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Kassidy

Kassidy are a Scottish alternative folk rock band. The band was formed in 2009 in Glasgow, under the name "Cassidy". On the 26th of September 2009 their first and only, CD-single was released, on the King Tuts, Glasgow label and was called "Night in a box":

In 2010 they changed their name in "Kassidy". The band's name Kassidy is inspired by the 1969 American Western film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Kassidy began writing and recording their music in a shared house, which they later converted to a personal studio. They released three EP's, the second entitled The Rubbergum EP Volume 2 on the 16th of August, 2010.

To follow their EPs, Kassidy released their debut album Hope St. on the 23rd of May 2011.
Genres: Folk rock, indie rock, alternative rock
Band members:
Barrie-James O'Neill
Hamish Fingland
Lewis Andrew
Chris Potter

Update:
In 2014 Barrie-James O'Neill left the band, going off to America. The band split up and together with 2 new musicians (Leo Condie and Kirstin Lynn) a new band was formed under a new name: [a4593502].

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