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Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:44 pm
by StudioShutIn
I was wondering if anybody here could help me figure this out. I saw a band play on 'Later...with Jools Holland' a couple years ago, but I missed what their name was, and I haven't been able to find out who they are, or any of the other songs they did. What I remember about the band was that they were a rock band that included alot of electronic elements (synths, as well as little oscillating bleeps and bloops as background/ambience) and their vocalist seemed to be using a whammy pedal on his vocals at various points in the song.
If it's any help, the vocalist looked kinda like a skinnier version of Robert Smith...Any ideas about who this might be? :?:

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:02 pm
by Toonster
Might be The Horrors..

They are cool and that's what I first thought about when reading your discription..

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:58 pm
by comtrails70
Battles maybe?

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:00 pm
by comtrails70
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LvoBRS1Mk[/youtube]
damn good band. :thumb:

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:03 pm
by nad
I too was thinking Battles.

And now I'm thinking 65daysofstatic because that's who I always think of when it comes to this type of music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAZEcg8NLtM[/youtube]

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:06 pm
by Companda
comtrails70 wrote:Battles maybe?


This was my first thought as well, but I wouldn't categorize Tyondai as Robert Smith-esque.

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:17 pm
by comtrails70
ahem..

robert smith
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battles guy:
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same exact person..
you loose.

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:21 pm
by Companda
I stand corrected in eternal shame.

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:32 pm
by comtrails70
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that just how i do..

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:35 pm
by StudioShutIn
comtrails70 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LvoBRS1Mk[/youtube]
damn good band. :thumb:


*ding ding ding* we have a winner! :lol:
You even found the footage that I saw on Jools Holland's show... :thumb: Ok..so it's a band called Battles, and the song is called Atlas.
Thanks Comtrails70 (and all the rest) for your assistance! :thumb:

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:39 pm
by Companda
That skinny Robert Smith'n sunuvabitch.

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:45 pm
by StudioShutIn
Companda wrote:That skinny Robert Smith'n sunuvabitch.


Ok, now that I see the video again, I guess Tyondai doesn't look so "rober smith"-y after all..I guess the big frizzed-out hair stuck in my mind and made me think "robert smith", even though the actual dude doesn't look much like him....sorry for the misleading comments... :facepalm:

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:50 pm
by Companda
It's OK. I ain't mad atcha.

Re: Trying to figure out who this band is...

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:03 pm
by Toonster
It made the thread a lot more fun :lol: RS FTL!