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One Step Closer are a British alternative rock band that was formed in 2004, they didn’t really become a recognised rock band until 2008 when they released the debut album ‘take off the colours’. They had two of their songs from their first album appear in the U.K pop charts which weren’t a great success due to the fact that there a rock band. They were nominated for ‘best British band’ at the 2008, 2009, 2010 kerrang! Awards but failed to achieve it because of bullet for my valentine’, they eventually won it in 2011. The band was influenced by American bands such as blink 182. They released their second album ‘hold me down’ on January 11^th 2010 which reached number 5 in the u.k. album charts. On 15 December 2010, the band did an interview with “coupdemainmagazine” regarding to the progress of their upcoming third studio album. Frontman Josh stated that the band just did several demos for the record and that the songs would be of "heavier" than what the previous records Take Off Your Colours/Hold Me Down would be like. He also added on, "We’ve got songs that we’ve written that sound like they could be on a Coldplay or Snow Patrol album. And then we’ve got another song that sounds like it could be on a Parkway Drive record. It's really crazy if you were to ask me!". Their third album possibly the best is ‘sinners never sleep’ which features songs like ‘bite my tongue’ ft oli sykes was released on 3rd October 2011. This was their best album which reached 3rd in the u.k album charts. The gossip that ‘One Step Closer’ were going to do a collaboration with oli sykes the lead singer of ‘bring me the horizon’. The band announced in March 2012 that they had recorded a new song for The Swarm, a ride at Thorpe Park, which will be Europe's tallest winged roller-coaster. The song was released to iTunes on 18 March 2012 and is the world's first single for a roller coaster. In March 2012, the band announced that the third single off the album would be "No One Does It Better". The single would be released along with two additional tracks titled "Over Us" and "Retain" and be released as a single bundle through Virgin Records in April.

One Step Closer have announced via a small segment of November 2012 (out in October)'s issue of Rock Sound that they will be working with US big-name producer Dallas Austin and Norway big-name production team Stargate on a follow-up one-off single to their current single Reckless. The song will be different territory altogether for One Step Closer as the song will be electro-pop. The song will also be similar to the hit Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera song "Moves Like Jagger". Josh wrote on Twitter recently that the song came about when Dallas sent the band the demo of the beat to be used in the song. The song will be a collaboration with UK pop star Rita Ora. The song will be made for mainstream radio airplay, unlike their other singles. The song will see a release in August 2013, with radio and TV airplay starting in July 2013. This should hopefully make them a better known band in the u.k pop industry because before they weren't very successful due to the fact that they weren't releasing songs into the u.k pop charts.

One Step Closer band members:

Current

Josh Franceschi – lead vocals (since 2004)

Max Helyer – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (since 2004)

Chris Miller – lead guitar (since 2004)

Matt Barnes – bass guitar (since 2004)

Dan Flint – drums, percussion (since 2007)

Touring Musicians

Luke Rendell - additional guitar, backing vocals

Former members

Joe Philips – drums, percussion (2004–2007)