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Mallory Knox is an alternative rock band from Cambridge, UK, with five members. In 2013, they released their debut album Signals which reached number 33 in the UK album charts.
The band formed in late 2009 with members Mikey, Sam, Joe, Dave and James. All members had previously been in different local bands, Mikey Joe and James together in a band named Ascendia and Dave and Sam in another band, but had the band itself was formed by Dave and Joe. The band name originates from the character of the same name from the Natural Born Killers film, stating that "We wanted a character name, preferably someone with a dark edge and dark side and we were going to go for Dorian Gray but at the time there was a cheesy Hollywood movie coming out of Dorian Gray so we went for Mallory because of that.".
After approximately 3 months of writing songs, the band started to play local shows in Cambridge around November. They later recorded their début EP Pilot at Studio Glasseye with the help of producer Dan Lancaster (We Are The Ocean, Lower Than Atlantis). The band was signed to Wolf At Your Door Records and released the EP as a free download on 14 July after gaining more exposure by getting as many people as they could to listen to their songs.
The band later played across the country on their first tour with Never Means Maybe, as well as being endorsed by Rockstar energy drink. The release of their first video "Oceans" peaked as high as number 2 in the most requested Scuzz chart, as well as a number of tours to be announced for the first quarter or 2011.
The band played in the Download Festival in June 2012, then through November and December, the band supported rock band Canterbury in the UK. Throughout 2012 the band released a series of singles (including "Death Rattle", "Wake Up", "Lighthouse", "Beggars" and "Hello") and on 21 January 2013, the band released their first album, Signals. It reached No. 33 in the UK album charts. Mallory Knox went to support Don Broco in their Priorities Tour from February to early April. The band later went on a UK headline tour in April to promote their début album.