93-629: Youth Group is an Australian rock band based in Newtown, New South Wales . Built around the vocals of singer Toby Martin and production of Wayne Connolly , the sound of Youth Group is reminiscent of indie rock artists such as Teenage Fanclub , Pavement and Death Cab for Cutie . The band formed in Sydney in the late 1990s and has released four albums, three of which have gained worldwide release. They achieved major success in 2006 when their cover of Alphaville 's " Forever Young ", which had been recorded for
186-609: A second drummer playing a separate full drumkit, such as Adam and the Ants from 1980 onwards, although other formations can also be expanded using two drummers such as Pink Fairies (1970–1971), the Glitter Band , Wizzard , Sigue Sigue Sputnik , Add N to (X) , and Rialto . Other times, the vocalist brings another musical "voice" to the table, most commonly a harmonica or percussion; Mick Jagger , for example, plays harmonica and percussion instruments such as maracas and tambourine in
279-450: A synth bass line. Two-member pop music bands such as Soft Cell , Blancmange , and Yazoo used programmed sequencers. Other pop bands from the 1980s, who were ostensibly fronted by two performers, such as Wham! , Eurythmics , and Tears for Fears , were not actually two-piece ensembles, because other instrumental musicians were used "behind the scenes" to fill out the sound. Modern bands that use this format include Ninja Sex Party . In
372-615: A Hit" on February 20 and re-releasing "Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt" on May 3. In September a co-headline tour across the US with Art Brut and a new split single with Art Brut covering W.A.S single "The Great Escape" and in-turn We Are Scientists covering Art Brut's "Bang Bang Rock & Roll". With their ongoing success in the United Kingdom the band embarked on another full 15 date tour, with two nights at Brixton Academy in London due to demand, it
465-555: A Lion and the Dresden Dolls both feature a keyboardist and a drummer. Ratatat comprises a two-guitar band that uses a drum machine for beats. W.A.S.P. guitarist Doug Blair is also known for his work in the two-piece progressive rock band Signal2Noise, where he acts as the lead guitarist and bassist at the same time, due to a special custom instrument he invented (an electric guitar with five regular guitar strings paired with three bass guitar strings). Heisenflei of Los Angeles duo
558-620: A UK tour that February they debuted the songs "Dinosaurs", "Chick Lit" and "Best Behavior". Recording of the new album began on June 11 in California with Ariel Rechtshaid and ended on July 19. That August the band made their second appearance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals , performing on the Radio One Stage. September 2007 saw the band hire Max Hart as an additional guitarist and keyboard player for live performances. The addition of Hart
651-543: A band are Arcade Fire and the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros . More rarely, rock or pop groups are accompanied in concerts by a full or partial symphony orchestra, where lush string-orchestra arrangements are used to flesh out the sound of slow ballads. Rhys Chatham and Glenn Branca started doing performances in the late 1970s with orchestras consisting of 10 to 100 (Branca) and even 400 guitars. Some groups have
744-490: A bassist and a drummer, such as in the bands Radiohead , Pearl Jam , and the Byrds . Some five-person bands feature two guitarists, a keyboardist, a bassist, and a drummer, with one or more of these musicians (typically one of the guitarists) handling lead vocals on top of their instrument (examples being Children of Bodom , Styx , Tally Hall , The Cars and White Reaper ). The four-piece arrangement can be augmented to five with
837-500: A coast to coast US tour that saw their profile rise most quickly internationally. Their single " Forever Young ", a cover of the 1984 song by Alphaville , was used in the television show The O.C. and heavily featured in promos for Australian TV station Channel Ten at the beginning of 2006. The song debuted on the Australian charts at No. 2 in March 2006, and eventually peaked at No. 1. It
930-462: A cover of a track called "Washington Parks" by Robert Manning. The track was covered to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis Society. The final single to be taken from Barbara was "I Don't Bite" which was released on October 11, 2010. A new album was first teased by the band at The Isle of Wight Festival 2011, where Murray suggested the band would be recording in Autumn that year. It was in 2012 that
1023-556: A drummer (e.g. Van Halen , The Who , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Led Zeppelin , and U2 . Instrumentally, these bands can be considered as trios. In some bands, the guitarist could also be an occasional keyboardist, like The Who, the Smiths , and Joy Division . Some bands have a keyboardist instead of a guitarist, like Bastille and Future Islands . In some rock bands, bassists could be occasional keyboardists like Led Zeppelin and R.E.M. Keyboardists are used in place of bass, performing with
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#17328582484311116-508: A drummer, a bassist, two custom percussionists, a turntablist , and a sampler. Brazilian band Titãs , currently a three-man band, had as many as eight members in the late 1980s, with three lead singers, two guitarists, bassist, keyboard player, and drummer. In larger groups (such as the Band ), instrumentalists could play multiple instruments, which enabled the ensemble to create a wider variety of instrument combinations. More modern examples of such
