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  The Tripwire
Matt Hales of Aqualung is pretty honest about the true love of his life.
The album which was in between the first record was an exercise in minimalism really, and using the least kind of force that I could find that could make these atmospheric and quiet songs work.
I thought, well this is great I've sort of stumbled on this thing that I really think is what I want to do with myself, but by a good fortune it also seems to be something that people in the world kind of like, so let's carry on with it.
www.thetripwire.com /features/2007/4/30/getting-to-know-matt-hales-from-aqualung   (1632 words)

  
  Aqualung - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aqualung is a concept album by the rock band Jethro Tull, as well as a hit song from that album.
Aqualung is a concert venue in the Spanish city of Madrid.
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 Musician   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Aqualung (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He wanted to be - and indeed was - a musician from an early age, although he said in a BBC interview that there were a couple of years when he wanted to be a stuntman, when he was about 12.
(See Aqualung (album).) However, he himself says that it was descriptive of the underwater feeling he felt listening to his debut album.
His debut single, "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a spell on You)", was released in the UK on the B-Unique label on September 16, 2002, and reached number 7 in the UK Top 40.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aqualung_(musician)   (553 words)

  
 Jethro Tull Press: Guitar World, September 1999
I don't think successful musicians were put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the back and say, 'Oh, what a clever boy I am!' I think that, like most artists, we were put on the planet to suffer just a little.
Half of Aqualung is devoted to songs in which Anderson indulges his personal grudge against religious hypocrisy, while Thick As A Brick is a tirade against society's tendency to encourage social decorum and financial success at the expense of personal expression and individuality.
Aqualung marks the point at which I had the confidence as a songwriter and as a guitarist to actually play the guitar and be at the forefront of the band.
www.tullpress.com /gwsept99.htm   (5091 words)

  
 Aqualung (musician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Matt Hales (born January, 1972), better known as Aqualung, is a British singer and songwriter best known for his song "Strange AndBeautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new VolkswagenBeetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart later that year.
He wanted to be - and indeed was -a musician from an early age, although he said in a BBC interview that there were a couple of years when he wanted to be a stuntman, when he was about 12.
(See Aqualung (album).) However, he himself says that it was descriptive ofthe underwater feeling he felt listening to his debut album.
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 321 -> Music, Music, Music: Aqualung [Bonus Tracks] by Jethro Tull | Order now @ 321-music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aqualung and Stairway were probably the two anthems of the year on the radio.
Overall, Aqualung is a good collection of songs and accurately represents every detail of Jethro Tull's intricate sound, but while an album format may work well in getting rid of the band's distracting, flamboyant stage show, it also shows that the band was perhaps not accomplished enough in 1971 to undertake such a monumental feat.
Aqualung is the true coming of age for Jethro Tull in that all the stories in the songs were like a renisance of time.
www.321-music.com /t236853/aqualung_bonus_tracks.html   (3419 words)

  
 Music at Tiscali - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aqualung release their debut single 'Strange and Beautiful' (I’ll Put A Spell On You) on September 16th.
Aqualung is in fact one Matt Hales, a singer/songwriter from London who previously fronted local outfits Ruth and The 45's.
Aqualung is the singular brainchild of the multi-talented Hales, whose compositions have already been requisitioned by organisations as varied as the Tate Modern and Mitsubishi Cars.
music.tiscali.co.uk /news/show.php?id=9063   (936 words)

  
 BBC - Southampton Music - Aqualung - Matt Hales interview
There was a brief period when it looked like perhaps being a stuntman would take over but that only lasted for about two years when I was about 12, and then I was back to music.
I'd just finished the album and it was one of those weird things where Jo Whiley rang up and said 'can we play your song?' and obviously I said 'yes' but then they said what are you going to call it and I had to think of something straight away.
We'll be touring in January and February and then we'll release another single in March and then they'll be more touring in the UK and I'll try and make a new album in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk /southampton/music/aqualung_iv.shtml   (810 words)

