Biography:
The Rifles are an indie rock band formed in Chingford, London, England in 2004. They are heavily influenced by The Clash, The Jam and 90s Britpop.
They have produced 4 albums.
Their debut album No Love Lost was released on 17 July 2006 which peaked at #26 in the UK charts. Their highest charting single is Repeated Offender which reached #26.
They released their second album entitled Great Escape on 26th January 2009 (originally scheduled for 13th October 2008 release)
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Other songs:
- Peace And Quiet
- Repeated Offender
- Robin Hood
- A Love To Die For
- All I Need
- Big Big Life
- Catch Her In The Rye
- Coming Home
- Cry Baby
- Dreamer
- Eclectic Eccentric
- Eveline
- For The Meantime
- Go Lucky
- Grest Escape
- Heavy Weather
- Heebie Jeebies
- History
- I Could Never Lie
- Lazy Bones
- Local Boy
- Long Walk Back
- Lost In London
- Narrow Minded Social Club
- No Love Lost
- Nothing Matters
- One Night Stand
- Out In The Past
- Rainy Monday
- Rat Race
- Rock The Boat
- Romeo And Julie
- Shes Got Standards
- Shes The Only One Acoustic
- Sometimes
- Spend A Lifetime
- Spend Lifetime
- Tangled Up In Love
- The General
- The Great Escape
- The Hardest Place To Find Me
- Toerag
- Turtle Dove
- Under And Over
- Victoria
- Wall Around Your Heart
- When Im Alone
- You Win Some
- Young For A Day
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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The Rootless
The Roots
The Rose
The Rosebuds
The Rosenbergs
The Sandals
The Saturdays
The Scary Jokes
The Scene Aesthe (...)
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