Art Brut
Art Brut is an indie rock band which formed in London, England in 2003. The… Read Full Bio ↴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), Toby Macfarlaine (guitar) and Stephen Gilchrist (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 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’. 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. Determined to hunt him down, Argos and Chinchilla went to the shop. He wasn’t working that day, so they left him a note. Mikey Breyer (listens to nothing but Weezer) would then join the band, and that was it – May 2003, Art Brut was born.
Much like Bloc Party, Art Brut’s first gig was an independently promoted show at the Kentish Town Verge. Chinchilla had booked it before the band was ready, at which there was much complaining by his fellow bandmates. Mike’s drumkit had yet to be imported, so he played sitting down (he usually stands up to play). After a number of other gigs round London they recorded a demo named Brutlegs, containing early versions of Formed A Band, Modern Art and Moving To LA, and made it available on their website. Formed A Band first saw the light of day on the debut Angular Records compilation album. After a journalist came across this recording, he sent an MP3 to the label Rough Trade. Within an hour of getting it, the label’s A&R man was in touch offering to release Formed A Band as a single.
Suddenly the band were all over the music press, picking up fans and haters with ease. Many people expected it to be nothing more than a one-off novelty single. They played a triumphant Swedish festival where a guy interviewed them and got confused, thought they were from Manchester (and had all his questions based around the city), and compared them to The Sultans Of Ping. They were also offered the main tour support for Razorlight but had to turn it down due to lack of funds.
Formed A Band was released as a single at the end of March 2004. A gleeful call to arms of sorts, Argos shouts “formed a band! We formed a band! Look at us, we formed a band!” before going on to proclaim how he’s going to “write a song as universal as Happy Birthday” and “play it eight weeks in a row on ‘Top Of The Pops’”. It reached No. 52, selling 5,000 copies, and cropped up in many end-of-year polls as the one of the best singles of the year, including ‘Blender’ – the USA’s second biggest music mag after ‘Rolling Stone’ - who proclaimed them the best unsigned band in the UK.
The rest of 2004 saw them playing numerous gigs from Brighton to Manchester, as well as a first anniversary show at the Tate Modern where they were joined by a couple of a Argos’ heroes – The Vessel (David Devant and His Spirit Wife) and Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter (Carter USM). As a stop-gap between singles, they offered the new, shaky Brutlegs 2004, this time containing versions of Good Weekend (the one that goes “got myself a brand new girlfriend… I’ve seen her naked TWICE!”), Bang Bang Rock And Roll and an acoustic version of Moving To LA.
The frenzied Top Of The Pops (not a Rezillos cover) was recorded with a number of bands guesting on vocals (including Ciccone, The Boyfriends, The Long Blondes, Abdoujaparov, Prozak, Rhesus and Luxembourg) for inclusion on the Angular Records compilation Rip Off Your Labels, while Moving To LA saw yet another recorded appearance, this time in live form from the Bath Moles on the compilation Bring Your Own Poison: The Rhythm Factory Sessions.
In December ’04, their second single finally saw the light. A double A-side of Modern Art and My Little Brother (with B-side These Animal Menswe@r), it was released on the Fierce Panda label and reached No. 49 – scoring the band a bigger hit than before and, perhaps surprisingly, the highest chart position Fierce Panda has ever had. All the sleeves of the 7” were hand-designed by the band and fans, including one messy session at a Queens Of Noize night at Camden Barfly which ended with the stage (and crowd) being covered in fluorescent pink paint.
The start of 2005 sees them having completed their debut album, pencilled in for release in March, and having picked up even more fans including Graham Coxon, British Sea Power, The Libertines, Hope Of The States and genius boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe. Even the Happy Mondays’ Bez has tried to get onstage at one point with them at the Barfly but was so wasted at the time he didn’t manage it, despite Catskilkin’s attempts at pulling him by his arm.
Sadly, they’ve yet to appear on ‘Top Of The Pops’. Perhaps ‘CD:UK’ will be more accommodating. It’s better, anyway.
In Late August 2005 Chris Chinchilla decided to leave the band for personal reasons and was replaced by former Art Goblin, Jasper Future.
Art Brut performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 30, 2006, at Pitchfork Music Festival in June 2006, and at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim and the Dour Festival in Belgium, in July 2006 and are due to headline the Two Thousand Trees Festival in July 2008. Art Brut also released a split 7" with We Are Scientists, which was only released in America. We Are Scientists returned the idea and covered Art Brut's song 'Bang Bang Rock & Roll' on the single. Their version of "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" is also available on their b-sides album Crap Attack.
