Artist · chart history
Crimea
Band Camden United Kingdom Active 2002–2013
Crimea formed in 2002 in Camden, United Kingdom and was active until 2013. Crimea has 1 chart appearance on 1 radio countdown from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Baby Boom”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #8. The station that charted Crimea most often is John Peel (BBC Radio 1), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
The Crimea came out of Camden, London, in 2002, led by Davey MacManus, a frontman who sang as though every song might be his last. Their songs went for the grand gesture, small epics of heartbreak and wreckage delivered with MacManus twitching and writhing in the middle of them, and their indie rock had more drama in it than most bands twice their size.
Tragedy Rocks, from 2004, sums them up in its title alone: bruised, theatrical and oddly cheerful about it, with "Baby Boom" as its calling card. They made three studio albums over 11 years before finally packing it in in 2013.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Crimea on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 8 | Baby Boom | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2003 |
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