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London, United Kingdom (2003 – present)
Art Brut are an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared ‘influences’ The Fall. The band formed in 2003 and the current line-up consists of Eddie Argos (vocals), Ian Catskilkin (guitar), Friederike “Freddy” Feedback (bass), Jasper Future (guitar) and Mikey Breyer (drums).
Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him “playing a vacuum cleaner” and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco.
Another ‘project’ was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain “Nicky Wire can suck my cock!”).
Having moved toLondon, UK and determined to be in another band, Argos found himself at a party in Mornington Crescent and set about hassling everyone there to join him. A webzine-editor and guitarist called Chris Chinchilla (a ska fanatic) thought this sounded like a good idea – after all, it was a good way to impress girls. Argos was more concerned about getting on ‘Top Of The Pops’.
Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him “playing a vacuum cleaner” and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco.
Another ‘project’ was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain “Nicky Wire can suck my cock!”).
Having moved toLondon, UK and determined to be in another band, Argos found himself at a party in Mornington Crescent and set about hassling everyone there to join him. A webzine-editor and guitarist called Chris Chinchilla (a ska fanatic) thought this sounded like a good idea – after all, it was a good way to impress girls. Argos was more concerned about getting on ‘Top Of The Pops’.
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Shoutbox
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ArtBrutus3 wrote:
What are you doing on here Mattimeus? You clearly have some love for this band if you bothered to come and check out their profile. Arctic Art should get all their albums and singles, then he can live happily ever after!
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nathasaur wrote:
one of the first bands i ever saw live. bbr&r♥
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ishyfishcat wrote:
I find their lyrics inane and thoughtless.
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mattimeus wrote:
also @loutbibi the lyrics are what turn this band from purely mediocre to notably abhorrent
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mattimeus wrote:
@ arctic_art, none, this band is really quite bad and you should be listening to something else
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mellejohnson wrote:
dig these guys!
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yayforelmo wrote:
you only really need bang bang rock & roll and a few of the early b-sides, to be honest.
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Arctic_Art wrote:
really love bang bang rock & roll.. what album should i get next. someone shout me plz.
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loutbibi wrote:
So good lyrics!
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sueysandwich wrote:
Funny band
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Mhaeandros wrote:
Great Band!!!
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lord0fdarkness wrote:
I have to be in the mood for his vocals
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Nijnnn_ wrote:
yuk...
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mattimeus wrote:
art brut is pretentious
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conditionals wrote:
@Mattimeus: you forgot to type the name of the band you thought was pretentious. Careful, or everyone will think you're talking about Art Brut, and then think that you are super wrong.
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mattimeus wrote:
pretentious
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conditionals wrote:
Oh, got another good one. Angels and Airwaves. Pretentious.
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conditionals wrote:
OK, enough. Art Brut isn't pretentious. End story. Animal Collective are pretentious. Muse are pretentious. Fleet Foxes are pretentious. Grizzly Bear are pretentious. Art Brut, are NOT pretentious.
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wolframwuttke wrote:
what a great live band they are. (This is my singing voice. It's no irony.)
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slums69 wrote:
amazing band ;) really, one of the greatest out there ;)
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