Does It Offend You, Yeah?
| Does It Offend You, Yeah? | |
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 Does It Offend You, Yeah? 2008 at the NME Awards Tour |
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| General information | |
| origin | Reading , England |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , electro , indietronic |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.doesitoffendyou.com |
| Current occupation | |
| James Rushent | |
| Dan Coop | |
| Matty Derham | |
| Chloe Duveaux | |
| Rob Bloomfield | |
| former members | |
| Morgan Quaintance (2007-2009) | |
Does It Offend You, Yeah? is a British electro rock - band from Reading .
history
Dan Coop and James Rushent met through their DJ work together in Reading. For a mixtape that Coop put together for a girl he was in love with, they wrote their first song together, Battle Royale , in 2005 , which they then uploaded to Myspace . The song spread quickly and gained a large number of listeners, and garnered Coop and Rushent some inquiries from music labels . They decided to form a band and to tour. They signed with EMI and recorded their first album You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into in 2007 , which was released in 2008. As a guest singer, Sebastien Grainger from Death from Above 1979 appeared, who took over the vocals for Let's Make Out .
In 2008, Does It Offend You, Yeah? in the ranking of the most performed artists on last.fm in ninth place.
On August 25, 2010, the song We Are the Dead was offered for free download from the official website . On January 23, 2011, The Monkeys Are Coming, the first single from the second studio album, Don't Say We Didn't Warn You , was released on March 14, 2011.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? very often do remixes for other artists such as Muse , Bloc Party or Linkin Park .
On April 25, 2012, they announced on their website an indefinite break from their musical activities together.
Band name
The band name comes from the British sitcom The Office . When Dan Coop and James Rushent wanted to upload their first song Battle Royale to MySpace, they had to enter a band name there. They decided to turn on the television and use the first sentence that was spoken there as the band name. The first sentence was from Ricky Gervais and read in full: “Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking? "
In 2007 they received the Guardian Unlimited Award for the “Worst Band Name”.
style
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are compared in the New Musical Express with Daft Punk , Justice and Muse . The Rolling Stone also calls Rage Against the Machine . Their live sound is compared to The Prodigy .
Discography
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Albums
- 2008: You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
- 2011: Don't Say We Didn't Warn You
EPs
- 2008: Live @ The Fez
- 2008: iTunes Live: London Festival '08
- 2008: iTunes: Live at Lollapalooza 2008
Singles
- 2007: Weird Science
- 2007: Let's Make Out
- 2008: We Are Rockstars
- 2008: Epic Last Song
- 2008: Dawn of the Dead
- 2011: The Monkeys Are Coming
Remixes
In brackets the band member who made the remix.
- Bloc Party - The Prayer (Rushent / Coop)
- Muse - Map of the Problematique (Rushent / Coop)
- 50 Cent - Do You Think About Me (Bloomfield)
- Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Cauliflower (Bloomfield)
- The Raconteurs - Steady as She Goes (Rushent / Coop)
- The White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl (Rushent / Coop)
- Hadouken! - Crank It Up (Rushent)
- The Faint - The Geeks Were Right (Bloomfield)
- Air Traffic - Charlotte (Rushent)
- Muse - Uprising (Rushent)
- Linkin Park - The Catalyst (Bloomfield)
- Natalia Kills - Zombie
- Escape the Fate - Issues
- The Naked and Famous - Does Being Famous Offend Nudes (Punching in a Dream Remix)
Music videos
- 2007: Weird Science
- 2007: Let's Make Out
- 2008: We Are Rockstars
- 2008: Epic Last Song
- 2008: Dawn of the Dead
- 2010: We Are the Dead
- 2010: The Monkeys Are Coming
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Andrew Murfett: Does It Offend You, Yeah? In: Sidney Morning Herald . September 8, 2009, accessed February 20, 2011 .
- ↑ 9th of last.fm-year charts in 2008. (Not available online.) In: last.fm . Archived from the original on March 28, 2012 ; Retrieved February 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Does It Offend You, Yeah? reveal origins of their name. In: New Musical Express . March 11, 2008, accessed February 20, 2011 .
- ↑ David Gadze: Does It Offend You, Yeah? In: Musikexpress . December 20, 2008, accessed February 20, 2011 .
- ↑ Let's make out! Let's make out! Let's make out! Let's make out! In: New Musical Express . August 30, 2007, accessed February 20, 2011 .
- ↑ Breaking Artist: Does It Offend You, Yeah? In: Rolling Stone . August 26, 2008, accessed February 20, 2011 .
- ↑ Does It Offend You, Yeah? in the UK charts
