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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For groups; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name = Whiteout
| image = Whiteout_band.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Whiteout in 1994 (from left to right): Paul Carroll, Eric Lindsay, Andrew Caldwell, Stuart Smith
| image_size =
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = [[Greenock]], Scotland, UK
| genre = [[Indie rock]], [[Britpop]], [[folk rock]]
| years_active = {{Start date|1991}}–1999
| label = Angel Town, [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]], Yoyo
| associated_acts = [http://www.myspace.com/elipop Eli]
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members = Paul Carroll<br>Eric Lindsay<br>Mark Fairhurst<br>Andrew Caldwell<br>Stuart Smith<br>Eric Russell<br>Jim McDermott<br>Warren McIntyre<br>Sandy Manson
}}
'''Whiteout''' were a British rock group from [[Greenock]]<ref name="Select Review"/> in [[Scotland]], who were most famous for their hit "Jackie's Racing". Although they had existed in a different incarnation since the very early 1990s, the band's classic line-up consisted of Andrew Caldwell (vocals), Paul Carroll (bass), Eric Lindsay (guitar) and Stuart Smith (drums). The name came from a slang term for the disorientating effects of alcohol.
==History==
===Recording===
Whiteout were the first guitar band to sign to the [[Silvertone Records (1980)|Silvertone]] label<ref name="Select Review">{{cite journal |first=Andrew |last=Perry |title=Review: ''Whiteout - Big Wow, Yo-Yo'' |journal=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |publisher=[[EMAP|EMAP Metro]] |issue=August, 1998 |pages=97, 98}}</ref> after their enormous success with [[the Stone Roses]]. Whiteout's principal recordings were the albums ''[[Bite It]]'' (1995) and ''[[Big Wow (album)|Big Wow]]'' (1998). Their music was influenced by the [[country rock]] and [[glam rock]] of the early 1970s, as well as the aforementioned Stone Roses.
Whiteout achieved minor success during the [[Britpop]] era in the UK, co-headlining a tour with [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]<ref name="Select Review"/> and supported [[The Charlatans (British band)|The Charlatans]] and [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]. They opened both the [[Glasgow]] Sound City event and the Phoenix festival in 1994 before releasing their second single, "Starrclub" (which included the line, "Look at me, i'm on TV"). The singles "Detroit" and "Jackie's Racing" followed and the group began to achieve a growing reputation in [[Japan]].
On 11 October 1994 Whiteout performed at [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''[[Peel Sessions#Peel sessions|Peel Sessions]]''. They played four songs: "Everyday", "Time and Again", "Get Me Through", and "Higher".
===Disbandment===
Andrew Caldwell left the group in 1996, after ''Bite It'' (replaced briefly by Warren McIntyre) and by the time the (now three piece of Carroll, Lindsay & McDermott) band reemerged with their second album ''Big Wow'' in 1998 (The last track of which included the refrain "We'll all go down in history") it was to a largely dismissive reception from the music media. Original drummer Mark Fairhurst ('Fudge') had replaced McDermott on drums in 1997, appearing on two of ''Big Wow'''s tracks, but Whiteout split soon after, around 1999, shortly after becoming a four-piece again with Eric Russell on keys.
===Post-split===
The only recorded material since has come from Eric Lindsay's outfit 'Eli', and the album ''Dreams Are The Foundations of Reality'' (2009), though there have been brief outings by combinations of Lindsay, Carroll and Russell since the split in various acoustic and electric incarnations. Lindsay can currently be found playing guitar with ex-Superstar frontman Joe McAlinden's band, Linden.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
!style="width:9em;line-height:1.3"| Album
!style="width:9em;line-height:1.3"| Chart positions<ref name=charts>{{cite web
| last = Zywiet
| first = Tobias
| authorlink =
| title = Chart Log UK
| publisher =
| date =
| url = http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_W.HTM
| doi =
| accessdate = 2009-08-31 }}</ref><br>[[UK Albums Chart]]
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Bite It]]''
|align="center" | 71
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Big Wow (album)|Big Wow]]''
|align="center" | —
|-
|}
===Extended plays===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
!style="width:9em;line-height:1.3"| Album
!style="width:9em;line-height:1.3"| Chart positions
|-
| 1994
| ''No Time''
|align="center" | —
|-
| 1995
| ''Maximum Whiteout''
|align="center" | —
|-
| 1995
| ''Young Tribe Rule''
|align="center" | —
|-
| 1997
| ''Kickout''
|align="center" | —
|-
|}
===Singles===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
!style="width:10em;line-height:1.3"| A-side
! [[B-side]](s)
!style="width:9em;line-height:1.3"| Chart positions<ref name=charts /><br>[[UK Singles chart]]
|-
|align="center" | 1991
| "The Next Big Thing"
| "Orange Overdrive"
|align="center" | —
|-
|align="center" | 1994
| "[[No Time (Whiteout song)|No Time]]"
| "U Drag Me" (version) {{·}} "Get Me Through"
|align="center" | 83
|-
|align="center" | 1994
| "Starrclub"
| "Higher" {{·}} "And I Believe"
|align="center" | 80
|-
|align="center" | 1994
| "[[Detroit (Whiteout song)|Detroit]]"
| "Just Passin' Through, Kid" {{·}} "Dee Troyt"
|align="center" | 73
|-
|align="center" | 1994
| "Van Song"
| "[[Rocks Off]]" ([[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] [[cover version|cover]])
|align="center" | —
|-
|align="center" | 1995
| "[[Jackie's Racing]]"
| "Cousin Jane" {{·}} "So Confused"
|align="center" | 72
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links==
* [https://www.nme.com/artists/whiteout Whiteout] at [[NME]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Whiteout/96827941370 Whiteout] on [[Facebook]]
* [http://www.myspace.com/whiteoutuk Whiteout] on [[MySpace]]
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[[Category:British musical quartets]]
[[Category:Britpop groups]]
[[Category:Scottish indie rock groups]]
[[Category:Scottish folk rock groups]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Scotland]]
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