1209-436: A drummer, and a keyboardist. Although organ trios are most commonly associated with 1950s and 1960s jazz organ trio groups such as those led by organist Jimmy Smith , organ trios also exist in rock-oriented styles, such as jazz-rock fusion and Grateful Dead –influenced jam bands , for instance Medeski Martin & Wood . In organ trios, the keyboard player typically plays a Hammond organ or similar instrument, which permits
1302-602: A drummer, and typically one or more of these musicians also sing (sometimes all three members sing, e.g. the Bee Gees or Alkaline Trio ). Some well-known power trios with the guitarist on lead vocals are the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Green Day , Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble , Nirvana , and Muse . A handful of others with the bassist on vocals include Thin Lizzy (from 1970 to 1974), Primus , Rush , Motörhead ,
1395-402: A flautist. An example of a six-member rock band is Toto with a lead vocalist, guitarist, bassist, two keyboard players, and drummer. Other examples include Australian band INXS and American Blondie ; both consist of a lead vocalist, two guitarists, a keyboard player, a bassist, and a drummer. The American heavy-metal band Slipknot is composed of nine members, with a vocalist, two guitarists,
1488-509: A four-piece 1984–1995), NOFX, Skillet, or even the lead guitarist, such as Dire Straits , Megadeth , Weezer , and Creedence Clearwater Revival . Some bands, such as the Beatles, have a lead guitarist, a rhythm guitarist, and a bassist that all sing lead and backing vocals, with those three playing and composing on keyboards regularly, as well as a drummer. Others, such as the Four Seasons , have
1581-533: A guitarist, singer, and drummer, for instance the Doors . Some bands have a guitarist, keyboard player, bassist, and drummer, for example Talking Heads , the Small Faces , and Pink Floyd . Some bands have the lead vocalists that are also the pianist and keyboardist such as Queen and Coldplay . Some bands have the bassist on lead vocals, such as Thin Lizzy (a four-piece from 1974 onwards), Pink Floyd, Motörhead (as
1674-399: A large number of members who all play the same instrument, such as guitar, keyboard, horns, or strings. Women have a high prominence in many popular music styles as singers. However, professional women instrumentalists are uncommon in popular music, especially in rock genres such as heavy metal . "[P]laying in a band is largely a male homosocial activity, that is, learning to play in a band
1767-442: A lead vocalist, a lead guitarist, a keyboard player, and a bassist, with the drummer not being a member of the band. Five-piece bands have existed in rock music since the development of the genre. Aerosmith , AC/DC , Def Leppard and Oasis are examples of the common lineup of vocalist, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. An alternative lineup replaces the rhythm guitarist with a keyboard–synthesizer player (examples being
1860-513: A mini-album WASABI , featuring We Are Scientists covering two Art Brut songs and vice versa, as well as some unreleased tracks by Art Brut. The band celebrated the 15th anniversary of debut record With Love and Squalor , reissuing the album on vinyl on 17 October 2019. The reissue was followed by several dates performing the album in its entirety across Europe, in Düsseldorf , Hamburg , Berlin , Munich and Amsterdam , followed by four dates in
1953-477: A number of different drummers since Michael Tapper's departure in 2007, the band announced that Andy Burrows would be joining them for recording and touring. The band had originally intended on using a succession of drummers on their third album; however after Burrows left his band Razorlight , he became their permanent drummer. In February 2010 they announced that their new record would be titled Barbara and would be released on June 14, 2010. This would also be
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#17328582484312046-554: A number of festivals, including Into the Wild, Y Not Festival and Victorious Festival. During writing and recording Huffy , We Are Scientists had also begun work on what would become their next album. On September 21, 2022, the band released "Operator Error", the first single from their new album. Days later the band announced their eighth studio album would be titled Lobes and would be released on January 20, 2023, through 100% Records. The band also gave details of their planned tour of
2139-459: A podcast series titled Dumpster Dive in 2020. Keith Murray and Chris Cain met in 1997 whilst attending Pomona College in Claremont, California . Keith had just transferred to Pomona and Chris was holding a Dawson's Creek viewing party and quickly bonded over a mutual love of stand-up comedy, film and television. In late 1999, after graduating and moving to Berkeley, California , they hatched
2232-659: A reference to a Cap'n Jazz song of the same name, whilst others believing it to be a homage to the Guided by Voices track "I Am a Scientist", both of which the band have unequivocally denied. Touching on the subject in their Dumpster Dive podcast, Cain jested "I can say that pretty unequivocally that if we had known of Cap'n Jazz at the time of naming our band, we would not have named it We Are Scientists.". When it came to songwriting, Keith, Scott and Chris' were particularly influenced by films, comic books, with many of their earliest songs about fighting monsters. Keith and Chris moved to
