Are Maxïmo Park and Belly both alternative rock bands?
Maxïmo Park Maxïmo Park are an English alternative rock band, formed in 2000 in Newcastle upon Tyne. The band consists of Paul Smith (vocals), Duncan Lloyd (guitar), Lukas Wooller (keyboard) and Tom English (drums). The band have released six studio albums: "A Certain Trigger" (2005), "Our Earthly Pleasures" (2007), "Quicken The Heart" (2009), "The National Health" (2012), "Too Much Information" (2014) and "Risk to Exist" (2017). The first two albums went gold in the UK and their debut was nominated for the Mercury Prize.
Fireside (band) Fireside is a Grammis Award-winning rock band that formed in the Swedish Hardcore scene in the early 1990s. After finding moderate success as a Post-grunge/Alternative metal band, yet tiring of playing half-filled venues, Fireside adopted an Emo rock/Pop punk sound in 1998. In 2000, with the release of "Elite", the band took a more experimental approach to rock, but 2003's "All You Had" saw the band return to Emo rock/Pop punk. The band's official website is no longer active but the band is set to do two shows in Sweden in 2016.