the band in June 2007 at a European Commission party, which a lot of people couldn't attend because of a white city security status. The band built one of the first rehearsal studios in Kabul, which was made up mainly of sandbags, hence the studio was duly named Tora Bora Bunker [doubling as a bunker in case of attack]. The period from late 2009 to early 2011 saw a burgeoning of rock bands in the Kabul scene, such as international bands Khyber Zoo, The Internationals and Ceilings of Nork and Afghan bands Kabul Dreams, District Unknown and White Page. These bands often supported each other in shared concerts around Kabul. In 2011, the band embarked on a mission to play every country ending in 'Stan. It took a year of planning and writing for the band before they were ready to set off on the 'Big In The Stans' tour. They started in Tajikistan and completed the tour in Pakistan where they recorded their debut EP, Space Cadet. In 2012, after a short hiatus, the Space Cadet EP was released prior to a tour in Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

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