2325-624: A rhythm guitarist, with one of them singing lead vocals), a bassist, and a drummer (e.g. the Beatles and KISS ). Another common formation is a vocalist who does not play an instrument, electric guitarist, bass guitarist, and a drummer (e.g. the Who , the Monkees , Led Zeppelin and U2 ). Sometimes, in addition to electric guitars, electric bass, and drums, also a keyboardist (especially a pianist) plays. Additionally, rock and pop bands can also include boy bands or girl bands , which many times have bands where
2418-678: A rhythmic pulse. Other examples of two-member bands are MGMT , WZRD , Pet Shop Boys , Hella , Flight of the Conchords , the Ting Tings , They Might Be Giants (from 1982 to 1992) and T. Rex (until shortly after scoring their UK breakthrough hit , at which point they expanded to a four-piece and more). When electronic sequencers became widely available in the 1980s, they made adding in musical elements easier for two-member bands to perform. Sequencers allowed bands to program some elements of their performance, such as an electronic drum part and
2511-445: A singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader". According to Auslander, she was "kicking down the male door in rock and roll and proving that a female musician ... and this is a point I am extremely concerned about ... could play as well if not better than the boys". Many bands maintain different but consistent lineups for studio recording vs. live performances. Toxic Holocaust , for instance, consisted entirely of
2604-434: A single member within the recording studio for the first 10 years of their existence but still toured as a band with supplementary members on stage. For decades Genesis maintained two consistent lineups: Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins in the studio with Chester Thompson and Daryl Stuermer always additionally appearing as band members in live performances. We Are Scientists We Are Scientists
2697-560: A solo album, Love's Shadow , in July 2012 on Ivy League Records, while Danny relocated to New York, toured with We Are Scientists and with Brooklyn band, The Drums until 2017. Matthews played in several bands - including Betty Airs and The Jewel & The Falcon - before joining Community Radio alongside fellow Youth Group bandmate Emerson-Elliot. In 2011, Skeleton Jar made No. 98 on Australian radio station Triple J 's Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time (Industry List). In November 2014,
2790-455: Is a New York City-based rock band that formed in Berkeley, California , in 1999. It consists primarily of guitarist and vocalist Keith Murray and bass guitarist Chris Cain, with drummer Keith Carne joining the band in the studio and for live performances since 2013. The band have released eight studio albums, not including their early release Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) , which
2883-475: Is a Weapon on May 20, 2018. Touring the United Kingdom in promotion of the record took place across March, April and May 2018. Keith and Chris wrote the majority of the album's tracks in sessions for a songwriting club called 'Song Challenge', with Cain describing it as a collective who compete to each write 10 songs in 8 hours and drink beer. The collective also includes Tim Wheeler from Ash, Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone and MGMT 's Simon O'Connor. Megaplex
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2976-447: Is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music . They commenced in 1987. Rock band A rock band or pop band is a small musical ensemble that performs rock music, pop music, or a related genre. A four-piece band is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. In the early years, the configuration was typically two guitarists (a lead guitarist and
3069-679: Is largely a peer-based... experience, shaped by existing sex-segregated friendship networks. As well, rock music "...is often defined as a form of male rebellion vis-à-vis female bedroom culture." In popular music, a gendered "distinction between public (male) and private (female) participation" in music has existed. "[S]everal scholars have argued that men exclude women from bands or from the bands' rehearsals, recordings, performances, and other social activities." "Women are mainly regarded as passive and private consumers of allegedly slick, prefabricated – hence, inferior – pop music..., excluding them from participating as high-status rock musicians." One of
3162-647: The Late Show with David Letterman where they performed "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt", as well as announcing the release of their debut album, With Love and Squalor which would be released on January 10, 2006, although in January the band would be in the United Kingdom on the NME Shockwaves Tour with Mystery Jets , Arctic Monkeys and Maxïmo Park , before embarking on their own headline tour in April and releasing "Its
3255-555: The Dumpster Dive . During the first months of lockdown, the band also put out regular live streams on Instagram, featuring them discussing all manner of topics and performing their tracks. On May 21, 2020, We Are Scientists appeared on Jo Whiley's BBC Radio 2 show, premiering their new single "I Cut My Own Hair". While the song was written long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of many people resorting to cutting their own hair made
