Bond (often typeset as bond in deference to the owners of the 007 copyright)is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover music. Bond has been described as the best selling string quartet of all time, selling over 4 million records.
Bond was formed by music producer Mike Batt, after Batt told fellow-producer Mel Bush that the two of them should put together a quartet consisting of "four beautiful, talented musicians". Batt went on to produce their first single, with Bush producing their albums. The quartet consists of Haylie Ecker (first violin, from Perth, Australia), Eos Chater (second violin, from Cardiff, Wales), Tania Davis (viola, from Sydney) and Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cello, from Hull, England).
Their debut album Born was removed from the UK classical chart, apparently owing to its "sounding too much like pop music". Born later rose to the #1 position on 21 different charts around the world. Shine, their second album, went gold in six 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.
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