The band have spoken of their desire to write songs that are about more than just "boy and girl. This newly revamped trio of Sparkes, Skarendahl, and Sharland subsequently signed to RCA and released their first album The Trick to Life on 22 October 2007. The original group included two band members (Tony Byrne and Tom Easey) who had left by this point, leaving Sparkes and Sharland to replace them with Skarendahl. Having gathered enough material to compile an album, Al and Irwin returned to London, where they met Swiss keyboard player and sound engineer Duri Darms and Martin Skarendahl, a Swedish ex-fireman who was then working with Darms as a recording studio engineer and studying at The London Music School. Their time spent in Indiana inspired the band's name, as a citizen of Indiana is colloquially called a Hoosier. The pair won themselves a football scholarship at the University of Indianapolis, despite a reputed claim to be "allergic to running" (a claim which is backed up by lead singer Sparkes' asthma). When the band was formed in Indianapolis in 2003, Alan "Alphonso" Raymond Sharland (drummer) and Irwin Nathaniel Sparkes (lead singer and guitarist) spent some time in the United States, encouraged by their chemistry teacher ( Grant Serpell, who was part of the band Sailor during their fame in the 1970s), in an attempt to broaden their horizons. The Hoosiers performing at Live Fest in July 2011 In August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic the band played a surprise secret gig at a socially distanced street party in Weston-super-Mare known as AaronFest. In July 2015, bassist Martin Skarendahl left the band in what was described by the remaining members as "one of the most amicable decisions in music history". The band released their second top ten album The Illusion of Safety on 16 August 2010 and was preceded by the lead single " Choices", released on 1 August 2010, and which reached the UK top 20. In October 2007, they released their debut album The Trick to Life, which reached number one in the album charts.
Their first single " Worried About Ray" reached number 5 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2007.
The band consists of members Irwin Sparkes (lead vocals, lead guitar) and Alan Sharland (drums, percussion, vocals).
The Hoosiers are an English pop rock band formed in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Irwin Sparkes (left) and Martin Skarendahl (right)
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