3348-658: The Ivy League Records label and the Winterman & Goldstein band management agency (Youth Group's Australian record label and management, respectively). Cassell is a relative of Australian Test cricketer Geoff Dymock . Founding guitarist Paul Murphy left the band in 2003 due to creative differences. Cameron Emerson-Elliott played guitar with Sydney punk band John Reed Club in the late 1990s and has known Martin since their school days in Canberra, Australia, at Narrabundah College; at
3441-495: The Lil MTV was created with MTV production company Ja Digital. The series focuses around We Are Scientists playing fictional versions of themselves, owing an American man, Steve, money and consequently running away to England where they attempt to sell off various marketing ideas to musicians, journalists, music DJs and promoters. The band had hoped to make a second series, however it ultimately did not materialise. Having worked with
3534-681: The Los Angeles area in late 2000, without Scott, recruiting Michael Tapper, whom they'd known during their time at Pomona, and who was in his last year at adjoining Harvey Mudd College . Michael would take drums over from Keith, who would now be the band's vocalist and guitarist, whilst Cain would continue playing bass. Moving again, the band relocated to Brooklyn , New York in 2001 and began recording material in November, 2001. The band finished recording in January 2002, completing 12 tracks - two of which credit former member Scott Lamb. The releases title
3627-592: The 1950s and '60s, girls in their teens—in rock usually sang songs as personæ utterly dependent on their macho boyfriends...". Philip Auslander says that "Although there were many women in rock by the late 1960s, most performed only as singers, a traditionally feminine position in popular music". Though some women played instruments in American all-female garage rock bands , none of these bands achieved more than regional success. So they "did not provide viable templates for women's on-going participation in rock". In relation to
3720-533: The 1990s, Local H continued on as a two-piece when their bassist departed, with guitarist/singer Scott Lucas modifying his guitars by adding a bass pickup for the lower strings. Starting in the 2000s, blues-influenced rock bands such as the White Stripes and the Black Keys used a guitar-and-drums scheme. Death from Above 1979 featured a drummer and bass guitarist. Tenacious D is a two-guitar band; One Day as
3813-534: The Park and Reading and Leeds on the main stage, and a consequent North American tour in July. In the latter part of 2008 the band toured the US as support to Kings of Leon in the USA. "Impatience" was the final single from the album, released on October 27. In October 2009, Chris Cain and Keith Murray co-created a short television series for MTV , titled Steve Wants His Money . The series premiered on October 25, 2009, during
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3906-482: The Pity Party plays drums, keyboards, and sings simultaneously. Royal Blood and The Garden are two-piece bands that uses bass and drums along with electronic effects . The smallest ensemble commonly used in rock music is the trio format. In a hard-rock or blues-rock band, or heavy-metal rock group, a " power trio " format is often used, which consists of an electric guitar player, an electric bass guitar player, and
3999-481: The Police , and Cream . Some power trios feature two lead vocalists. For example, in the band Blink-182 , vocals are split between bassist Mark Hoppus and guitarist Tom DeLonge , or in the band Dinosaur Jr. , guitarist J. Mascis is the primary songwriter and vocalist, but bassist Lou Barlow writes some songs and sings, as well. An alternative to the power trio is an organ trios formed with an electric guitarist,
4092-756: The Rolling Stones. Ozzy Osbourne played the harmonica on some occasions with Black Sabbath . Flutes may also be used by vocalists, most notably Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues . Larger bands have long been a part of rock and pop music, in part due to the influence of the "singer accompanied with orchestra" model inherited from popular big-band jazz and swing and popularized by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald . To create larger ensembles, rock bands often add an additional guitarist, an additional keyboardist, additional percussionists or second drummer, an entire horn section , and even
4185-524: The US in 2005. Despite sounding nothing like the California punk that Epitaph is widely known for, the support of a US label was the crucial break that Youth Group needed to find a wider audience. In 2003 the band played at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas and performed on four dates with The Vines and The Music on a US West Coast tour. But it was a chance to support Death Cab for Cutie in 2005 on
4278-502: The United Kingdom in December 2019. The anniversary celebrations continued with the release of an acoustic version of the album titled With Love And Squalor Live In Woodstock 1969 on 6 December 2019. In March 2020, as lockdown began for the COVID-19 pandemic , the band started a podcast series centred around dissecting their old material, but often spiralling out into random topics, called
