Injecting fresh vibes into Europe’s dynamic dance club scene, the UK’s Dirty Vegas hit the ground running in 2001 only to split up and later pursue solo careers in the house scene. The trio consisted of South London suburbanites Paul Harris, Steve
Smith, and Ben Harris, who were all hanging around the indie club industry at the beginning of the new millennium. As Dirty Vegas, the trio achieved notoriety when its first single, "Days Go By," was included in a television ad for the Mitsubishi's Eclipse. The song went on to win the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Dance Reco
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rding and rocketed their debut album of the same name up the charts in the United States and UK. Soon after the UK trio came out with a remix album called A Night at the Tables. According to Rolling Stone magazine, this album was more likable than you might expect from such a pushy group of tracks. Sure, the synth glides are bombastic, but occasionally -- as on Underworld's "2 Months Off" or a mix of Frankie Knuckles featuring
Nicki Richards' "Keep On Moving (
King Unique Re-Edit)" -- they generate an appealingly rocklike push.” Dirty Vegas went on to record a second album, One, in 2004, but their success was short lived and they split up in 2005 after performing their last concert together in May of that year.
