Elliot Minor (formerly The Academy) consists of members Alex Davies (Guitar and Vocals), Ed Minton (Guitar and Vocals), Dan Hetherton (Drums and Backing Vocals), Ali Paul (Piano and Keyboard) and Teddy Hetherton (Bass).When Elliot Minor was still known as 'The Academy', they supported McFly in Newcastle in 2006 to an audience of over 13,000 people and were spotted by a representative of Repossession Records to whom they later signed a record deal.Elliot Minor currently have 26+ songs recorded and are still writing and recording. All material to date are original songs written and recorded by Elliot Minor. They have been recording for around 3 months and are now taking a break to continue playing shows around the UK. The album is planned to be released in late July, while they will be releasing a yet undecided new single in early July. Since the band set up as a band in 2005 they have grown a following and started to do more and more gigs. As gigs became more frequent, they decided to include Ali Paul and Ed Hetherton (Dan's brother) in the band. They went to the Minster school with Alex and Dan when they were younger. They now play keyboard and bass in live performances.Elliot Minor released their first single, 'Parallel Worlds', on the 9 April 2007. It entered at number 31 on the UK Singles Charts. Every Monday, the band post a Webisode of themselves recording their new album in Los Angeles, California on their MySpace page and on Youtube. The producer is Jim Wirt, who works with the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, two of Elliot Minor's main influences.