Runner

There are at least 3 acts with the name, Runner: 1: Runner are an Alternative Rock act out of Perth, Australia. Three part vocal harmonies over a post-rock instrumental base gives a sound that could be used to overpower but is simply a barrage of melodic means to add intrigue to explorations of the plain old pop song. Runner launch their debut EP in March 2012, with "Outlines & Colours" the first track to be released in early Feb. 2 The Chicago based angular punk act Runner was formed originally in Dekalb, IL on the summer of 1999 by Pablo Gammeri (The Firebird Band, Horse and Rider) on guitar, Gabe on vocals, Brian Wnukowski (Haymarket Riot, The Cougars) on drums and Neil M. Keener (Planes Mistaken for Stars, Git Some) on bass. Their unique blend of Discord-ish angularity with the proto-punk groove of bands like the MC5 may not have lasted for very long as the band disbanded in 2003 after a few nation-wide tours, but it has left their legacy The Goods recorded at Ghetto Love Studios in 2001 and released by the Chicago indie label Sick Room Records. Runner has recently reunited for a benefit show for the cause of system fibrosis care alongside with the fellow Chicago cult act Gauge. 3:The London based group Runner grew out of the ashes of the bands Rare Bird and The Arrows, with the singers of the two bands (Steve Gould and Alan Merrill) joining forces in early 1978 to write some new songs and record a 4 song demo tape. Steve Gould and Alan Merrill had been touring up and down the UK with the last remnants of The Arrows in 1977 (Gould's group Rare Bird had already disbanded), and were talking about forming a new band as Arrows disintegrated under the relentless onslaught of the punk music scene in the UK at that time.