Turin Brakes Thank Take That for Second Wind
- Posted on Feb 22nd 2010 10:22AM by Johnny Dee
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Acoustic indie duo Turin Brakes have admitted that if it wasn't for Take That they may have had to split.Without enough money to record a new album after leaving EMI, Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian faced an uncertain future and didn't know if they could continue.
Salvation arrived in the unexpected form of Take That's Howard Donald who approached the duo through a mutual friend to write a song for Britain's favourite former boy band. The pair came up with 'Here,' the final track on Take That's mega-selling 'Circus' album.
Salvation arrived in the unexpected form of Take That's Howard Donald who approached the duo through a mutual friend to write a song for Britain's favourite former boy band. The pair came up with 'Here,' the final track on Take That's mega-selling 'Circus' album.
"We took that money that we made off that song and reinvested it in our studio and this album," Knights revealed to BBC 6 Music's Jon Holmes. "So technically, you know, without Take That ... I don't know if we'd have a Turin Brakes album.
"I'm not going to say we made a huge amount but we made enough money to cover a few debts that we'd built up over a couple of years of not being signed. We had to find some money from somewhere. Neither me or Gale have made enough money to sit back and relax by any stretch, so we have to find money. It is about that."
With a slice of the Take That millions in their back pockets Turin Brakes then went on to record their fifth album 'Outbursts,' out next month.
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