4371-510: The United Kingdom, which would start in February 2023. The band released their second single "Less from You" on October 28. During the build-up to the release of Lobes , two further singles were released, "Just Lucky to be Here" and "Settled Accounts" were released on December 2, 2022 and January 6, 2023 respectively. The band announced their first North American headline tour since the release of Lobes , which would start in November 2023. Over
4464-494: The Warren View Hotel in the inner Sydney suburb of Enmore . At this stage, Allen had played drums for approximately two months. Current lead guitarist, Cameron Emerson-Elliott, and bassist, Patrick Matthews , joined in 2004. Martin, the main songwriter, is the grandson of Hungarian-born Australian poet, David Martin . Founding bass player Cassell retired from bass duties in 2003 to concentrate on being one of three partners in
4557-478: The White Stripes , Tenacious D , the Black Keys , Twenty One Pilots , and Royal Blood ) are relatively rare because of the difficulty in providing all of the musical elements which are part of the rock or pop sound (vocals, chordal accompaniment , bass lines , and percussion or drumming). Rock and pop duos typically omit one of these musical elements. In many cases, two-member bands omit a drummer, since guitars, bass guitars, and keyboards can all be used to provide
4650-467: The album and subsequent EP and singles, but by the time the band were eventually able to release and tour Burrows was busy with his solo-career. This led to Keith Carne taking over the majority of live commitments, with Burrows stepping in for occasional dates, depending on his availability. In January 2014, the band announced that the album would finally be released on March 3, 2014, through 100% Records and would be titled TV en Français . Accompanying
4743-475: The album announcement was the music video for new single "Dumb Luck". Soon after the announcement the band revealed another new track titled "Make it Easy", which was made available to download to those who pre-ordered the album. On February 9, 2014, the band performed "Make It Easy" acoustically on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch . The band appeared for a third time on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 21, 2015, performing single "Make It Easy". Across
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#17328582484314836-476: The album. Before their debut album, their earliest material often drew inspiration for lyrics from comic books and films, whilst the music drew from more punk influences. Keith Murray has cited the influence of such performers as The Rapture and David Bowie on their debut album. The band has noted that tracks on With Love and Squalor were largely written to be performed live, whilst Brain Thrust Mastery
4929-485: The band actually began recording new material, working with producer Chris Coady in New York City , where both Keith Murray & Chris Cain reside. The band worked in a number of New York studios, predominately The Magic Shop , DNA Studio and Ash's home studio Atomic Heart. In December 2012 that drummer Andy Burrows confirmed that they had finished work on their new album, with intent to release in early 2013 . Due to
5022-587: The band announced a show at the Newtown Social Club in Sydney for January 2015, in which they played Skeleton Jar in its entirety. The show sold out within a week of going on sale. The band later announced additional headlining shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane for June and July 2015; as well as a vinyl release of Skeleton Jar . The band returned again in late 2016, with their album Australian Halloween being released in October 2019. The ARIA Music Awards
5115-643: The band announced that Brain Thrust Mastery would also be the name of their new album. Garrett Ray handled drum duties for the album. The first single from the record, " After Hours ", was to be released on March 3 in the UK. The album was previewed a week before its UK release on NME.com . It came out in the United States on May 13. " Chick Lit " was released as the second single from Brain Thrust Mastery on June 9, coinciding with performances at The Great Escape Festival, Oxegen Festival Glastonbury Festival , T in
5208-408: The band announced their seventh studio album Huffy would be released on October 8, 2021, through 100% Records. The announcement also included their new single "Contact High" and detailed their plans to tour the United Kingdom in November through December then and Europe in April 2022. The band released another single, "Sentimental Education" on October 6, 2021. Across 2022 the band performed at
5301-456: The band began the recording of their first, proper full-length album in Los Angeles with Ariel Rechtshaid and engineering from Rob Brill. The band ended their time in the studio on February 23, throughout their time in the studio the band posted blogs on their official website, many of which told of a cat called Lewis, which would later be used on the album's artwork. Having recorded the album,
5394-521: The band decided to sign to Virgin Records to handle to release. On May 15, 2005, the first single from the album was aired in the UK, "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt", this came after a number of dates in the UK with Editors . "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" was released later on June 27 at the same time as their own headline Summer 2005 UK tour. In July the band shot a music video for their second single, "The Great Escape", as well as appearing on MTV2 for
