ESO (band)

Esoterica

ESO in 2012 (left to right: Cloud Cerberus, Bari Parrott, Tobias Keast, Luke Keast, Laura Conway)
Background information
Origin London, England, UK
Genres Alternative rock
Goth Rock
Dubstep
Years active 1996–present
Labels Trak Records UK
Associated acts DevilDriver
Marilyn Manson
Website Official website
Facebook page
Members Tobias Keast - Lead Vocals
Past members Conor O’Keefe - Bass
Matthew Diver - Guitar
Bari Parrott - Guitar
Charlie Pusey - Bass
Lara Sirus - Guitar
Laura Conway - Guitar
Cloud Cerberus - Bass
Luke Keast - Drums
Carl Johnston - Guitar
The artwork for 'The Fool' released in 2005
The artwork for 'The Riddle' released in 2009
The artwork for 'Nothing Left To Lose' released in 2012

ESO (formerly known as Esoterica, typecast by the band as esOterica) were an Alternative Rock band from London, United Kingdom. They released three studio albums, "The Fool" in 2005, "The Riddle" in 2009 and "Nothing Left To Lose" in 2012. The latter of which was their début as ESO. They also released five singles as esOterica, "Don't Rely on Anyone" in 2005, "Tomorrow I Won't Remember", "Silence" in 2009 and "Scream" in 2010, and three singles as ESO, "We Are Watching You" and "The Divide" both in 2012 and "Brand New Suit" in 2013.

The first single for their third studio album, "We Are Watching You", was released on 2 July 2012, the single featured Mike Spreitzer who is the guitarist in metal band DevilDriver. The following single "The Divide" was released on 1 October 2012. The entire album, "Nothing Left To Lose", was released on 1 October 2012 via the band's official store and was later released in other stores from 22 October.

On 25 May 2012, the band held a special album preview show in London, this was their first headline show of 2012 and completely sold out.[1] In July 2012, the band supported Marilyn Manson for the second time across Europe having already supported him once in 2009. Just before they set out to Europe guitarist Bari Parrott left the band for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Carl Johnston.

On 17 May 2013, ESO recorded their live DVD at The Garage in London. This was later followed by an announcement by the band that they are to tour the UK and Europe in September 2013, which would feature a one-off acoustic set that will be filmed in Croydon, UK. Another shock announcement followed a couple of days later, which was signed from Luke (Keast, Drummer) that stated "that after the September tour I will be leaving ESO."[2] No reason was given for Luke's decision to leave ESO, but he did state "This is not the end, I will do something musical again".[3] ESO have since announced that, after their European tour in September 2013, they have taken the decision to disband.

In an interview on the Live in London DVD singer Tobias Keast announced he was working on a new esOterica album.

Discography

Studio albums

Live Albums

Singles

E.P.s

Videos

Official website: www.eso1.com

Band members

Current members
Former members

Notes

  1. ↑ "ESO - ESO's Photos - Facebook". facebook.com.
  2. ↑ "ESO - ANNOUNCEMENT: Hey everyone! Hope you are all well... - Facebook". facebook.com. line feed character in |title= at position 20 (help)
  3. ↑ "ESO - ANNOUNCEMENT: Hey everyone! Hope you are all well... - Facebook". facebook.com. line feed character in |title= at position 20 (help)

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  1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/esoband/posts/511382108927106
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