United KingdomRooney is the #114,238 most-subscribed YouTube channel worldwide and #5,203 in United Kingdom, with 24 subscribers and 3.7K total views across 12 videos.
Biography
Rooney were a British DIY band that released three albums between 1998 and 2000, including the debut album Time on Their Hands which received much support from John Peel, who booked them for a session in 1999. They reached number 44 in Peel's Festive Fifty of 1998. The lo-fi music incorporated sometimes humorous — but often unsettling — spoken-sung lyrics describing everyday, mundane activities and observations, an approach which was consistent across all Rooney releases.
Channel description
Rooney (the UK band not the US one)
From 1998 to 2000 Common Culture Records released 3 impressive album collections of low-fi art songs of ordinary life by Rooney. Songs of wandering down the local shops, of looking at family holiday snaps: an attempt to make something communicable of the commonplace. Rooney releases garnered much support from John Peel amongst others (a Peel session and Festive Fifty appearance resulted). These appropriately lo-fi music videos are viewable here for the first time since they were made in 1999-2002.
'That's Rooney on Common Culture Records, from an EP called 'Got Up Late', which is really excellent I think...' John Peel, Radio 1 FM, 28/1/98
'Rooney works the same alchemical miracle as the 'Sensation' generation of British artists, making the crushingly mundane fantastic via a simple shift of focus'. Stewart Lee, Sunday Times, 18/10/98.
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Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Rooney (UK band) have?
- 24 subscribers — #114,238 worldwide, #5,203 in United Kingdom.
- What is Rooney (UK band)'s real name?
- Rooney (UK band)'s real name is Rooney.
- When did Rooney (UK band) start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Mar 2014.