5487-488: The band during the Brian Thrust Mastery era as touring guitarist & keyboard player. The second single, "Too Late", from their upcoming album was released on April 2, 2016, with third single "Classic Love" arriving on April 14, 2016. The band's fifth studio album, Helter Seltzer , was released on April 22, 2016, and was followed at the end of April, through to May with a tour of the United Kingdom. On May 6,
5580-497: The band feel that the song had a new, different resonance and decided it was a fitting time to release the single. On May 22, they made "I Cut My Own Hair" available to stream and download, as well as releasing some merchandise to accompany the single. The track was also released in conjunction with the Big Buzz Off campaign, part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 for the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably . In July 2021
5673-430: The band first emerged to prominence in 2005. Writing for The Independent , Ben Walsh wrote "they are incorrigible wags, who are refreshingly willing to riff on any given topic". Their live and interview "banter" is always off-the-cuff , with Murray insisting that the thought of ever rehearsing or reusing material makes him "cringe". The band come up with the majority of their music video concepts themselves. Earlier in
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#17328582484315766-791: The band have gone on to describe as more of a rough draft, than a proper album. The band's breakthrough success came with their debut studio album, With Love and Squalor , which sold 100,000 copies in the first six months. This was followed by the releases of Brain Thrust Mastery in 2008, Barbara in 2010, TV en Français in 2014, Helter Seltzer in 2016, Megaplex in 2018, Huffy in 2021 and Lobes in 2023. As well as music, Keith and Chris are known for their comedy, often injecting humour into their interviews, press-releases and off-the-cuff jokes at their live shows. This has been carried over as part of producing many of their own music video treatments and their 2009 series of television shorts Steve Wants His Money made for MTV, as well as
5859-445: The band headed once more to the recording studio with Los Angeles-based producer Chris Fudurich, where they recorded rough versions of "The Great Escape", "Scene Is Dead" and "This Means War", which would make up half of the band's final independently released EP The Wolf's Hour, other tracks included "Callbacks Under The Sea", "Inaction" and "Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt". The EP was released on November 26, 2004. On January 11, 2005,
5952-492: The band performed "Buckle", "In My Head" and "Too Late" on BT Sport 's Football Tonight show. The following month on June 30, 2016, they performed "Buckle" on CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . In July, the band put out a music video for Helter Seltzer track "In My Head". On February 5, 2018, the band released the single "One In, One Out". Two more singles from their sixth studio album, Megaplex , were released: "Your Light Has Changed" on 15 March 2018 and "Heart
6045-479: The band recorded their first EP, available originally only at live shows Bitching! was released on October 14, 2002, and featured 6 tracks. Later Bitching! was made available online on January 16, 2003. In March 2003 the band announced they would be heading to the recording studio with Paolo DeGregorio on April 1 to record a second EP; In Action , which was released through MotherWest records in October 2003, featuring 6 tracks. A year after recording In Action
6138-442: The band were now signed to EMI . Murray stated that the band had to deal with a lot of bureaucracy recording the new album, with EMI unhappy that they were working with producer Ariel Rechtshaid; who at the time was relatively unknown. EMI instead tried setting the band up with various "cheesy, cheesy, big producers who we didn't like at all". Ultimately, against their labels wishes the band did record with Rechtshaid and in March 2008
6231-606: The band would release TV en Français, Sous la Mer through Dine Alone Records. TV en Français, Under the Sea would feature eight reworked tracks from TV en Français , with a stripped back arrangement. The reworked version "Overreacting" was released as a music video on 8 April 2015. On March 18, 2016, the band released their new single "Buckle", announcing that it was the first offering from their upcoming fifth studio album Helter Seltzer . The band had been recording new material with "occasional-scientist" Max Hart, who previously joined
6324-419: The band's career the band frequently collaborated on music videos and other video content with Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island . Since the departure of Michael Tapper in 2007, We Are Scientists has primarily consisted of Murray and Cain. Drummer Keith Carne has featured since 2013 in the studio, at live shows and in promotions such as music videos. Murray has stated that he and Cain "really consider him
6417-661: The bands Yes , Journey , Bon Jovi , Dream Theater , and Deep Purple ). Another alternative replaces the rhythm guitarist with a turntablist , such as in Deftones , Incubus , or Limp Bizkit . Further alternatives include a keyboardist, guitarist, drummer, bassist, and saxophonist, such as the Sonics , the Dave Clark 5 , and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs . Three guitarists may be present with
