Eight Legs are an indie pop punk band from Stratford-upon-Avon. They formed in 2007 when band members Sam Jolly, Jack Wharton, Adam Neal and Jack Garside were just 18/19 years old.[1]
Eight Legs' first self-titled EP was released in 2006 by Blow Up Records.[2] Their first album Searching For The Life was released on 7 April 2008 by Weekender Records.[3] On 22 May 2009, Eight Legs released their second album entitled The Electric Kool-Aid Cuckoo Nest by Ais, Snowhite, and Universal Distribution.[4] Eights Legs also released a third album called Eight Legs on 25 October 2010 by Invisible DJ Records.[5]
Their single, "These Grey Days", was chosen by Hedi Slimane, to be on the original soundtrack of Autumn Winter 2006 Dior Homme Runway fashion show.[6]
They were featured in popular music magazine NME in 2007.[6]
Their single "These Grey Days" featured on the NHS 'Alcohol: Know Your Limits' public information film in 2008.[7]