St Leonards

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St Leonards (band)

St Leonards is an alternative rock band now solo project (Shane Fritsch) from Sydney, Australia. St Leonards' debut album is self-titled St Leonards and was released in 2009. Shane cites The Smashing Pumpkins, Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Ben Harper, Ben Lee, Snow Patrol, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Bob Seger, Deftones and U2 as his musical influences. St Leonards are best known for their songs "Now That We've Grown" and "Best Part of Me", both featured on The CW network TV shows The Vampire Diaries and Beauty & the Beast, respectively.

History

Shane worked with engineer/producer Trent Dobson on Shane’s earlier solo record. The two got back together to start recording what was to be Shane’s second solo record and asked Chris Koelma to come along to some sessions to record bass guitar. When a drummer was needed, Chris mentioned that he knew a good drummer and asked him to come along. The sessions went so well that Shane Fritsch asked Chris Koelma and Jeff Doukakis to join a band as Shane Fritsch always wanted to be in a band, but had not yet found the right people.