A Brand
{{Short description|Belgian rock group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = A Brand
| image = Lokerse feesten.jpg
| caption = A Brand at Lokerse Feesten in 2010
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| genre = Rock
| years_active = 2004–2013
| label = This Is Bang
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| website =
| current_members = Dag Taeldeman
Frederick Heuvinck
Tim Bekaert
Tom Vermeir
Frederik De Lepeleere
| past_members =
}}
A Brand was a Belgian rock group featuring Dag Taeldeman, active until 2013. Their hits include "Riding Your Ghost", "Hammerhead", "Beauty Booty Killerqueen" and "Time".{{Cite web |date=21 April 2004 |title=Dag Taeldeman van A Brand |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/dag-taeldeman-van-a-brand~b09197b3/ |website=De Morgen |language=nl}}
History
A Brand recorded their first album, 45 RPM, in a garage in 2004. "Riding Your Ghost" became their first single on alternative radio. In 2005 they performed on the Belgian festivals Dour, Zeverrock and Ackerrock; and in 2006 several others, including Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop. In the same year, they also released their second album, Hammerhead, and scored minor hits with "Hammerhead", "Beauty Booty Killerqueen" and "A Perfect Habitat For Foxes". In the summer of 2008, A Brand released their third album, Judas. In 2011, they released their fourth album, Future You. It featured the singles "What's taking you", "The Mud" and "For blood". A year later, they released a double CD.{{Cite web |date=20 August 2008 |title='Elk concert moet een ervaring zijn' |url=https://www.standaard.be/cnt/l11vcm4j |website=De Standaard |language=nl}} The first disc contained all of their fourteen released singles, including two new songs called "Christine" and "Humanoid", and a cover of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck". The second disc contained "Grammar", a one-hour mash-up of their most famous songs, recorded live at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels in 2012.{{Cite web |date=12 October 2022 |title=Dag Taeldeman over het jaar 2006: “Met A Brand stonden we plots op festivals in het buitenland.” |url=https://stubru.be/lees/dag-taeldeman-over-het-jaar-2006-met-a-brand-stonden-we-plots-op-festivals-in-het-buitenland |website=Studio Brussel |language=nl}}
Line-up
- Dag Taeldeman: vocals, guitar
- Frederik Heuvinck: vocals, drums
- Frederik De Lepeleere: vocals, bass
- Tim Bekaert: vocals, guitar
- Tom Vermeir: vocals, guitar
Discography
=Studio albums=
- 45 RPM (2004)
- Hammerhead (2006)
- Judas (2008)
- Future You (2011)
- A Brand: the singles (2012)
=Singles=
- Riding Your Ghost (2004)
- I Do As I Please (2005)
- Hammerhead (2006)
- Beauty Booty Killerqueen (2006)
- A Perfect Habitat For Foxes (2006)
- Time (2008)
- The Bubbles (2008)
- Mad Love, Sweet Love (2009)
- The Mud (2011)
- What's Taking you (2011)
References
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Category:Belgian alternative rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2004
Category:2004 establishments in Belgium
Category:English-language musical groups from Belgium
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2013
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