Phoenix are an indie pop band from Versailles, France, consisting of Thomas Mars lead vocals, Deck dArcy bass keyboards backing vocals, Christian Mazzalai. Century. Link TV Movies Networks. Phoenix band Wikipedia. Phoenix are an indie pop band from Versailles, France,1 consisting of Thomas Mars lead vocals, Deck dArcy bass keyboards backing vocals, Christian Mazzalai guitar keyboards backing vocals and Laurent Brancowitz guitar backing vocals. They are best known for their singles Too Young, If I Ever Feel Better and 1. HistoryeditFormation and early yearseditPhoenix was conceived in the 1. Thomas Mars, bassist Deck dArcy, and guitarist Chris Mazzalai, who were all friends in school, started playing together as a garage band based out of Marss house in the suburbs of Paris. In 1. 99. 5, Laurent Brancowitz, Mazzalais older brother, permanently joined the band on guitar after the end of Darlin, a short lived band that Brancowitz had formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Christo Bangalter and de Homem Christo later formed Daft Punk3. Watch Wake Online Hitfix HomelandShaniasupersite. NEWS NOTES ARCHIVES December 31, 2014 January 1, 2008. News Notes Archives 2 December 31, 2007 January 1, 2003. News Notes Archives 3. Mashable is a global, multiplatform media and entertainment company. Watch The Office Season 8 episodes online with help from SideReel. We connect you to show links, recaps, reviews, news and more. Castcredits plus additional information about the film. TegcaHK7_wo3fizQD6HUJYXXXL4j3HpexhjNOf_P3YmryPKwJ94QGRtDb3Sbc6KY' alt='Watch Wake Online Hitfix Justified' title='Watch Wake Online Hitfix Justified' />Watch Wake Online Hitfix MoviesTwo years later the band took on the name Phoenix and pressed 5. Ghettoblaster. Shortly after, they were signed to the Paris based Source Records. Phoenix quickly became well acquainted with labelmates Air when they acted as their backing band on several UK TV appearances. United, Alphabetical, and Live Thirty Days Ago 2. Phoenix began releasing singles in 1. Heatwave and Party Time, the latter of which would eventually appear on their debut album, United. The single Too Young was released on 2. May 2. 00. 0, along with remixes of the track by Zoot Woman and Le Knight Club. Too Young was the bands first single to chart, reaching No. France and No. 1. UK. The bands debut album, United, was released on 1. June 2. 00. 0. It featured the singles Party Time and Too Young, with If I Ever Feel Better being announced as the third single from the album on 2. January 2. 00. 1, and charting in several countries, reaching No. France and No. 4 in Italy. United received positive reviews, although the band did not reach mainstream success. Too Young was included on the soundtrack for the movie Lost in Translation which was directed by Mars future wife, Sofia Coppola, as well as in the movie Shallow Hal. Shortly after the release of United, Phoenix begun work on a second album, recording in 2. Run Run Run and Everything Is Everything in 2. The bands sophomore album, Alphabetical, was released on 2. March 2. 00. 4 and saw the band reach more mainstream success, with both singles reaching some alternative rock airplay charts. French fashion designer Hedi Slimane commissioned a special mix of their song Victim of the Crime, taken from Alphabetical, as the soundtrack to one of his runway shows for menswear clothing retailer Dior Homme. Following Alphabetical, the band toured three continents, playing 1. This tour was followed up with a live album, LiveThirty Days Ago, released only thirty days after the end of the tour. Its Never Been Like That and Kitsun Tabloid 2. After their Alphabetical tour, Phoenix spent time in Berlin during the summer of 2. Planet Roc studios to produce their third album. On 8 May 2. 00. 6, the band released the lead single from the album, titled Long Distance Call. American band Paramore would go on to perform a cover of the song live on Taratata, a French TV show. Phoenixs third studio album, titled Its Never Been Like That, was released on 1. May 2. 00. 6. To promote the release of the album, Phoenix toured the United States and Europe in 2. The album charted in several countries, reaching even greater success than Alphabetical, although it still did not chart in much of North America. Its Never Been Like That was re released in Mexico later that year, with the so called tour edition featuring four bonus tracks recorded live in Oslo from the tour. On 1. 1 September 2. Consolation Prizes was announced to be the second single from Its Never Been Like That. Phoenix curated a compilation album for French electronic music record and fashion label Kitsun. It was released on 2. March 2. 00. 9, and includes music by Elvis Costello, Roxy Music, Kiss, Lou Reed and others. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 2. In early 2. 00. 9, around the time of the release of the Phoenixs compilation album for Kitsun, it was announced that the band would be returning with a new album titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which would be released on 2. May 2. 00. 9. 6 The album was recorded in Paris, and was co produced and mixed by Philippe Zdar of Cassius. Paris, was released on 2. February 2. 00. 9 on the bands website as a free download. Due to extremely positive reviews, the song was then issued as a retail single and aired for the first time on Australian radio station Triple J. In June 2. 00. 9, after the release of the album, Phoenix first appeared on the cover of the 6. The FADER publication. As the albums popularity rapidly grew, Lisztomania and Lasso were issued as the second and third singles from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Phoenix performing live at The Wiltern, Los Angeles in 2. As it became apparent that 1. Phoenixs biggest success yet, the song was performed live on several TV shows and began to appear everywhere. US during Super Bowl XLV in a Green Bay Packers montage, and was also performed on Saturday Night Live along with Too Young and Lisztomania on April 4. Phoenix also performed Lisztomania on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,1. Girlfriend on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,1. Late Show with David Letterman,1. Jimmy Kimmel Live1. The Tonight Show with Conan OBrien. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix won Best Alternative Music Album at the 2. Grammy Awards on 3. January 2. 01. 0. Shortly afterwards, 1. No.  1 on the Billboard Hot Alternative Songs chart. The album was the first Phoenix album to be certified gold and appeared on numerous Best of lists at the end of 2. Rolling Stone magazine. In addition, 1. 90. Lisztomania were certified platinum and gold, respectively. Following the albums release, Phoenix appeared at various major music festivals, including the Austin City Limits Music Festival in 2. Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California in 2. Bonnaroo Music Festival, the Southside Festival and Hurricane Festival in Germany, the 2. Lollapalooza. Music Festival, the Mile High Music Festival, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco, California, Rock Werchter 2. Ordinary Decent Criminal Full Movie. Belgium, and the 2. Reading and Leeds Festivals. On 2. 0 October 2. French electronic music group Daft Punk, composing of guitarist Christian Mazzalais childhood friends Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Christo, made a special appearance for their show in Madison Square Garden. All. Music, a review website, commented favourably on the release of the album. Beyond containing the bands best, most efficient songwriting, the album also stands apart from the first three studio albums by projecting a cool punch that is unforced, a reviewer commented. Vocalist Thomas Mars, described as more bright eyed and youthful than ever, is more prominent in these songs, harmonising with the instruments. Maybe theyve just hit their stride, the reviewer said. Phoenix are the subject of a documentary From a Mess to the Masses that documents their 2. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The film was directed by Antoine Wagner and Francisco SorianoWagner was also responsible for directing the Lisztomania music video. The title of the documentary is a lyrical excerpt from Lisztomania and the total running time is 5. From a Mess to the Masses premiered in Germany and France on the Arte television network on 1. October 2. 01. 1. Bankrupt 2. 01. On 5 April 2. Songwriting. that revealed CCTV stills of a studio in which the band was working. The band stated in interviews that the album would be a departure from the pop sounds of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and they were trying to create something more experimental.