Bastille:
Daniel Smith- Lead singer
Chris Wood- Bass guitar player
William Farquarson- Drummer
Kyle- Pianist and back up singer
Bastille's bands name was named after Bastille day links to the day Daniel was born on (14th of July) , which also relates to the historic events of Bastille medieval fortress (built in 1370/80 period and was demolished in 1789/90) it was used throughout the late 17th century during the French revolution.
Bastille is signed onto virgin records (since 2013)
Bastille have won several music awards and landed many nominations, including ones for Brit Awards, Billboard Music Awards, World Music Awards, and Grammy Awards. Bastille has sold over 8 million records worldwide.
Bastille's music has been used on the TV soap Hollyoaks with one week in the early summer focused on Bastille's song "Laura Palmer". Their music also has been on: Made in Chelsea and The Vampire Diaries. Bastille can also be heard on EastEnders fall (2014) trailer with "Things We Lost in the Fire". They can also be heard on Teen Wolf and on the fourth episode of How to Get Away with Murder with the Naughty Boy collaboration "No One's Here to Sleep". The song "Haunt" can be heard in the season 1 finale of the TV series Finding Carter. The band's music has appeared in the FIFA video games twice: "Weight of Living, Pt. II" is featured in FIFA 13, and "Hangin'" is featured in FIFA 16.
Bastille debuted in July 2010 with their limited edition 7" single that featured the two tracks "Flaws" and "Icarus". Released through London-based independent record label, Young & Lost Club, only 300 copies were pressed. This was followed by the self-release of the EP Laura Palmer later in 2011. After debuting further tracks online through sites such as YouTube and MySpace, the band began to find an audience. In December 2011 Smith signed a contract with Virgin Records. The group subsequently secured a few support slots, and later performed at major UK festivals including Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight, Redfest Reading and Leeds Festival and Bliss fields. The band also recorded and released a two part mix-tape titled Other People's Heartache for free.
The lyrics:
Lyrically, the song is about the Roman town of the same name, which met its fate with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 2014 BRIT Awards. A mash up of the song with Rudimental and Ella Eyre's "Waiting All Night" was performed live by Rudimental, Eyre and Bastille at the aforementioned ceremony.
Daniel Smith- Lead singer
Chris Wood- Bass guitar player
William Farquarson- Drummer
Kyle- Pianist and back up singer
Bastille's bands name was named after Bastille day links to the day Daniel was born on (14th of July) , which also relates to the historic events of Bastille medieval fortress (built in 1370/80 period and was demolished in 1789/90) it was used throughout the late 17th century during the French revolution.
Bastille is signed onto virgin records (since 2013)
Bastille have won several music awards and landed many nominations, including ones for Brit Awards, Billboard Music Awards, World Music Awards, and Grammy Awards. Bastille has sold over 8 million records worldwide.
- Studio albums
- Bad Blood (2013)
- Untitled Second Album/Worse Blood (2016)
- Mixtapes
- Other People's Heartache (2012)
- Other People's Heartache, Pt 2 (2012)
- VS. (Other People's Heartache, Pt. III) (2014)

Bastille debuted in July 2010 with their limited edition 7" single that featured the two tracks "Flaws" and "Icarus". Released through London-based independent record label, Young & Lost Club, only 300 copies were pressed. This was followed by the self-release of the EP Laura Palmer later in 2011. After debuting further tracks online through sites such as YouTube and MySpace, the band began to find an audience. In December 2011 Smith signed a contract with Virgin Records. The group subsequently secured a few support slots, and later performed at major UK festivals including Glastonbury, the Isle of Wight, Redfest Reading and Leeds Festival and Bliss fields. The band also recorded and released a two part mix-tape titled Other People's Heartache for free.
Wikipedia Team. (2016). Batsille. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille_(band). Last accessed 3.3.16.
The Music video to Pompeii:
The official music video was filmed in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California. It was directed by Jesse John Jenkins and produced by Tova Dann. The video was first released onto YouTube on 20 January 2013 at a total length of three minutes and fifty-two seconds.
The video follows Bastille frontman Dan Smith, as he wanders about an empty-looking Los Angeles, before realizing the few people around all have unnatural vacant black eyes. He steals a car and drives into the desert to escape them, but the car breaks down and he soon realizes he's been infected as well. He climbs a mountain and looks out at the view, before turning around to reveal his own eyes meanwhile have turned black as well. The story is an allegory for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii.
The lyrics:
Lyrically, the song is about the Roman town of the same name, which met its fate with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. It was nominated for British Single of the Year at the 2014 BRIT Awards. A mash up of the song with Rudimental and Ella Eyre's "Waiting All Night" was performed live by Rudimental, Eyre and Bastille at the aforementioned ceremony.
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