Maximo Park

Maximo Park is a popular post-punk band from England. They have released two studio albums on Warp Records.

1. Formed in 2000 in Newcastle, England
2. Label: Warp Records
3. Members: Paul Smith, Duncan Lloyd, Archis Tiku, Lukas Wooller, Tom English
4. Name references "Maximo Gomez Park" in Havana, Cuba
5. Band discovered lead singer Paul Smith singing along to Stevie Wonder in a pub
6. Opened for The Police reunion tour
7. Designed a label for Newcastle Brown Ale

Maximo Park was formed by Duncan Lloyd, Archis Tiku, Lukas Wooller and Tom English in 2000, with Tiku serving as the vocalist and frontman. After discovering singer Paul Smith, who had never previously been involved in music professionally, they released their first album themselves in 2004.

In 2005, the group released their debut studio album, A Certain Trigger, on Warp Records. The album was nominated for a Mercury Prize that year, and won the band spots on the NME Rock and Roll Riot Tour and the Glastonbury Festival. The follow-up, Our Earthly Pleasures, was released in April of 2007.

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