Atlas | |
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Origin | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Genres | Alternative rock |
Years active | 2005–2008 |
Labels | Elements Music |
Members |
Sean Cunningham Ben Campbell Andy Lynch Joe McCallum |
Atlas were a New Zealand rock band which was formed in 2005 and disbanded in late 2008.
In April 2005, in Hollywood, California, producer Hank Linderman ( The Beach Boys, Eagles) introduced New Zealand rocker Ben Campbell (a former member of the band Zed) [1] and his sister Beth Campbell (a backing vocalist for the band Chicago), [1] [2] to 19-year-old American solo artist Sean Cunningham. [2] Together with Joe McCallum, [2] the group decided to form the band Atlas. [1]
Located in Auckland, New Zealand, [3] Atlas released their second single " Crawl" in March, 2007, and on 5 March, "Crawl" debuted at #9 [4] before moving up to claim the top spot of the Official New Zealand Music Chart the next week, [5] where it stayed for a total of seven weeks. [6] Their next single was "Magic 8".
Atlas released their debut album Reasons for Voyaging on 19 November 2007, [1] entering the Official New Zealand Music Chart the following week at #4, which was its peak position. [7]
Date of Release | Title | Label | NZ Chart [8] | Certification |
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19 November 2007 | Reasons for Voyaging | Mental Music | 4 | NZ: Gold [9] |
Year | Single | Album | NZ Chart [8] | NZ Certification |
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2005 | "Is This Real" | Reasons for Voyaging | - | - |
2007 | " Crawl" | 1 | Gold [10] | |
" Magic 8" | 27 | - |