Art Brut
Background information
Origin	Deptford/Bournemouth, England
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Indie rock Punk rock
Years active	2003-present
Label(s)	Downtown Records Fierce Panda Records Mute Records
Associated acts	The Art Goblins Macaca Mulatta
Website	ArtBrut.org.uk
Members
Eddie Argos Ian Catskilkin Jasper Future Freddy Feedback Mikey Breyer
Former members
Chris Chinchilla

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Biography

The band was formed in 2003 and played its first gig in May of that year. The band recorded Brutlegs later in 2003 containing the first versions of "Formed a Band", "Modern Art" and "Moving to LA" and made it available. Angular Recording Corporation put out a compilation featuring "Formed a Band". A journalist heard the song and sent an MP3 to Rough Trade and the label offered Art Brut a deal to release it as a single. An independent label based in New Cross, South East London. ... Rough Trade Records, now a member of the RIAA[1], began as an independent record label, based in London, England. ...

"Formed a Band" was released in the UK as a single in May 2004 reaching #52 on the charts. It also appeared on the soundtrack to FIFA Street 2 - a game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube and Playstation Portable. Blender described them as the best unsigned band in the UK. During the rest of 2004, they played gigs throughout the UK with The Fades including a first anniversary gig at the Tate Modern. FIFA Street 2 is the sequel to FIFA Street. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The Nintendo GameCube (Japanese: ゲームキューブ; originally code-named Dolphin during development; abbreviated as GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the 128-bit era; the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ... The Fades are a British indie rock band from London comprising singer and bassist James Lightfoot, Jonathan Jonny Barnard and Dan Swan Wheeldon, both on guitar and drummer Alastair Flash Thorpe. ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ...

Another bootleg EP Brutlegs 04 was recorded featuring "Good Weekend", "Bang Bang Rock and Roll", and an acoustic version of "Moving to LA". A double A-side was released in December 2004 on Fierce Panda reaching #49 on the charts. The album Bang Bang Rock and Roll was released in May 2005 with "Emily Kane" as the first single. The latter missed the UK Top 40 by two sales, yet remains the highest-charting single on Fierce Panda. Bang Bang Rock and Roll was produced by John Fortis, who has also worked with artists such as Razorlight, Maxim Reality, The Pipettes, Neneh Cherry and Assembly Now. Razorlight are an Anglo-Swedish band formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Johnny Borrell. ... Maxim in the music video for the Prodigy single Poison. Keith Keeti Palmer (born 21 March 1967, in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England), best known as Maxim or Maxim Reality, is an MC of the British electronica/rave band The Prodigy. ... The Pipettes are a British indie pop girl group based in Brighton. ... Neneh Cherry performing live in Vienna (ca. ... Assembly Now is a four-piece indie rock band from London, England. ...

Art Brut have a quite widespread following of "franchises", whose names range from AB0 (the original Art Brut) to AB3.14/Pi, AB² or even to AB17. The band We Are Scientists are also an Art Brut franchise, AB47. These franchises often record and play Art Brut songs during performances. We Are Scientists is an American indie rock band formed in 2000 featuring Keith Murray (guitar and lead vocals), Chris Cain (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Michael Tapper (drums and backing vocals). ...

Chris Chinchilla amicably left the band for personal reasons in September 2005 forming new band Macaca Mulatta. He was replaced by Jasper Future, guitarist from Eddie Argos' old band, The Art Goblins. The band appeared on the cover of the German edition of Rolling Stone magazine in September 2005. The Art Goblins are an English alternative rock band featuring current Art Brut members Eddie Argos and Jasper Future. ... This article is about the magazine. ...

