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London, United Kingdom (2003 – present)

Art Brut is an indie rock band which formed in London, England in 2003. 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 to London, 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 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’. Chinchilla talked his German flatmate Freiderike Feedback (grunge fan) into playing bass, and thus they got a bass guitar for her off eBay. Argos had a friend from Bournemouth who’d also just moved to London. Ian Catskilkin (thinks he’s in Led Zeppelin, but with better hair) used to be in a heavy rock band called Orco and he agreed to join the new band. Another friend then overheard a German man (who NME would later say looks like “he should be in Interpol”) on a bus telling someone how he played drums and worked in Merc, the shop on Carnaby Street selling cut-price mod clothing.
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  • deathenergies

    formed a band.....

    24 days ago
  • KosTeT72RUS

    вокал не найс...

    March 2012
  • cdax2307

    more win than punk and indie

    March 2012
  • nicoinfurs

    they're definitely more punk than indie

    March 2012
  • Blacoma

    I listen "a bit complicated" and i am disapointed. First et second track are nice but after is the same thing again and again. Band for singles not for album Imo

    March 2012
  • cdax2307

    first album is best

    March 2012
  • venividivicious

    Always thought they were more punk than indie. Especially since seeing them live...very fast, very loud :)

    February 2012
  • KirianSparrow

    Awesome band !_!

    February 2012
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NEW ALBUM 'BRILLIANT! TRAGIC!' OUT 23RD MAY 2011

29 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/artbrut

..The confident and confrontational Art Brut return with their new studio album "Brilliant Tragic!" on May 23rd. The first single "Lost Weekend" is released the week before on May 16th.Again …

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