The band released their second album, It's a Bit Complicated, on Mute Records produced by Dan Swift , who has also worked with artists such as Help She Can't Swim, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Kasabian and Snow Patrol. The first single to be taken from the album, "Nag Nag Nag Nag", was released on 20 November 2006, featuring the b-side "I Found This Song in the Road" and 5 live tracks from the Eurockéennes de Belfort Festival 2006. The song made Single of the Week in The Guardian's "The Guide" section. In 2007 they played on the American NME Rock and Roll Riot tour with The Hold Steady. In the United States, the album reached #14 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #32 on the Independent Albums chart.
On 1 March 2008 Argos revealed on his blog that Art Brut have amicably left EMI. In August 2008 Eddie Argos announced on his blog that the band have been recording songs for the third album. In late 2008 Art Brut returned to the studio to record their third LP Art Brut vs. Satan which was released on April 20th 2009. The album was produced by Frank Black formerly of the Pixies.
In September 2013 the band announced that long serving members Mikey Breyer and Jasper Future were retiring to be replaced with Toby Macfarlaine (guitar) and Stephen Gilchrist (drums).
2) Art Brut is a freejazz and improvisation group
Art Brut is:
Frank Wilke – trumpet
André D. – bass
Vasco Ribeiro Morais – percussions, voices
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Art_Brut/art_brut/
André D. on Souncloud: http://soundcloud.com/darius-improvise/tracks?format=html&page=1
Other review: http://dariusimprovise.blogspot.fr/2013/06/art-brut.html
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 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’. 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. Determined to hunt him down, Argos and Chinchilla went to the shop. He wasn’t working that day, so they left him a note. Mikey Breyer (listens to nothing but Weezer) would then join the band, and that was it – May 2003, Art Brut was born.
Much like Bloc Party, Art Brut’s first gig was an independently promoted show at the Kentish Town Verge. Chinchilla had booked it before the band was ready, at which there was much complaining by his fellow bandmates. Mike’s drumkit had yet to be imported, so he played sitting down (he usually stands up to play). After a number of other gigs round London they recorded a demo named Brutlegs, containing early versions of Formed A Band, Modern Art and Moving To LA, and made it available on their website. Formed A Band first saw the light of day on the debut Angular Records compilation album. After a journalist came across this recording, he sent an MP3 to the label Rough Trade. Within an hour of getting it, the label’s A&R man was in touch offering to release Formed A Band as a single.
Suddenly the band were all over the music press, picking up fans and haters with ease. Many people expected it to be nothing more than a one-off novelty single. They played a triumphant Swedish festival where a guy interviewed them and got confused, thought they were from Manchester (and had all his questions based around the city), and compared them to The Sultans Of Ping. They were also offered the main tour support for Razorlight but had to turn it down due to lack of funds.
Formed A Band was released as a single at the end of March 2004. A gleeful call to arms of sorts, Argos shouts “formed a band! We formed a band! Look at us, we formed a band!” before going on to proclaim how he’s going to “write a song as universal as Happy Birthday” and “play it eight weeks in a row on ‘Top Of The Pops’”. It reached No. 52, selling 5,000 copies, and cropped up in many end-of-year polls as the one of the best singles of the year, including ‘Blender’ – the USA’s second biggest music mag after ‘Rolling Stone’ - who proclaimed them the best unsigned band in the UK.
The rest of 2004 saw them playing numerous gigs from Brighton to Manchester, as well as a first anniversary show at the Tate Modern where they were joined by a couple of a Argos’ heroes – The Vessel (David Devant and His Spirit Wife) and Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter (Carter USM). As a stop-gap between singles, they offered the new, shaky Brutlegs 2004, this time containing versions of Good Weekend (the one that goes “got myself a brand new girlfriend… I’ve seen her naked TWICE!”), Bang Bang Rock And Roll and an acoustic version of Moving To LA.
The frenzied Top Of The Pops (not a Rezillos cover) was recorded with a number of bands guesting on vocals (including Ciccone, The Boyfriends, The Long Blondes, Abdoujaparov, Prozak, Rhesus and Luxembourg) for inclusion on the Angular Records compilation Rip Off Your Labels, while Moving To LA saw yet another recorded appearance, this time in live form from the Bath Moles on the compilation Bring Your Own Poison: The Rhythm Factory Sessions.
In December ’04, their second single finally saw the light. A double A-side of Modern Art and My Little Brother (with B-side These Animal Menswe@r), it was released on the Fierce Panda label and reached No. 49 – scoring the band a bigger hit than before and, perhaps surprisingly, the highest chart position Fierce Panda has ever had. All the sleeves of the 7” were hand-designed by the band and fans, including one messy session at a Queens Of Noize night at Camden Barfly which ended with the stage (and crowd) being covered in fluorescent pink paint.
