The Sunpilots

“The Sunpilots could sway stadium crowds if their stagecraft is any match for their strong musical sense of drama and dynamics. There’s certainly enough passion in singer Raj... more

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“The Sunpilots could sway stadium crowds if their stagecraft is any match for their strong musical sense of drama and dynamics. There’s certainly enough passion in singer Raj Siva-Rajah’s delivery…” – The Drummedia, Sydney

BIO
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Born in Australia to a classically trained Sri Lankan mother, Raj Siva-Rajah was a boy caught between two worlds. From the age of 8 he began learning the classical Carnatic music of the east, while also falling in love with the gritty angst that was the grunge era.

The Sunpilots slipped into public consciousness in 2006 with the release of their first 4-track EP. Despite being little more than a demo, the band found their way onto the airwaves through Australian radio stations such as Nova and TripleJ. A few months later, they were awarded a Musicoz Award.

A mini online revolution followed, leading to one of the largest MySpace fanbases (50,000 and growing) in the country and an iTunes “Single of the Week”.

The Sunpilots soon began to turn heads overseas: winning Best International Artist at the Canadian Independent Music Awards, being nominated for both Artist and Single of the Year at the LA Music Awards and securing a major North American management deal.

The Sunpilot’s debut album “Living Receiver” will be launched in May this year. Co-produced by legendary Aussie producer Phil McKellar (Silverchair, Grinspoon, Kisschasy) and mastered in New York by Ted Jensen (Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance), the tracks “Spotlight in the Sun” and “Metric System” are the first taste of what punters can expect from the record. In other words, bittersweet poetry wrapped in unashamedly guitar-driven rock.

OTHER PRESS
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“Spotlight in the Sun is the debut studio single by one of Australia’s best kept contemporary rock secrets, The Sunpilots. Australia’s answer to Live meets Pearl Jam, the band are bringing back dynamic stadium rock” – The Music Network, AUS

“Rock with the energy of Pearl Jam and the dark undertone of Radiohead…” -Soundscape Magazine, US

“It’s easy to see why The Sunpilots are getting their songs added to various radio stations around the country… The Sunpilots have strong songs and a frontman with presence: that can make all the difference in this world.” – The Brag, AUS

“Poetic, edgy and unique, the EP highlights the band’s ability to not
only tell a great story, but to play them out like instant classics.” – Mediasearch

Band Members

Raj Siva-Rajah (vocals)
, Bob Spencer (guitar)
, Rob Ewan (bass)

Band Influences

• Radiohead
• Pink Floyd
• The Beatles
• Coldplay
• REM
• Jeff Buckley
• Alex Lloyd
• Pearl Jam
• Echo and the Bunnymen
• U2
• PJ Harvey
• Powderfinger
• David Bowie
• Sting
• Bob Dylan
• Muse
• The Killers
• Incubus
• The White Stripes
• Dave Matthews
• Frank Zappa
• Led Zeppelin
• Silverchair
• The Dissociatives
• Tori Amos
• Jimi Hendrix
• The Doors
• Placebo

Keywords

sun pilots, sun pilot, sunpilots, sydney, rock band, alternative rock, living receiver, spotlight in the sun, metric system

Boooring……

Seems like the band owners have been pretty boring here, you should get in contact with them and find out why it's empty!