Artist Detailed Info: Set Up

There are 2 bands called The Set Up. One of them is the featured albums below and the other are a band from Edinburgh, Scotland.

Most of the songs listed below are songs by the latter.

The Set Up are an Edinburgh based quartet, blending blues, folk and rock with their signature three-part harmonies. Austen George is the singer-songwriter and lead guitarist. Lewis Rosa is on backing vocal and bass. Murray Briggs on drums. The band has recently been augmented by Gus Carruthers on guitar and vocals. With a focus on signature hooks, memorable riffs and powerful three-part harmonies, The Set Up weave electric guitar, acoustic and piano based songs to produce raw, emotive music.

Past credits include radio play on a number of stations including Radio 1 and Radio Scotland amongst others; rave reviews by Vic Galloway on radio and Rick Fulton in the Daily Record; and a live session on BBC Radio Scotland. They were the house band at seminal Edinburgh venue, The Left Bank, were they developed a large following with their flair for clever rock’n’roll and their three-part harmony. They’ve played some of the finest stages in Scotland, including the Classic Grand and the Arches in Glasgow and the Liquid Rooms and Bongo Club in Edinburgh, plus a whole host of others. Austen has scored music for both BBC and Channel 4 television as well as supported acts like Supergrass. Murray currently plays for Aberfeldy, The Gin Goblins and Chris Bradley.

http://www.myspace.com/setupuk

For the other The Setup (Belgium) counts the following description:

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Fueled by the current violent state of the world and personal struggles, The Setup have embarked on a mission to create the perfect soundtrack for all hostility to come. Indifferent towards trends and scene antics, pissed off with the fear propaganda and disgusted by ignorance, The Setup are not afraid to take their stance, using intense musical and lyrical messages. Over the years The Setup have been earning street credentials with their breakthrough record “The Pretense Of Normality” and the steady touring that followed. Faced with the ordeals inherent to underground music and constant touring, members were bound to come and go, leaving the band behind with a line-up that’s the most efficient and confident to date. Two years after their last album, and determined to continually progress while sticking to their trademark heavy-hitting and technically skilled sound , The Setup have returned to the studio with a take-no-prisoners approach. This new outing entitled “Minister Of Death” sees them evolving in their signature sound, whilst tuning down a notch and adding the rawest and most vicious riffs they’ve conjured so far, creating a dark, gloomy and above all heavy album, which is bound to pass the test of time. After supporting their lauded debut album for GSR-Music and having toured with The Path Of Resistance and Ringworm among others, and despite constantly playing every stage possible, The Setup found the time to retreat to their familiar and confined rehearsal room, to create 11 new blistering hardcore tracks. For “Minister Of Death” the band once again took producer Ace Zec to the challenge, to put their rawest and most sincere tracks yet to tape, to emerge from the studio with all guns blazing. In addition to 11 blistering tracks, complex artwork by Holland's Dennis DamnEngine and a bonus-DVD, “Minster Of Death” is bound to burn ears and make heads turn.

http://www.myspace.com/thesetup

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