The start of 2005 sees them having completed their debut album, pencilled in for release in March, and having picked up even more fans including Graham Coxon, British Sea Power, The Libertines, Hope Of The States and genius boy wizard Daniel Radcliffe. Even the Happy Mondays’ Bez has tried to get onstage at one point with them at the Barfly but was so wasted at the time he didn’t manage it, despite Catskilkin’s attempts at pulling him by his arm.
Sadly, they’ve yet to appear on ‘Top Of The Pops’. Perhaps ‘CD:UK’ will be more accommodating. It’s better, anyway.
In Late August 2005 Chris Chinchilla decided to leave the band for personal reasons and was replaced by former Art Goblin, Jasper Future.
Art Brut performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, on April 30, 2006, at Pitchfork Music Festival in June 2006, and at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim and the Dour Festival in Belgium, in July 2006 and are due to headline the Two Thousand Trees Festival in July 2008. Art Brut also released a split 7" with We Are Scientists, which was only released in America. We Are Scientists returned the idea and covered Art Brut's song 'Bang Bang Rock & Roll' on the single. Their version of "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" is also available on their b-sides album Crap Attack.
The band released their second album, It's a Bit Complicated, on Mute Records produced by Dan Swift , who has also worked with artists such as Help She Can't Swim, Victorian English Gentlemens Club, Kasabian and Snow Patrol. The first single to be taken from the album, "Nag Nag Nag Nag", was released on 20 November 2006, featuring the b-side "I Found This Song in the Road" and 5 live tracks from the Eurockéennes de Belfort Festival 2006. The song made Single of the Week in The Guardian's "The Guide" section. In 2007 they played on the American NME Rock and Roll Riot tour with The Hold Steady. In the United States, the album reached #14 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #32 on the Independent Albums chart.
On 1 March 2008 Argos revealed on his blog that Art Brut have amicably left EMI. In August 2008 Eddie Argos announced on his blog that the band have been recording songs for the third album. In late 2008 Art Brut returned to the studio to record their third LP Art Brut vs. Satan which was released on April 20th 2009. The album was produced by Frank Black formerly of the Pixies.
In September 2013 the band announced that long serving members Mikey Breyer and Jasper Future were retiring to be replaced with Toby Macfarlaine (guitar) and Stephen Gilchrist (drums).
2) Art Brut is a freejazz and improvisation group
Art Brut is:
Frank Wilke – trumpet
André D. – bass
Vasco Ribeiro Morais – percussions, voices
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Art_Brut/art_brut/
André D. on Souncloud: http://soundcloud.com/darius-improvise/tracks?format=html&page=1
Other review: http://dariusimprovise.blogspot.fr/2013/06/art-brut.html
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Art Brut Lyrics
"18000 Lira" 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira Yeah, …
03. Emily Kane I was your boyfriend when we were 15, it's the…
06- GOOD WEEKEND First time I saw her, I wanted more than just…
07. Bang Bang Rock & Roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, …
09. Formed A Band Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us,…
1 I can't take a broken heart So this'll be another false…
11-stand down I thought my resolve was too hard to be broken, It's…
12- 18000 LIRA 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira Yeah, …
18,000 Lira 8,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira …
18000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira 18,000 Lira Yeah, we've…
4. Rusted Guns of Milan I know I can I know I can I know…
7. Bang Bang Rock & Roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, …
About Time There was a time when I couldn't stomach Morrissey, I…
Alcoholics Unanimous Slept on my face, and woke up confused A bit concerned…
Am I Normal I can't take a broken heart So this'll be another false…
Am I Normal? I can't take a broken heart So this'll be another false…
Awkward Breakfast An afternoon wasted Making myself look sharp To stand around…
Axel Rose This world is fucked, and you're an idiot / Why don't…
Axl Rose This world is fucked, and you're an idiot Why don't…
Bad Comedian I spent some time trying to begin I spent some time…
Bad Week End Haven't read the NME in so long, don't know what…
Bad Weekend (Early Keith Top of the Pops Version) Haven't read the NME in so long Don't know what genre…
bad_weekend Haven't read the NME in so long, don't know what…
Band Bang Rock & Roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, …
Bang Bang Rock and Roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, ba…
Bang Bang Rock n' Roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, bang, rock and roll Bang, …
Blame It on the Trains Went to bed, as the sun rose Woke up this morning…
Catch Yeah I know who you remind me of A girl I…
Clever Clever Jazz I'm still nervous on the way to the bar We rehearsed…
