Ultrasound (band)

Ultrasound
OriginLondon, England
GenresBritpop, alternative rock
Years active1997–99, 2010–present
LabelsNude
Members
  • Andrew "Tiny" Wood
  • Richard Green
  • Vanessa Best
  • Bruce Renshaw
Past members
  • Matt Jones
  • Andy Peace
  • Bob Birch

Ultrasound are an English indie rock band. With roots in the British underground psychedelic and experimental rock scenes of the 1980s and early 1990s, the band emerged in 1997 and soon gained attention for their "operatic prog-glam ambitions" and "violent reworking of the idiosyncratic compositions of Captain Beefheart and the staged ambisexual pop idioms of the likes of Marc Bolan and David Bowie".[1]

Signing a high-profile deal with Nude Records at the tail-end of the Britpop era, the band released several well-received singles and were tagged as "another big, bright hope for British music"[1] but split up acrimoniously in 1999 following the release of their debut album Everything Picture. Reuniting in early 2010,[2] Ultrasound have gone on to tour and to release two further albums.

  1. ^ a b All Music Guide biography of Ultrasound, by Dean Carlson - retrieved 19 January 2009
  2. ^ Aston, Martin (8 September 2011). "The reformation of Ultrasound: 'In an instant, it felt necessary'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2015.