{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{update|date=October 2016}} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/EIGHT-LEGS/28480153783 |title=Eight Legs - Home |website=Facebook.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref>
Eight Legs' first self-titled EP was released in 2006 by Blow Up Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.spotify.com/album/02nLOSoF2G0lCLUOHXNFk0 |title=Eight Legs by Eight Legs on Spotify |website=Play.spotify.com |date=2006-06-12 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref> Their first album ''Searching For The Life'' was released on 7 April 2008 by Weekender Records.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason S. Lee |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Searching-Simple-Life-Eight-Legs/dp/B0013URPAO |title=Searching For The Simple Life |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=2013-03-01 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref> On 22 May 2009, Eight Legs released their second album entitled ''The Electric Kool-Aid Cuckoo Nest'' by Ais, Snowhite, and Universal Distribution.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/the-electric-kool-aid-cuckoo-nest-lp-vinyl/19901365.p?skuId=19901365 |title=The Electric Kool-Aid Cuckoo Nest [LP] VINYL |website=Bestbuy.com |date=2009-05-22 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref> Eights Legs also released a third album called ''Eight Legs'' on 25 October 2010 by Invisible DJ Records.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bestbuy.com/site/eight-legs-cd/1332491.p?skuId=1332491 |title=Eight Legs [CD] |website=Bestbuy.com |date=2010-10-25 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}</ref>
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.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-eight-legs-8546-303690|title=Eight Legs |website=Nme.com|date=16 May 2007}}</ref>
They were featured in popular music magazine ''NME'' in 2007.<ref name="auto"/>
Their single "These Grey Days" featured on the NHS 'Alcohol: Know Your Limits' public information film in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA6812|title=NHS 'Alcohol - Start Of A Night Out' TV ad - 30 sec advert|date=9 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209032234/http://tellyads.com/show_movie.php?filename=TA6812|accessdate=15 September 2020|archive-date=9 February 2009}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.eightlegs.co.uk/ Eight Legs official website] * [https://www.myspace.com/eightlegs/ Eight Legs' MySpace Page] * [https://archive.today/20130202164713/http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/13/band-of-the-week-eight-legs/ Band of the Week: Eight Legs - Spinner<!-- Bot generated title -->]
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Category:English pop punk groups
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