Overland Artist Bio

Overland is the name of at least two artists:

1) Steve Overland is a British singer/musician who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the bands Wildlife, FM, The Ladder, Shadowman, and his own group, Overland. Overland’s nearly 30 year career began in his home county of East Anglia, where he and his brother Chris formed the band Wildlife in 1980. The group released the band’s debut album, Burning, in 1980. The band moved labels to the Led Zeppelin owned Swan Song Records for their 1983 self-titled follow up album. The demise of Swan Song in 1983, meant that the Wildlife album was under promoted, with an American release for the album being cancelled and the band split up soon after.
Overland next formed the AOR band FM, along with former Wildlife members Pete Jupp and Chris Overland
Overland has recorded prolifically throughout the 2000s (decade), with the bands The Ladder, Shadowman, and latterly, with his solo albums, Break Away (2008) and Diamond Dealer (2009).

2) Overland were a Post-Rock band from Bristol, England that consisted of Alex, Dave, Jane, and Joe. They released one album “Traces of Yesterdays” in 2001. All physical copies deteriorated and become unlistenable. After a rip with disc rot was posted online by Profoundemonium in 2013, people started coming together to look for a clean copy. After 10 years it was found and uploaded thanks to a band member’s friend whose cd copy survived. From Joe: “We never did any promo or played a gig. We practiced about a dozen times in Jane’s House (she’s the singer and violin player), then recorded the album. Dave put a photo of me and him from a few weeks ago on his Instagram. Prior to that I hadn’t seen him for 10 years, that was at our friend Rachel’s wedding. The same Rachel whose cd copy miraculously survived and that I ripped a couple of weeks ago.” They have cited Movietone and Headfall as influences. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.