The initial Montreal structure of the band began to dissolve in the summer of 2002, when they travelled to Butler’s family farm on Mount Desert Island, Maine to record their self-titled EP . Tension between Butler and bassist Myles Broscoe led the latter to exit the band following the recording…
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Kill Hannah signed with Atlantic Records in late 2002, while being managed by Steve Hutton. Kill Hannah has since parted company with Hutton. The band recorded their Atlantic Records debut For Never & Ever in Los Angeles, California in the winter of 2003 with producer Sean Beavan and mixer Tim…
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Arctic Monkeys were formed in mid-2002 by friends Alex Turner , Matt Helders , and Andy Nicholson (who left the band shortly after their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not , was released). Turner and Helders were neighbours and close friends, and they met Nicholson…
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The name of the band was suggested by bass guitarist Mikey Way , younger brother of Gerard, who was working in a Barnes & Noble when he was struck by the title of a book by Irvine Welsh named Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance . The first recording sessions…
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After seeing the video for “Hate to Say I Told You So” on German television, industry executive Alan McGee decided to sign the band to his newly formed Poptones label. Poptones released the ‘best of’ compilation Your New Favourite Band in 2001, which proved to be the band’s breakthrough record,…
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During a party in 2001, the band recorded a live Christmas album, A Very Arcade Xmas , which they are rumoured to have hand-distributed to their friends as a Christmas gift.
Win Butler and Josh Deu founded Arcade Fire in Montreal around 2001, having first met at Phillips Exeter Academy as high school students.
Once the members came together, they settled on the name Franz Ferdinand for their band. The name was originally inspired by a racehorse called Archduke Ferdinand. After seeing the horse win the Northumberland Plate in 2001, the band began to discuss Archduke Franz Ferdinand and thought it would be a…
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The band’s members played in various bands during the 1990s, including The Karelia , Yummy Fur , 10p Invaders, and Embryo. Alex Kapranos and Paul Thomson met at a party and began a close friendship and played together in Yummy Fur, and subsequently teamed up to write songs. Around the…
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The Hives released their second studio album, Veni Vidi Vicious , in April 2000 through Burning Heart Records. The band members described the album as being like “a velvet glove with brass knuckles, both brutal and sophisticated at the same time”. The album yielded the singles ” Hate to Say…
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