Tindersticks

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Tindersticks are an alternative band from Nottingham, England. Their sound is characterized by a synthesis of orchestral backing, lounge jazz, and soul; the lush orchestrations of multi-instrumentalist Dickon Hinchliffe and the smoky baritone of lead vocalist Stuart A. Staples are the band's hallmarks. Tindersticks have employed electric guitars, as most rock bands have done, but augment their instrumentation with a wide array of instruments: Rhodes piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone, violin, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, bassoon, Hammond organ, and many more are prominently utilized in the music of Tindersticks. The band has a cult following in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, although the eclectic and unique sound Tindersticks possesses never made significant inroads in the mainstream. Personnel * Stuart Ashton Staples, born 14 November 1965 - Lead voice, guitar, melodica * Dickon James Hinchliffe, born 9 July 1967 - violin, guitar, voice, piano, string and brass arrangements * Neil Timothy Fraser, - born 22 November 1962 - lead guitar, vibraphone * David Leonard Boulter, born 27 February 1965 - keyboards, percussion * Alasdair Robert De Villeneuve Macaulay, born 2 August 1965 - drums, percussion, trumpet * Mark Andrew Colwill, born 12 May 1960 - bass guitar The band formed in late 1991, Staples, Boulter, Frazer, Macauley and Hinchcliffe having previously been members of Asphalt Ribbons. The final band line-up for the old horse mini-LP (19...