The Subways are an English rock band. Their debut album, Young for Eternity, was released on 4 July 2005 in the UK and 14 February 2006 in the U.S. Their second album, All or Nothing, was released on 30 June 2008 and their third album Money and Celebrity debuted on the 19 September 2011. The Subways, whose name comes from the time Lunn, Morgan and Cooper used to hang around the local subway underpass which ran underneath a Welwyn Garden City roundabout A UK subway is an underground walkway to cross roads NOT as commonly mistaken a train line, began playing at an early age, in Lunn and Morgan's homes who are brothers—Lunn's birthname is William Morgan in Welwyn Garden City. They first played Nirvana,Green Day and other punk songs, under the name of Mustardseed. They later changed their name to Platypus, and began to tour small, local venues, such as The Square in Harlow, Essex. An early CD of the band playing live was recorded at The Square which they sold at gigs.
The band released many demos and EPs in their early days when playing the London circuit in the UK. With every batch of new songs that The Subways would compose, Lunn would insist that the band record them. However, at such a young age the group had no money with which to go into a studio to record consistently, so they came upon the idea of buying their own cheap recording system at home.
After Glastonbury, The Subways went on to play The Carling Weekend 2004 in both Reading and Leeds, and then proceeded to play their very first (self funded) tour of the UK consisting of 35 dates. The band signed to City Pavement & Infectious Records in late 2004. Their first album, Young for Eternity, which was released on the 4 July 2005, was produced by Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie; with their debut single "Oh Yeah" reaching number 25 in theUK Singles Chart on its release week 21 March 2005.
The Subways appeared during the seventh episode of the third season of The O.C., "The Anger Management", performing two songs at the music venue 'the Bait Shop', "Rock & Roll Queen" and "Oh Yeah". The episode came to a close with "I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say" playing.
The band postponed touring in April 2006 because Lunn had nodules on his vocal cords. They played a "secret" gig in The Green Room in their home town of Welwyn Garden City on 16 June, and also as support for the Foo Fighters in Manchester at the Lancashire County Cricket Ground on 18 June , and have recently returned to touring.
On 29 November, the band headed back into the studio to record their third studio album. By 21 December the band announced they are back in the studio recording with Stephen Street. The band have partnered with the direct-to-fan platform Pledge Music, and are offering fans the chance to be part of the release of the new album, which was released on the 19 September 2011. This album is entitled "Money and Celebrity".
The band announced in June that the first single from the album will be "It's a Party", which was released as a free download through the band's website. They also released dates for an additional tour which supports the album. This is tour will be across Europe, playing in such venues as Manchester Academy 2, London KOKO and Madrid Sala Caracol
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