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Genre(s)	Classical crossover
Years active	2001 – present
Label(s)	MCA Music, Inc. Decca Records
Website	www.bondmusic.net
Members
Haylie Ecker Eos Chater Tania Davis Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Notable instrument(s)
Violin, Viola, Cello

bond is an Australian/British string quartet that specialize in classical crossover music. bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time^[1], selling over 4 millon records with their style of music.

The members of the band are Haylie Ecker (first violinist, from Perth, Western Australia, Australia), Eos Chater (second violinist, from Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom), Tania Davis (violist from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cellist, from Hull, England, United Kingdom). Their debut album Born was removed from the UK classical charts, apparently owing to it "sounding too much like pop music". Born later rose to the #1 position in 21 different charts around the world. Shine, their second album, went Gold in 6 countries. Remixed, their third release, featured remixes from their first two hit albums as well as three new unreleased songs. Their third studio album Classified was a popular and successful release. Classified went double platinum in Australia, reaching the number one spot on both the classical and pop charts. Explosive: The Best of bond, their latest release, is a "Best of" collection that includes three previously unreleased songs. They also participated at the 50th annual Miss World pageant in 2000 held in London.

The quartet spent much of 2003 touring, particularly throughout Asia, and participating in the Miss Universe 2003 held in Panama City, Panama. They also fitted in performing and filming a TV commercial for American department store chain Marshall Field's and made a commercial in Los Angeles for the Japanese karaoke manufacturer Daiichi Kosho. The group made their movie debut playing themselves in a scene in Rowan Atkinson's James Bond spoof Johnny English for which they also contributed the track "Kismet", composed by Gay-Yee, and played on the Main Theme. They also appeared in the film XXX: State of the Union as themselves once again, performing "Victory".

The quartet is currently working on an untitled fourth studio album, set to be released in spring of 2008. bond was recently on a "collective maternity leave" for Tania Davis because she gave birth to a boy named Lukas.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Compilations 1.3 Promotional Albums 1.4 Soundtrack 1.5 Singles 1.6 DVDs 1.7 Movie Appearances 2 References 3 External links

Release Date	Title
March 13, 2001	Born
October 15, 2002	Shine
June 15, 2004	Classified

Release Date	Title
September 16, 2003	Remixed
June 28, 2005	Explosive: The Best of bond

• Raymond Weil (2001)
• Fab Field's Mix (2003)

• Johnny English

• "Victory"
• "Wintersun"
• "Viva!/Wintersun"
• "Shine"
• "Fuego"
• "Speed"
• "Atlanta/Time"
• "Viva!/Victory"
• "Explosive/Adagio For Strings"
• "Fly Samba Fly"

• Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• bond: Video Clip Collection

• XXX: State of the Union
• Johnny English

• bond's official site
• bond's official Japanese site
• bond at MySpace
• bond at Discogs

v • d • e bond
Eos Chater · Tania Davis · Haylie Ecker · Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Studio albums	Born · Shine · Classified
Other albums	Remixed
Compilation albums	Explosive: The Best of Bond
Singles	"Victory" · "Wintersun" · "Viva!/Wintersun" · "Shine" · "Fuego" · "Speed" · "Atlanta/Time" · "Viva!/Victory" · "Explosive/Adagio For Strings" · "Fly Samba Fly"
DVDs	Live at the Royal Albert Hall · bond: Video Clip Collection
Related articles	MCA Music, Inc. · Decca Records