  
 Aqualung [Bonus Tracks] id   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
But Aqualung was certainly a defining moment, and is crammed full of classic tracks many of which are still in Tull's live set today.
Aqualung is the album's lead character, and is so named for his hacking cough,and dishevelled appearance.Side one deals with his life story,full of seedy vignettes drawn from modern secular English life.
AQUALUNG was the first of three concept albums released by Jethro Tull in the early Seventies.
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 Smoky Mountain News | Arts + Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
“Aqualung”; — which in its 30th year was honored with full articles by Rolling Stone and the Chicago Sun -Times — is still as resonant as it was in 1971.
Sound check is important for the musicians and me so we can understand the venue’s sound, to anticipate problems, and to get used to the size of the stage.
You were 23 at the time when you wrote “Aqualung,”; which is from stories of your teen years.
www.smokymountainnews.com /issues/04_02/04_24_02/art_jethro.html   (3168 words)

  
 jethrotull   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This popularity was definitely deserved- Aqualung has few weak spots and a variety of excellent songs.
Whether Aqualung is a theme album or not neither detracts or adds to the experience.
Add in a handful of nice pop songs, and Aqualung is a mainstay in both the history of progressive rock and hard rock in general.
www.geocities.com /bigheadmodano/jethrotull.html   (815 words)

  
 Aqualung (musician) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He wanted to be - and indeed was - a musician from an early age, although he said in a BBC interview that there were a couple of years when he wanted to be a (Click link for more info and facts about stuntman) stuntman, when he was about 12.
At the age of 16, he was awarded a scholarship to study music composition at (The oldest English public school; located in Winchester) Winchester College.
It has been written that Hales took the name "Aqualung" from a (Click link for more info and facts about Jethro Tull) Jethro Tull (A book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc) album of the same name.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Aq/Aqualung_(musician).htm   (581 words)

  
 BBC - Leicester - Music - Aqualung review
It was after some ‘last night of the tour’ fun and games that Aqualung's Matt and Ben Hales came on to stage for a second time to start their set.
Aqualung impressed on their return to Leicester as a duo.
Aqualung's last outing in Leicester was with the compliment of a full band, and their latest album Still Life is lavishly produced with the similar musical backing.
www.bbc.co.uk /leicester/music/2004/02/aqualung_review.shtml   (613 words)

  
 Scotland on Sunday - The Review - First came the advert...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Good questions, and the answers were to swiftly become Aqualung, and the single ‘Strange and Beautiful’, followed by their eponymous debut album.
Aqualung did not even exist until the public was demanding to buy their record, and the irony of bypassing the accepted route to success is not lost on Matt Hales.
He laughs at a less than serious suggestion that the name came from hoary old progressive rockers Jethro Tull and their very successful album, Aqualung, wondering aloud whether there is a worse concept in the world than rock music with flute solos.
scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /thereview.cfm?id=1248982002   (1280 words)

  
 EachNoteSecure » Blog Archive » Aqualung Exclusive Interview!
Aqualung is the main thing of course but I’ve been able to do a lot of stuff within it.
Aqualung is certainly a band that deserves notice and recognition right now for the quality music Matt and company are putting forward.
As Aqualung continues to age like fine merlot as a musician, and with the US introduction, Id recommend we all enjoy a long drink.
www.eachnotesecure.com /?p=16   (1358 words)

  
 Nitin Sawhney - Human
Aqualung's fragile and honest vocals on Falling offset the complex beat-driven production well.
The River stands as an excellent introduction to what this most talented musician is about - beginning with Indian instrumentals, moving through western guitar sounds before settling on the kind of R&B vibe that would put All Saints to shame, it is ambitious and well realised.
It's unfortunate that Sawhney set the target so high with his previous records, for sooner or later he was bound to reach a haitus.
www.musicomh.com /albums/nitin-sawhney-2.htm   (539 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego Entertainment Guide > Event Profile: Aqualung
Brooklyn's Aqualung is a Jethro Tull cover band that's been around for 10 years and recreates Tull shows song for song, right down to the last flute paw-tweet.
London's Aqualung is a one-man-band consisting of a dude named Matt Hales, who merges electronica with breathy singer/songwriter folk and epic, arena-ready Coldplay/Radiohead grandiosity.
After playing in bands like The 45s (again, the Brit version, not the US one), Ruth and a Police cover band, Hales made it big solo-style when his song "Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put A Spell on You)" was featured on a VW Beetle commercial.
entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profiles/events/279459   (218 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful - CD Review
There are songs on the album that are catchy, as well, but Aqualung never ventures into upbeat pop territory with this album.
Instead, the listener is treated to contemplative melodies and the inner peerings of a talented musician.
Aqualung's music is clearly its own, building on the artistry of others rather than attempting to mimic it.
blogcritics.org /archives/2005/03/21/155407.php   (1673 words)

