90年代是英伦摇滚的鼎盛时期，
除了Radiohead 和Suede这两大雄霸榜首的大牌乐队之外,偶尔还有些新鲜的名字出现在主流摇滚榜单上,比如Stereophnics．
由 Kelly Jones（主唱/吉他）．RichardJones（贝斯）和StuartCable（鼓手）
组成的威尔士三人组合Stereophonics,前身是一队专门翻唱别人作品的乐队Traqic Love Company.
1986年,他们幸运地获得前Virqin唱片公司创办人RichardBrabson的赏识,推出首张大牒＜Word Gets Around＞替他们赢得BritAward的”最佳新秀奖”!
1999年的专集＜Performance And Cocktails＞全球总销量已经超过五百万张．
他们凭借具有传统英伦韵味的摇滚曲风，被喻为”英伦国民摇滚乐团”．
Kelly Jones在英伦大军里少有的沧桑沙哑的声音令Stereophonics的歌曲时而悲凉得让人心寒,有时却也能从中透出一种爽朗与豪迈，而他本人优雅的气质和英俊的外貌更是让他赢得了”威尔士王子”的美誉．
2001年的专辑＜Just Enough Education To Perform＞在英国当地销售突破两百万张（7白金）也令他们成为英伦摇滚的超级救世主。
同年年底推出的以改版形式发行的同一张专集在发行的第39周时，竟再度摘下英国专集金榜桂冠,之后又连续三周盘踞榜首!还有哪一个乐人,哪一组团体,能够在专集发行40周后，再度夺下全国专集排行桂冠?惟有Stereophonics做到了!!!
2003年他们发行的＜You Gotta Go There To Come Back＞展现了炉火纯青的摇滚音乐实力,也一举让他们获得了”年度最佳团体”的题名。
一路走来，Stereophonics总是如此所向披靡地放倒了一批批乐迷的耳朵。他们最近对外宣布他们正在录制专集,而且专集名称已经定为＜Language.Sex.Violence.Other＞。
乐队的贝斯手Richard Jones在网站上写道，他们最近的状况相当不错，而且事情也都进展得很顺利．

Stereophonics release their long awaited new album 'Keep Calm and Carry On' on November 16th.
The album will be available in three formats; a standard CD, a deluxe hardback book edition with the CD alongside a DVD containing over 2 hours worth of footage (including the making of the album and the behind the scenes of the 'Decade In The Sun' Greatest Hits Arena Tour) and 12" vinyl.

It’s been 16 years since Stereophonics first released their Welsh indie rock on the world with debut album Word Gets Around. Now they’ve racked up an impressive eighth studio album, Graffiti On The Train, the first with new drummer and former Noisette, Jamie Morrison. The album features a sprinkling of classic Stereophonic numbers and of course a heavy dose of singer Kelly Jones’s signature gravelly vocals, but there’s an overall sense of the band having matured a little and venturing out to try some new musical styles.
We Share The Same Sun opens the album and is classic Stereophonics. The gentle intro of guitar picking and Jones’s delicately sultry vocals build to crashing drums as his voice picks up the pace, takes over and pulls you right in. The anthemic Indian Summer is pretty run of the mill but guaranteed to be a hit with older fans. The album’s title track and the first single, Violins And Tambourines, play the role as the album’s signature slow tracks and silent heroes, replete with beautifully crafted string sections that create a great sense of longing before trademark electric guitar riffs come in and build to epic endings.
Tracks like Take Me, Roll The Dice (clearly taking inspiration from Muse) and the bluesy Been Caught show the band trying out some new, more sophisticated styles of music that show an attempt to branch into fresh territories. In A Moment is a darkly satisfying track, while closing ballad No One’s Perfect finishes the album off nicely with an emotive long song that brings things right down and makes you want to tuck yourself into bed and nod off. This is Stereophonics doing what they do best, with a few new tricks. --- Helen Lear

Performance and Cocktails is the second studio album by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released by V2 on 8 March 1999. The name 'Performance and Cocktails' comes from lyrics in the album's first song, "Roll Up and Shine".