6510-522: The college, the pair wrote songs together as The Morris Brothers. Patrick Matthews played bass in The Vines before joining Youth Group. Johnno Lattin (also of La Huva) played bass in the band during the Skeleton Jar period around 2003. The band met success when a series of chance happenings led Epitaph Records boss Brett Gurewitz to hear their second album, Skeleton Jar in 2004 and release it in
6603-474: The fact the band had recorded without a record label, and had also fired their management after Barbara , the band then spent a lot of 2013 label shopping and looking for new management. Realising they would be unable to put the album out that year, the band released a two-track single featuring the songs "Something About You" and "Let Me Win". The single was released through their own record label Master Swan Records and Neon Gold Records on July 16. New material
6696-512: The first release through the band's own label, Master Swan Recordings, with distribution handled by PIAS Recordings . Burrows made his live debut with the band at a surprise NME awards show at Camden Barfly on February 21, 2010. Demonstrating the more stripped-back guitar-centric sound of Barbara, the band were now performing predominately as a three-piece, without Max Hart, although Hart amongst other musicians would occasionally feature at live shows for performances of "After Hours". As Burrows
6789-499: The first time to plug their upcoming release. The band also appeared on at Reading and Leeds Festivals for the first time, performing on the Carling Stage, and later the band released the album With Love and Squalor in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2005 celebrating with an album signing session and intimate gig in London's Selectdisc on Berwick Street. In December 2005 the band made their U.S. Network television debut on
6882-490: The gender composition of heavy-metal bands , it has been said that "[h]eavy metal performers are almost exclusively male" "...[a]t least until the mid-1980s" apart from "...exceptions such as Girlschool ." However, "...now [in the 2010s] maybe more than ever–strong metal women have put up their dukes and got down to it", "carv[ing] out a considerable place for [them]selves." When Suzi Quatro emerged in 1973, "no other prominent female musician worked in rock simultaneously as
6975-536: The idea for the band. Murray and Cain, along with their roommate, Scott Lamb, a fellow alum from Pomona College, cofounded the group. Lamb originally played guitar and provided vocals, whilst Cain played bass and Murray played drums as well as handling vocals. The three of them chose the name We Are Scientists, after renting a truck from U-Haul. When they returned it, the inspector, after looking them up and down and assessing their wardrobe, asked if they were scientists. Some publications later claimed their band name to be
7068-416: The keyboard player to perform bass lines, chords, and lead lines. A variant of the organ trio is a trio formed with an electric bassist, a drummer, and an electronic keyboardist (playing synthesizers) such as the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer . A power trio with the guitarist on lead vocals is a popular record-company lineup, as the guitarist and singer usually are songwriters. Therefore,
7161-403: The label only has to present one "face" to the public. The backing band may or may not be featured in publicity. If the backup band is not marketed as an integral part of the group, then the record company has more flexibility to replace band members or use substitute musicians. This lineup often leads to songs that are fairly simple and accessible, as the frontman has to sing and play guitar at
7254-543: The members do not play any instruments but sing and dance instead. Such is the case of Menudo , the Spice Girls and K-pop bands, for example. The usage of band as "group of musicians" originated from 1659 to describe musicians attached to a regiment of the army and playing instruments which may be used while marching. This word also used in 1931 to describe "one man band" for people who plays several musical instruments simultaneously. Two-member rock and pop bands (such as
7347-418: The reasons that mixed-gender bands rarely exist is that "bands operate as tight-knit units in which homosocial solidarity – social bonds between people of the same sex... – plays a crucial role." In the 1960s, pop music scene, "[s]inging was sometimes an acceptable pastime for a girl, but playing an instrument...simply wasn't done." "The rebellion of rock music was largely a male rebellion; the women—often, in
7440-453: The release of album Barbara . The band would make appearances at a number of major festivals that summer, including T in the Park , Glastonbury Festival and Reading and Leeds Festivals . Days after the album release on June 10, 2010, the band released their World Cup Anthem "Goal! England!" in support of the England national team's campaign in the 2010 FIFA World Cup . As well as releasing
7533-516: The same time. The four-piece band is the most common configuration in rock and pop music. Before the development of the electronic keyboard, the configuration was typically two guitarists, a bassist, and a drummer (e.g. The Beatles , KISS, Metallica , Rise Against , Weezer , the Clash , and the Smashing Pumpkins ). Another common formation is a vocalist, electric guitarist, bass guitarist, and