Art Brut performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 30, 2006, at Pitchfork Music Festival in June 2006, and at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim and the Dour Festival in Belgium, in July 2006. Art Brut also released a split 7" with We Are Scientists, which was only released in America. On this single Art Brut recorded a cover of 'The Great Escape' by We Are Scientists. We Are Scientists returned the idea and covered Art Brut's song 'Bang Bang Rock and Roll' on the single. Their version of "Bang Bang Rock and Roll" is also available on their b-sides album Crap Attack. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day) annual music festival held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Pitchfork Music Festival is a music festival organized by Pitchfork Media that was held on July 29 and 30, 2006 in Union Park, Chicago. ... The FIB or Festival Internacional de Benicàssim (Benicàssim International Festival) is a famous music festival held in Benicassim (Spain). ... Dour Festival is an annual music festival in the municipality of Dour, Belgium. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... We Are Scientists is an American indie rock band formed in 2000 featuring Keith Murray (guitar and lead vocals), Chris Cain (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Michael Tapper (drums and backing vocals). ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Crap Attack is an album by American rock band We Are Scientists, scheduled to be released November 6th in the UK. The album is a compilation of b-sides and rarities. ...

The band released their second album, It's a Bit Complicated, on Mute Records. It's a Bit Complicated was produced by Dan Swift , who has also worked with artists such as Help She Can't Swim, Untitled Musical Project, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Kasabian and Snow Patrol. The first single to be taken from the album, "Nag Nag Nag Nag", was released on 20th November 2006, featuring the b-side "I Found This Song in the Road" and 5 live tracks from the Eurockéennes de Belfort Festival 2006. The song made Single of the Week in The Guardian's "The Guide" section. Its a Bit Complicated is the second album by British band Art Brut. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ... Its a Bit Complicated is the second album by British band Art Brut. ... Help She Cant Swim is an Indie/Art Rock band formed in Southampton in 2003 who have released a number of singles on Fantastic Plastic Records, along with an EP and two full albums. ... The Victorian English Gentlemens Club are a Welsh Indie rock band from Cardiff, UK. The band is composed of guitarist Adam, drummer Emma and bassist Louise. ... Kasabian are an English rock band from Leicestershire, formed by Tom Meighan (vocals), Sergio Pizzorno (guitar and vocals), Chris Edwards (bass) and Chris Karloff (guitar and keyboards). ... Snow Patrol are a Grammy Award-nominated rock band who formed in Scotland, with the majority of their members being from Bangor and Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

Members

• Eddie Argos (lead vocals)
• Ian Catskilkin (lead guitar)
• Freddy Feedback (bass guitar)
• Jasper Future (guitar, backing vocals)
• Mikey Breyer (drums)

Eddie Argos is the 27 year-old lead singer of the British band Art Brut, and originally the frontman of The Art Goblins (with whom he still performs occasionally). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping, or using a pick. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A backup vocalist is a vocalist that sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, with other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Discography

Albums

• Bang Bang Rock and Roll · May 30th 2005
• It's a Bit Complicated · June 25th 2007 US Heatseakers 14

Bang Bang Rock and Roll is the debut album from British rock band Art Brut. ... Its a Bit Complicated is the second album by British band Art Brut. ...

Singles

• "Formed a Band" (March 2004) 52
• "Modern Art/My Little Brother" (December 2004) 49
• "Emily Kane" (May 2005) 41
• "Good Weekend" (September 2005) 56 (Featured in 2007 film I Want Candy)
• "Nag Nag Nag Nag" (November 20th 2006) (Chart Ineligible)
• "Direct Hit" (Download available from June 11th 2007 - CD & 7" June 18th 2007) (failed to enter top 100)

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Trivia

• The track "Formed a Band" was used in the pilot episode of the ITV's Inspector Morse spin-off, Lewis, which aired January 29, 2006. The song is heard issuing from character Danny Griffon's rooms in his Oxford college as DI Lewis and DS Hathaway dash up the staircase to interview him.
• John Moore previously of the Jesus and Mary Chain and Black Box Recorder plays the bowed saw on both of their albums, notably on the second album's first single 'Direct Hit'.
• Ian Wilson (stage name Ian Catskilkin) is the cousin of Ray Wilson, who was the lead singer in Stiltskin before joining prog rockers Genesis as the singer in 1997. Also, the made-up word "catskilkin" is almost a wacky anagram of Stiltskin.

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See also

• Enrique Gatti

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External references

• Official website
• Official MySpace
• Drowned In Sound biography
• Interview with Eddie Argos on public radio program The Sound of Young America
• PUNKCAST#885 Vid of Art Brut @ Tribeca Grand NYC - Nov 12 2005
• BBC: Art Brut and influence of John Peel
• BBC: Art Brut live photos
• BBC: Art Brut live review