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The Struts are an English indie glam band. Influenced by Queen, the Rolling Stones, Oasis and the Libertines, the Struts have been described as "unabashedly over the top retro-fetishist classic rock," "glamourous and dangerous" and as "having a chance to spark a real rock revival with their hooky glam sound, which manages to pay tribute to the classics, while remaining impeccably modern."

History
Singer/songwriter Luke Spiller was raised in Bristol. As the child of strict Christians, his exposure to music was mainly limited to gospel music until he was seven, when he discovered Michael Jackson's Off the Wall. Inspired by Jackson, his first aspirations were to be a contemporary dancer, but by 11, he was listening to Led Zeppelin, Queen, AC/DC amd Leonard Cohen, and in addition to looking in the mirror and pretending to be  Jackson, he was pretending to be Bon Scott and Freddie Mercury. He began playing in bands as a teenager.

In 2009, Spiller -- then living in Clevedon -- met Derby-based guitarist/songwriter Adam Slack, who had also been playing with bands since his teens. At the time, each of their bands were "coming apart," and Slack and Spiller quickly connected musically. Spiller moved to Derby, where he and Slack lived, wrote and recorded together for three years. They recruited mutual friends Jamie Binns and Rafe Thomas to play bass and drums. In 2012 Binns and Thomas were replaced with bassist Jed Elliott and drummer Gethin Davies.

They chose the band name The Struts based on an offhand comment made at a rehearsal. "I was just moving around and somebody was like, you strut around a lot. From then on, we knew we had a great name. We couldn’t believe it hadn’t been taken," Spiller said in a 2015 interview. The band played frequently in and around the English Midlands and throughout the UK. They soon developed a following, and The Struts released their first single “I Just Know” in June 2012. Signed by Future Records, they were transferred to Virgin EMI after Future's demise and put out a four song EP, Kiss This, on the label. They toured extensively in England and France, and in 2014 performed for 80,000 people as the opener for The Rolling Stones in Paris. During the summer of 2014, they did a 24-date tour which included a gig at the Isle of Wight Festival. Spiller wore clothing designed for him by Zandra Rhodes, who formerly dressed Freddie Mercury of Queen. The production of the outfit was later featured on the BBC documentary Oh You Pretty Things: The Story of Music and Fashion.

As The Struts reputation as a live band grew, their audience increased, and their shows were frequently sold-out. Spiller's talent as a frontman was often noted by the press and reviews described him as "a force of nature" and as a "physical, mesmerising entertainer...vocally strong, expressive and blessed with excellent range." Mike Oldfield, looking for a rock vocalist with a broad range to sing on his album Man on the Rocks was instantly pointed toward Spiller. "I went online and thought: yeah. He did a much better job of sounding like a rock star than me.”

Everybody Wants, a studio album, came out in July 2014. It charted in the UK and received positive reviews. In early 2015, The Struts signed to Interscope Records and in August of that year the EP Have You Heard? came out. Their first US release, they began a tour of the States in support of the record in September. 20 dates were sold out, including the band's Los Angeles debut at The Troubador which sold out in 30 minutes.“Could Have Been Me,” the lead single, hit #4 on the iTunes rock singles chart and in the Top 10 on the US alternative and active rock charts. The video for the track, directed by Jonas Ackerland, had more than 1.5 million views within two months of its Vevo debut.

The Struts relocated to Los Angeles in early 2015. Their first television appearance in America was on Jimmy Kimmel in August 2015, and in September they were named "Band on the Verge" by ''USA Today.

Albums

 * Everybody Wants (Virgin, 2014)

EPs

 * Kiss This (Virgin, 2013)
 * Have You Heard? (Interscope, 2015)

Singles

 * 2012 "I Just Know"
 * 2013 "Could Have Been Me"
 * 2014 "Kiss This"
 * 2015 "Could Have Been Me" (US)