  
 Sorted magAZine: Aqualung, Vicar Street, Dublin, 5th April 2003.
Even from this opening number, it was clear that this was a different incarnation from the Aqualung you may have heard on your stereo - live percussion and double bass gave an added resonance to their hallmark delicate melodies.
As a classically-trained musician, the obvious craftsmanship of Matt Hales' compositions is belied by his genuine humility and wry self-deprecation.
In what was Aqualung's first headline show outside Britain, any initial nerves were soon assuaged by the warmth of the crowd's reaction.
www.sortedmagazine.com /Concerts.php3?nID=451   (865 words)

  
 Aqualung plays first home gig for charity. :: Wessex Scene Online :: Student News
Southampton-born musician Matt Hales, better known as Aqualung, is to perform a series of charity gigs at Turner Sims Concert Hall this August in support of the Southampton branch of Samaritans.
Aqualung shot to fame last September when the single ‘Strange and beautiful’, which was used as the theme of a VW Beetle commercial, reached number 7 in the UK charts.
Matt Hales, Aqualung said, “When I heard that the Southampton branch of the Samaritans needed to raise some money to finish the move to their new home I saw a great opportunity.
www.wessexscene.co.uk /article.php?sid=597   (357 words)

  
 Aqualung - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
So there's more than a bit of what he calls "delicious irony" in the fact that his latest--and most high profile--project, Aqualung, was born at a time when he was full of self doubt.
After the split of his previous band, the Britpop act The 45s, in 2002, Hales was broke and troubled by his growing disillusionment with music.
Aqualung was a lo-fi, atmospheric album free of guitars and full of programmed rhythms.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,578990,00.html   (1315 words)

  
 Jethro Tull Press: Classic Rock, August 2001
Aqualung, the fourth album from Jethro Tull, remains as relevant and enigmatic today as it did when it was released in 1971.
Aqualung would be our fourth album in four years, and until then it had been a gentle progression.
The Aqualung character is more than just a poor old sod — he watches "little girls with bad intent" and hangs out with cross-eyed Mary, the "poor man's rich girl" who'll "do it for a song".
www.tullpress.com /craug01.htm   (3456 words)

  
 soundgenerator.com | Aqualung - Still Life review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aqualung’s ‘Still Life’ is gentle, persuasive and evokes many a mood as the generosity of one mans vision lifts the weary soul.
Via a TV commercial, the young composer, musician, maestro call him what you will has developed into a formidable force as songwriter and performer.
This album Aqualung’s second is a fine work and shares a similar stable to his obvious (or perhaps not) mentor Brian Wilson.
www.soundgenerator.com /burner/livemusic.cfm?reviewid=480   (426 words)

  
 Laufis Jethro Tull World: Jethro Tull music in surround sound
I have always been interested in 'sound' things since I was a teenager, as I've been (singing) in bands and while I wouldn't declare myself as a proper musician, I think I've had some useful experiences in such things when I played on stage or recorded music.
These albums are 'Aqualung' and 'Warchild' - the first being famous for having a rough demo version of "Wind-Up" instead of the regular album version on it.
'Aqualung' on 'M.U.' has the quad mix on it (in stereo) and 'Song For Jeffrey' is a slightly different mix, compared to the versions on 'This Was' and 'Living In The Past'.
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 Musician Forums - (Classic Rock/Prog-Rock) Jethro Tull - Aqualung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Aqualung - The most recognizable part of this song is the dark guitar riff.
And also, Aqualung seems to be an album that can hold you in to it, all the way through.
It is true to say that Aqualung is overated by many people, a lot thinking it is the best of the album.
www.musicianforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=197288   (2035 words)

  
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