Band Aid (band) Band Aid (band) Band Aid is a charity supergroup featuring mainly British and Irish musicians and recording artists. It was founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for anti-famine efforts in Ethiopia by releasing the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year. On 25 November 1984, the song was recorded at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, and was released in the UK four days later. The single surpassed the hopes of the producers to become the Christmas number one on that release. Three subsequent re-recordings of the song
The Machine in the Garden (band) exploration, the band made a video for the haunting and melodic song, "The Unaware." Creating a mix of darkwave influences and ethereal melodies, the duo of Roger Fracé and Summer Bowman used soaring guitars, tribal rhythms and electronic sweeps to create 2002's "Asphodel". "Asphodel" deals with the many layers of the band's vision, relating songs of love and desire, sorrow and despair. "XV" was released in December 2007 to celebrate the band's 15th anniversary. In December 2010 they released the single "In The Vanir" as a digital only release. The Machine in the Garden (band) The Machine in the Garden