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Scouting For Girls Formed In 2005, They Are A British Group Setup By Freinds Roy Stride, Greg Churchouse and Peter Ellard.

In Febuary 2007, Scouting For Girls Were Signed To Epic Records A Division Of SONY BMG, Their first E.P. single, "It's Not About You", heavily influenced by artists such as Electric Furs, was released on 25 June 2007 and is he highest charting limited edition E.P. in chart history. Their first full single "She's So Lovely", was released on 27 August 2007 and stayed in the Top 10 for six weeks. Their second single, "Elvis Ain't Dead", was released on December 17 2007. The debut album from Scouting for Girls is self-titled, certified double gold, and has sold over 200,000 copies.

The Group Members

Roy Stride (vocals/keyboards)
Greg Churchouse(bass guitar)
Peter Ellard (percussion)

Influences

Thomas Hardy, the Beach Boys, Baden Powell, REM, Mark Twain, James, the Stone Roses, Glen Campbell, E.M Forster, the Eagles, the Temptations, Seamus Heaney, the Hormones, Belle and Sebastian, D. H Lawrence, mamas and papas, Joseph Conrad, the Hidden Cameras, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, the Ronnettes, The La’s, T.S Eliot, Bowie, The Electric Light Orchestra, Charles Dickens, Embrace, the Supremes, the Moody Blues, Idlewild, The Byrds, The Hollies, Melville, The Dirfters, Simon and Garfunkel

Sound Like

Thomas Hardy, the Beach Boys, Baden Powell, REM, Ben folds five, Mark Twain, James, the Stone Roses, Glen Campbell, E.M Forster, the Eagles, the Temptations, Seamus Heaney, the Hormones, Belle and Sebastian, D. H Lawrence, mamas and papas, Joseph Conrad, the Hidden Cameras, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, the Ronnettes, The La’s, T.S Eliot, Bowie, The Electric Light Orchestra, Charles Dickens, Embrace, the Supremes, the Moody Blues, Idlewild, The Byrds, The Hollies, Melville, The Dirfters, Simon and Garfunkel.