Infadels
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| Infadels | |
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| Origin | Hackney, London, UK |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock Electronica |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Label(s) | Wall of Sound (UK) |
| Website | Official Website Myspace page |
| Members | |
| Bnann Watts Matt Gooderson Wag Marshall-Page Richie Vernon Alex Bruford |
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Infadels are a London based Rock n Roll band signed to the Wall of Sound record label. The band is known for it's frenetic live shows and a work ethic that saw them rack up over 300 performances across 3 continents in less than 3 years. Their debut album We Are Not the Infadels was produced by Jagz Kooner and released in January 2006. The follow-up, entitled Universe In Reverse is scheduled for release in June 2008.
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[edit] History
Infadels were founded in 2003 by Alex Bruford (drums), Matt Gooderson (guitar, programming) and Bnann (vocals) who were joined shortly afterwards by Dead at Thirty founder Richie Vernon (live keys) and Wag Marshall-Page (Bass).
The band released two singles, Leave Your Body and Can't Get Enough/Murder That Sound on their own record label, Dead at Thirty. The awards for "Best Live Act" and "Best Dance Band" at the 2004 Diesel-U-Music Awards sealed a move to the Wall of Sound record label.
In January 2005 the Infadels headed into the studio with Producer Jagz Kooner to record their critically acclaimed debut album, We Are Not the Infadels. The band supported the release with an almost constant touring schedule that saw them rack up over 150 shows in 20 countries in 2006 alone. This included 2 UK tours, 3 European tours, 2 Australian tours, a number of shows in the USA & China and 35 festival dates.
The bands sophomore album Universe In Reverse is due for release in June 2008. Written largely between Bnann Watts and Matt Gooderson and produced by Martin "Youth" Glover (Verve, Guns ’n’ Roses, Depeche Mode), Universe In Reverse sees the band make the leap from dance tent to mainstage, with a more urgent, rockier sound characterised by crashing guitars and revving hoover-synths. Guitarist Matt Gooderson has described this evolution of the bands sound as follows: “we took the energy and guitars of a rock ‘n’ roll band like White Stripes or Yeah Yeah Yeahs, then surrounded the music in deep, cinematic sounds”.[citation needed]
"Play Blind", the first material from the forthcoming album, was given away for free as a limited time download in February 2008 and a follow up single "Make Mistakes" is due for release in April.
[edit] Members
- Bnann Watts – vocals
- Matt Gooderson – guitars/programming
- Wag Marshall-Page – bass
- Richie Vernon – live keys
- Alex Bruford – drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
[edit] Singles
- "Leave Your Body" (Autumn 2003)
- "Can't Get Enough/Murder That Sound" (3 May 2004)
- "Jagger '67" (26 September 2005)
- "Give Yourself to Me (Reality TV)" (25 April 2005)
- "Can't Get Enough" (23 January 2006)
- "Love Like Semtex" (5 June 2006)
- "Girl That Speaks No Words" (9 October 2006)
- "Make Mistakes" (21 April 2008)
- "Free Things For Poor People" (16 June 2008)