DC Comics and Chocolate Milkshake Life is especially hard When no one trusts you with a…
Demons Out! I read a rumour in a tabloid paper You said something…
direct You went out in a rush And can't tell if…
Direct Hit You went out in a rush And can't tell if…
Emily Kane I was your boyfriend when we were 15, it's the…
Emily Kane (live at the Eurockénnes Festival 06) I was your boyfriend when we were fifteen It's the happiest…
Fight Storm brewing for a long time, don't think that I…
formed Formed a band, we formed a band, look at us,…
Formed a Band (Early Keith Top of the Pops Version) Formed a band We formed a band Look at us We formed a…
Good Morning Berlin Warschauer Straße and the rising sun A pocket full of change…
Good Weekend First time I saw her, I wanted more than just…
Home Altars Of Mexico Letters of consent under the bed in a heart shaped…
Hooray! Close your eyes and hold on tight Everything's gonna be alri…
I Am The Psychic I know what you've all been thinking I know what you've…
I Found This Song In The Road If there's something said in the unspoken gesture, It's time…
I Hope You're Very Happy Together I know that it's a cliché But I swear, I'm not…
I Will Survive I can get by without electricity So you don't need to…
Ice Hockey Don't cry, I finally escaped Just pretend that I'm going in…
Is Dog Eared She says she has no time for fiction Well, I disagree If…
It's About Time There was a time when I couldn't stomach Morrissey, I thoug…
Jealous Guy You want to sleep and I do too But I can't…
Late Sunday Evening Late, Sunday evening I only just feel like eating Am I feeli…
Lost Weekend Stumbling from one club to another My friends and I, all…
Martin Kemp I still stare at every schoolboy crush As I missed opportun…
Maternity Ward Sitting in my bedroom With my keyboard guitar Writing pret…
Modern Art Modern art Makes me Want to rock out (ow) Modern art…
Moving To L.A Not much glam' about the english weather There's not much l…
Moving To L.A. Not much glam' about the english weather There's not much le…
Moving to L.A. (Session Planet There's not much glam about the English weather There's not…
Moving To LA Not much glam' about the english weather There's not much l…
My Little Bother My little Brother just discovered Rock & Roll [Repeat: x…
Mysterious Bruises I've had one Zirtec, two Advil With the drink that made…
Nag Nag Nag Nag Wet trousers in the washing machine, But I'd rather be…
Nagnagnagnag Wet trousers in the washing machine, But I'd rather be…
Passenger The I'm a determined passenger I never learnt to drive But don…
Pauli Friends, near complete family At times, they don't understa…
People In Love People in love, lie around and get fat I didn't want…
Post Something Out You're only halfway Through your working day I'm sorry hon…
Pump Up the Volume We'd taken our clothes off, in the rewarder And you're leavi…
Really Bad Weekend We just kissed and that's about it I fell asleep, she…
Rusted Guns of Milan I know I can I know I can I know…
Rusted Guns I know I can I know I can I know…
Rusted Guns Of Milan I know I can I know I can I know…
Schwarzfahrer I Hate my brain It always makes me Come back to the house…
Sealand On a clear day they will see us from the…
Sexy Sometimes I want to be played in the background, While a…
She Kissed Me I don't care about your friends eye rolling Our over the…
Slap Dash For No Cash Slap dash for no cash Those are the records I like Slap…
Sound Of Summer All through the night They begin to take shape From the crac…
Soundtrack Of The Summer All through the night They begin to take shape From the cr…
St Pauli Friends, near complete family At times, they don't understa…
St. Pauli Friends, near complete family At times, they don't understan…
Stand Down I thought my resolve was too hard to be broken, It's…
stand_down I thought my resolve was too hard to be broken, It's…
Summer Job Double shifts and early starts I spent the morning hiding in…
The Great Escape Listen up Turn your head Do not close your eyes instead I…
The Passenger I'm a determined passenger I never learnt to drive But don't…
The Replacements So many bands are just putting it on Why can't they…
These Animal Menswe&r Kevin came home from school today with a Chipped tooth and…
These Animal Menswe@r Kevin came home from school today with a Chipped tooth and…
These Animal Menswe@r (live at the Eurockénnes Festival 06) Kevin came home from school today With a... chipped tooth an…
These Animal Menswear Kevin came home from school today with a, chipped tooth…
These Animalmenswe@r Kevin came home from school today with a Chipped tooth and…
Theseanimalmenswear Kevin came home from school today with a, chipped tooth…
Too Clever I'm uptight I can't relax I'm always thinking Of an answer b…
Twist And Shout I've had a song trapped in my head all day I…
Unprofessional Wrestling It started off as just kissing Now it’s a lot of…
Veronica Falls Heads rested on shoulders I wish I'd been a little bit…
Weird Science Can you get me a drink if you go to…
What A Rush I wish I hadn't taken off all my clothes Now I…
Will Survive I can get by without electricity So you don't need to…