Menlo Park was an alternative-rock band, founded in 1999,Staff (undated). "About Menlo Park Music". Menlo Park Music. Retrieved 18 December 2012. and recording between 2000 and 2003.
The band has been described by the London Evening Standard as "cajun folkists", by Time Out as "theatrical swamp",Lewis, John; Mackness, Kerstan (31 July 2006). "The Future of London's Jazz Scene". Time Out. Retrieved 18 December 2012. and by themselves as "hip-hop county" and "voodoo folk".Sweeting, Adam (19 February 2002). "Menlo Park". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
It featured Seb Rochford,Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Bran (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. New York City; London: Rough Guides. p. 672. . who won the BBC Rising Star Jazz Award in 2004 and leads the Mercury Prize-nominated experimental-jazz group Polar Bear.Barnes, Mike (5 April 2007). "Is This the Hardest-Working Man in Music? Rising Star Seb Rochford Was, Until Recently, Playing in 10 Different Bands The More the Merrier, He and Collaborator Pete Wareham Tell Mike Barnes". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
Band members Chris Taylor John Greswell Ben Nicholls (bass) Natasha Panas (piano, vocals) Seb Rochford (drums)
Albums and EPs TitleDate of ReleaseMenlo Park2000We All Doctors Here (EP)2000Greetings From Montauk NY (EP)2002Greetings From Lambeth (EP)2003
See also
List of alternative rock artists
References
External links menloparkmusic.com, the band's official website Menlo Park on MySpace, including some press coverage