Denzil are a rock/powerpop band from Bournemouth, England, based around singer-songwriter Denzil Thomas. Denzil were signed to Giant Records in the USA in 1993 and put out one album, Pub, in 1994. Pub was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1994. Denzil were formed in Bournemouth during 1990 by singer/songwriter Denzil Thomas. Thomas had been playing folk clubs for about a year when he met producer/bassist Steve Ennever in a Bournemouth studio. The product of this d A Tape Called Denzil. Ecstatic local press reviews saw thousands of tapes being sold in a matter of months. By the time the band proper hit a stage in September 1990 they were already the most popular draw in town. Over the next year or so, Denzil played far and wide in the UK, first picking up alternating drummers Andy Place and Jeremy Stacey and later finding guitarist Craig Boyd in nearby Portsmouth. In 1992 the band attracted the attention of former William Morris Agency and Famous Music A&R Michael LeShay, when a friend from the UK came to stay at his Los Angeles home. On the strength of Denzil's demos, LeShay was able to convince major label Giant Records to imprint his "Play" Records and fund the release and marketing of a Denzil album in the US. So it was that the band entered the studio in the early summer of 1993 armed with a sheaf of Thomas' songs to begin recording an album.