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Interpol (band)
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Interpol is a New York City band formed in 1998. Their debut album, entitled [[Turn on the Bright Lights]] was critically acclaimed, while the follow-up, [[Antics]] has seen success in both critical and chart terms. Band members include Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Carlos Dengler on bass and keyboards, Sam Fogarino on drums, and Daniel Kessler on guitar and background vocals.
The band's sound is a dark mix of bass throb and choppy, sparse guitar. Interpol has been likened to Joy Division, whose stark, sombre music and sometimes perplexing lyrics it is thought to echo. Where Turn on the Bright Lights had been spare and tentative, Antics used a fuller, more confident sound. Banks' lyrics use rich, evocative imagery.
The band formed when Daniel Kessler met with Greg, a drummer, on the New York University campus. Kessler later added Carlos D., an ex-guitar player, on the bass, after meeting him in a history class. The line-up was complete after Kessler remembered an old friend he met whilst in Paris. Banks and Kessler ran into each other on the street, after losing touch since Paris, and Banks became lead singer. In 2000, Greg left the band, and Daniel recruited Sam, whom the band knew through his job at a local record store.
The name "Interpol" comes from a past experience of Banks, when a kid would call him "Paul, Paul, Interpol."
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Discography
Albums
- Turn on the Bright Lights (August 20, 2002) #158 US, #101 UK
- Antics (September 29, 2004) #15 US, #21 UK
Hit singles
- from Turn on the Bright Lights
- 2002 "The Interpol EP: PDA / NYC / Specialist" #170 UK
- 2002 "Obstacle 1" #72 UK
- 2003 "Say Hello To The Angels / NYC" #65 UK
- 2003 "Obstacle 1 (remix)" #41 UK
- from Antics
- 2004 "Slow Hands" #15 US Modern Rock #36 UK
- 2005 "Evil" #24 US Modern Rock, #18 UK
- 2005 "Evil / I Smell Ass / PDA (live)" (German bootleg - 10" green vinyl)
- 2005 "C'mere" #19 UK
External links
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