James taught Simon how to play guitar, and with Reynolds’ redundancy money they purchased a studio kit. They recorded and performed live under their early guise of “Klaxons (Not Centaurs)”, name inspired by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti ‘s futurism text The Futurist Manifesto and the futurist literature. Initially the band played with drummer Finnigan Kidd in 2005, until Kidd left to play with fellow New Cross band, Hatcham Social . Replacement live drummer Steffan Halperin joined in February 2006, with the band announcing him as an official member in an interview in Prefix Magazine in early 2007. He remains mostly absent from the band’s music videos, appearing only in the early video “Atlantis to Interzone” and briefly in the 2007 re-release of “Gravity’s Rainbow”.
Purchased a studio kit
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