7626-592: The single, the band launched their website for the song with videos of the recording. In August 2010, We Are Scientists and Ash notably co-headlined two show in Australia as well as performing at Splendour in the Grass in Woodford, Queensland . At their two co-headline shows the bands came together to form WASH ; performing a number of covers together as an encore set. A year later the two bands came together again to release
7719-500: The soundtrack of the US TV drama The O.C. , was released as a single and reached No. 1 in Australia, attaining platinum status. As of 2015, the band is signed to Ivy League Records . The band's founding members were Toby Martin on rhythm guitar and vocals, Danny Lee Allen on drums, Andy Cassell on bass guitar, and Paul Murphy on lead guitar. The band's first show was in November 1997 at
7812-581: The summer of 2023, We Are Scientists performed a number of dates across the UK and Europe, including UK festivals Standon Calling , Truck Festival and Kendal Calling . To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the bands fourth album, TV en Français , a deluxe version of the album was released in June 2024. In May 2024 We Are Scientists announced that they will be embarking on a UK tour in November, where they will perform their second album Brain Thrust Mastery in full. The tour will coincide with "deluxe LP reissue" of
7905-453: The summer, the band performed at Rock Am Ring in Germany, Godiva Festival , T in the Park and Reading and Leeds festival 2014 in the United Kingdom. In support of their co-headline tour with Surfer Blood , the band recorded a new track titled "Distillery" which would accompany a new Surfer Blood track on a split-single, available at shows on the tour. As part of Record Store Day 2015
7998-572: Was a more specifically studio effort. Older influences include Brian Eno , Velvet Underground , My Bloody Valentine and David Bowie's Berlin era as well as Hall & Oates and Fleetwood Mac . Murray and Cain are known for incorporating comedy into their live performances, music videos and when giving interviews. British magazine God Is In The TV put forward that Keith Murray and Chris Cain demonstrated "sarcasm and wit not normally found coming from two of our American cousins", going on to put forward that this may have been lost in translation when
8091-535: Was also No. 1 in the first ever digital download chart. During 2006, they supported Coldplay in their sold-out tour of Australia ; in 2008 they supported Kings of Leon and Interpol on their tours of Australia . Youth Group won the ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist - Single for "Forever Young". Youth Group toured the US twice in 2009 before moving into an extended break. Though the band remained on good terms, they began focusing on other projects. Martin released
8184-465: Was announced on March 14, 2002, on the band's official website as Safety, Fun, and Learning (In That Order) for release in April 2002 through the band's own label, Devious Semantics. Due to issues with setting up their own label, it wasn't until June that the band were able to release the record. The summer saw them reunite with original vocalist Scott Lamb. In October after several months of performing in California and New York, amongst other places
8277-556: Was further previewed across a string of UK tour dates in July. Eventually the band signed to release the finished album with 100% Records, putting out a teaser EP titled Business Casual on October 14, 2013. The EP includes lead singles "Return the Favor" and "Dumb Luck" along with album off cut "Good Answer", a demo of new track "Courage" and a cover of Berlin 's " Take My Breath Away " - which features occasional scientist Max Hart on pedal-steel guitar. Andy Burrows had recorded drums for
8370-460: Was involved in a number of other projects, the band hired Danny Allen to perform and tour with them, with Allen occasionally handling keyboards at shows where Burrows was drumming. The band released their first single from Barbara on April 5, 2010, titled " Rules Don't Stop ", which peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. A second single " Nice Guys " was released on June 7, the week before
8463-467: Was on this tour that the band released Crap Attack , a compilation album of B-sides and covers, as well as a DVD featuring music videos for all of the tracks on With Love and Squalor and live performances. In January 2007 Murray announced that he had begun working on the band's follow-up to With Love and Squalor in Brooklyn , New York, previewing "Impatience" and "Spoken For" later that month. During
8556-628: Was once again produced by Occasional Scientist Max Heart, and recorded across various sessions in 2017 in New York City. On February 15, 2019, the band released "Second Acts". A compilation, Megaplex: Rise of the Lycans , a deluxe version of the album Megaplex with new songs and other material was released on 19 April 2019. The release was supported by a tour across the United States supporting Snow Patrol . For Record Store Day on April 13, 2019, We Are Scientists teamed up with Art Brut to release
8649-405: Was to fit the larger arrangements of new material. Days before the tour was due to start, drummer Michael Tapper quit the band. Gary Powell and Adam Aaronson took over from Tapper for the remainder of the tour. For eight of their November tour dates the band acted as their own support act, conducting "self-improvement seminars" under the name Brain Thrust Mastery. After Virgin merged in 2007,
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