The Fades are an English indie rock band from London, England, comprising Dave Lightfoot on guitar and vocals, James Lightfoot on bass, Jonathan "Jonny" Barnard on guitar and Alastair "Flash" Thorpe on drums.
The Fades were formed 2000 by Richmond-based brothers James and Dave Lightfoot as Petrol Bomb, later Molotov Cocktail.
They became The Fades when guitarist Jonny Barnard joined the band in early 2002 after a Molotov Cocktail demo was featured on Steve Lamacq's show on BBC Radio 1.
In summer 2007 music from the album was used for a soundtrack on a motocross and mountain biking DVD called Inevitable Descent which was released in Australia.
Tracks by the album were played among others by Paul Baskerville on NDR Nachtclub at Norddeutscher Rundfunk,[3] Freies Sender Kombinat (FSK)[4] and Byte FM.