Biography
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Years Active
2008 – present (16 years)
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Founded In
London, England, United Kingdom
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Members
- Alex Day (2008 – present)
- Charlie McDonnell (2008 – present)
- Eddplant (2011 – present)
- Michael Aranda (2011 – present)
In August 2008, Alex Day searched the web for “Time Lord Rock” - a subsection of music he thought would exist to celebrate the TV show Doctor Who - but got no results. Shortening the term to ‘Trock’, he introduced the concept to his YouTube viewers, launching the music with a self-penned song called An Awful Lot Of Running (inspired by the words of Jenny at the end of the 2008 episode ‘The Doctor’s Daughter’).
Charlie McDonnell was quickly approached to form a band as she had written her own song which would fit perfectly into the ‘Trock’ concept; Blink, a song about the 2007 Who episode of the same name. Liam Dryden and Chris Beattie opted in too, and the line-up was complete. Alex aimed to work on having 10 tracks for a self-titled album written by September 1st, which the band achieved a day early, and at the end of September the band started recording with their (first) producer NSG for a 2009 release. You can buy their debut album Chameleon Circuit at dftba.com, or through iTunes and amazon.
On January 23rd, 2011, it was officially announced through twitter that Eddplant would be replacing Chris.
On July 18th, 2011, it was officially confirmed that Michael Aranda is also now considered official member of the band.
On July 12th, 2011, what would be their final album, Still Got Legs was released.
In August 2013, member Eddplant was accused of, and admitted to, sexual abusing women and was subsequently ousted from the band. Despite this, the band was still relatively active throughout 2013, including being heavily featured in "The Story Of Trock", a program on BBC Radio 1 in November 2013.
However, the final nail in Chameleon Circuit's coffin was laid in March 2014 when no fewer than 14 women alleged that founding member Alex Day had behaved inappropriately towards them, and in some cases had committed sexual assault. Fellow member Charlie McDonnell said on the subject, shortly after the allegations became public, "I just don't feel able to call Alex a friend of mine any more."
They haven't released any music since, and thus ends the tale of Chameleon Circuit.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chameleoncircuitmusic
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChameleonCircuit
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chamcircuit
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