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The Horrors are a five-piece band who formed around the Junk Club night (known as Junk) in the basement of the Southend, Essex Royal Hotel. The band's sound relies strongly on the distinctive guitar work of Joshua Von Grimm, Badwan's vocals and the inclusion of an organist, Junk Club co-founder Spider Webb. Formed in the Summer of 2005 the band rehearsed for only two weeks before playing their first gig. A combination of their distinctive image and sound earned them instant publicity and they have been on the rise ever since. They were featured quickly in the cutting edge media such as Vice, Disorder and Artrocker. They were first mentioned in the NME in October 2005. Image File history File links Thehorrors. ...
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Faris Badwan (born 1986, Southend-on-sea, also known as Faris Rotter) is the main vocalist for the UK garage rock band The Horrors. ...
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Despite the positive press from these image conscious magazines a backlash of critics and publications have perceived The Horrors to be more interested in fashion than music. This view was epitomised when the Horrors were featured on Channel 4’s ‘Popworld’ programme. Presenter Alexa Chung, in typical ‘Popworld’ style spent the entire segment mocking them and declared they would be "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow." Nonetheless the band has won some serious musical acclaim from the likes of Nick Zinner, Bobby Gillespie and Jim Sclavunos Popworld is a British television programme broadcast on Channel 4, offering pop news, trivia, gossip, interviews and music vidoes. ...
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Sheena Is A Parasite
It was with this single that The Horrors first gained noticable popularity in the UK. The music video was directed by Chris Cunningham. This ended a seven year music video hiatus for the much respected Cunningham who admitted to being 'mildly obsessed' by the band. Contrary to popular belief, he did not discover them through MySpace, but a close friend. The video stars Oscar nominee Samantha Morton as the song's manic, transmogrifying subject who whips around like a banshee and spews her intestines at the viewer. Sharply edited and shot on a low budget, the video was instantly banned from MTV UK purely on the basis of the use of strobe lights, not because of the gory subject matter. The video has aired on MTV2 in America. Cary Cunningham is an acclaimed English music video film director. ...
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NME Press In the 28 October 2006 issue of NME the lead story detailed a supposed feud between the Horrors and The Fratellis on the NME Rock 'n' Roll Riot Tour. Among other incidents, in response to allegedly being snubbed by the Fratellis, The Horrors - notably Faris - damaged Mince Fratelli's drum kit on two separate occasions and put black paint on their hands prior to shaking hands with Jon and Mince of The Fratellis. Similarly, two weeks previously, The Automatic voiced their dislike of The Horrors in the lead article of the same publication, claiming "they've just got big hair." In October 2006 The Horrors toured with The Fratellis, The Dykeenies and The Maccabees in the NME Rock 'N' Roll Riot Tour [1]. They are currently touring on the NME Awards Indie Rock Tour alongside The Automatic, The View and Mumm-Ra following their own headline tour of December 2006. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ...
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Band members
Additional and guest musicians Faris Badwan (born 1986, Southend-on-sea, also known as Faris Rotter) is the main vocalist for the UK garage rock band The Horrors. ...
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- Freddie Cowan - Guitar (Temporarily replaced Joshua when he was taking his exams.)
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Trivia - Guitarist Joshua Von Grimm has a BSc in Physics from University College London. The distinctive Horrors guitar sound is created by guitar pedals which Josh builds himself.
- Singer Faris Rotter and Bassist Tomethy Furse both attended exclusive public school: Rugby School
- The Horrors themselves compiled a "Fan Zine" for people attending the NME Rock and Roll Riot Tour. It features an A-Z of bands chosen by organist Spider Webb, A "how to disort your effects pedal" by Joshua Von Grimm, How to make your own skinny jeans/cigarette pants by Coffin Joe, a guide to the bands and songs featured on the CD that comes free with the magazine by Tomethy Furse and illustrations by Faris. The magazine is entitled "Horror Asparagus Stories" (after one of the tracks by The Driving Stupid on the free CD.)
- On the track "Sister Leonella," friends and family of The Horrors provide backing vocals.
- Faris appears in Soulwax's video for "E-Talking". He can be spotted at 2.16 minutes into the video.
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Discography
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EPs The band released a US only EP in October 2006 which was their first release on CD. It contained five songs and the video to 'Sheena.' The EP has since became available in the UK and Australia in selected stores.
Singles All the Horrors singles up to "Gloves" have been chart ineligible because they have been packaged with inserts and stickers which break chart rules. The singles have only been available on vinyl and download. - Sheena is a Parasite / Jack The Ripper - 10 April 2006 1000 copies only
- Death At The Chapel / Crawdaddy Simone - 31 July 2006 2000 copies only
- Count In Fives / Who Says? or A Knife in The Eye - 30 October 2006
- Gloves / Horrors Theme or Kicking Kay or DATC Live- 26 February 2007
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External links - [2] The Horrors official website.
- [3] Loog Records, website of The Horrors label.
- [4] The official Horrors Myspace page.
- [5] The Horum - The Horrors Forum
- [6] Meet The Horrors in an interview with NME.
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