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Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh
rock
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* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
band from
Pontypridd
() ( colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Geography
comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest (). ...
, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist
Ian Watkins and guitarist
Lee Gaze
Lee James Gaze (born 21 May 1975 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh musician. He is the lead guitarist, and also one of the founding members, of the Welsh/American alternative rock band No Devotion and previously a member of the Welsh rock band ...
. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mike Lewis (guitars) and Mike Chiplin on drums.
Lostprophets released five studio albums: ''
The Fake Sound of Progress
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (stylized as ''thefakesoundofprogress'') is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, originally released on 27 November 2000 through Visible Noise. The album would be released in 2001 by Columb ...
'' (2000), ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'' (2004), ''
Liberation Transmission
''Liberation Transmission'' is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 26 June 2006 by Visible Noise.
Recording
This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed ...
'' (2006), ''
The Betrayed'' (2010), and ''
Weapons
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'' (2012). They sold 3.5 million albums worldwide, achieving two top-ten singles on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
("
Last Train Home" and "
Rooftops"), a No. 1 single on the US
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played ...
chart ("Last Train Home"), and several
Kerrang! Awards
The Kerrang! Awards are an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine ''Kerrang!'' and focusing primarily on rock music. The annual awards features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of mo ...
and nominations.
In December 2012, Watkins was charged with multiple sexual offences against minors, infants and animals. Lostprophets cancelled all tour dates and disbanded in October 2013, before the end of Watkins's trial. Watkins pleaded guilty to several charges. In December 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years of imprisonment plus six years of parole. In June 2014, the remaining members joined American singer
Geoff Rickly
Geoffrey William Rickly (born March 8, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of rock band Thursday. Rickly is also a member of hardcore punk band United Nations, and the alternative rock group No Devotion w ...
to form a new band,
No Devotion
No Devotion are a Welsh-American rock band formed in Pontypridd and Cardiff in 2014. The group is currently composed of American vocalist Geoff Rickly of the band Thursday, along with Stu Richardson and Lee Gaze, former members of the Welsh b ...
.
History
Early years (1997–2000)
The band formed in 1997 in Pontypridd, Wales.
Lostprophets formed by Ian Watkins and Lee Gaze after their previous band Fleshbind disbanded. They could not find a singer so Watkins decided he would switch from drums to be the frontman and they recruited Mike Chiplin on drums. Mike Lewis (who was also in Public Disturbance) joined a few months later after the original bassist left. Watkins and Lewis were also members of
Public Disturbance.
Neither member initially left Public Disturbance, although Watkins left as soon as 1998.
With Watkins on vocal duties and Lewis (who did not leave Public Disturbance until 2000)
playing bass,
the band also included guitarist
Lee Gaze
Lee James Gaze (born 21 May 1975 in Pontypridd, Wales) is a Welsh musician. He is the lead guitarist, and also one of the founding members, of the Welsh/American alternative rock band No Devotion and previously a member of the Welsh rock band ...
and Mike Chiplin on drums.
Lostprophets started out as part of the fledgling
South Wales
South Wales ( cy, De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, south Wales extends westwards ...
scene — playing gigs at venues across Wales including
T.J.'s in
Newport.
From there, they went on to tour the UK circuit. The band recorded three demos during this time: ''Here comes the Party'', ''Para Todas las Putas Celosas'', which translates as "For all the jealous whores", and ''The Fake Sound of Progress''. These were produced by
Stuart Richardson
Stuart Richardson (born 15 August 1973) is a Welsh musician. He is the bassist for the rock band No Devotion, formed by former members of Lostprophets and Geoff Rickly of Thursday. He is also the touring bassist for Thursday.
Career
Richardson ...
, who joined the band as bassist for the latter recording.
Mike Lewis at this point switched to rhythm guitar. ''The Fake Sound of Progress'' also included the addition of
DJ Stepzak
Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mik ...
, who would remain with the band for around a year.
The first three tracks from their third demo were refined and re-recorded for the release of their debut album of the same name: the title track, "MOAC Supreme" and "Stopquote" — the latter two were renamed "A Thousand Apologies" and "Awkward", respectively. All of the EPs are out of print, and are very rare.
The band caught the attention of the two
music publisher
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s ''
Kerrang!
''Kerrang!'' is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock, punk and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent (the same company that owns electronic music publication ''Mixmag''). It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one- ...
'' and ''
Metal Hammer
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'' magazines both giving them glancing reviews.
In 1999 they signed in with Independent label
Visible Noise
Visible Noise is a British independent record label that focuses solely on British bands.
History
Founded in 1998 by ex-Cacophonous Records manager Julie Weir, the label was created with the goal of fostering and breaking new UK rock music into ...
.
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (2000–2002)
The band's debut album ''
The Fake Sound of Progress
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (stylized as ''thefakesoundofprogress'') is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, originally released on 27 November 2000 through Visible Noise. The album would be released in 2001 by Columb ...
'' was released through Visible Noise in November.
Recorded in less than two weeks for £4,000
the record drew on a wide range of influences. It would be re-released the following year through
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
. Shortly after the completion of the album,
DJ Stepzak
Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mik ...
decided he would not commit to the band and was replaced with musician
Jamie Oliver
James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975) is an English chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants.
Oliver reac ...
, who was originally the band's photographer, but was told by the bands management that someone who wasn't part of the band or crew members couldn't join them on tour, so Oliver bought a set of turntables and quickly became the band's DJ.
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' featured many references to 1980s
pop-culture
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. In addition to the
Duran Duran
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reference in the band's name, there was an image of Venger from the ''
Dungeons & Dragons
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'' TV series on the album
sleeve notes
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Origin
Liner notes are desc ...
, as well as song titles like "
Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja
"Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja" is a song by Welsh rock band Lostprophets. The song was released in 2001 as the first single from the band's debut studio album, ''The Fake Sound of Progress''. It was the only charting single on the ''Billboard'' chart ...
" and "Kobrakai". The first song's title was a reference to the video games ''
Shinobi
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'' and ''
Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja'', while the second was an alternative spelling of
Cobra Kai
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, the name of the karate dojo in the ''
Karate Kid
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'' movies. Another reference is the use of the
VF-1 Valkyrie
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in Battroid mode from the 1982
anime
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''
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
is an anime television series from 1982. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war. It is the first part of two franchises: The ''Super D ...
'' as part of the album illustration.
The band worked with producer
Michael Barbiero to remaster the album, and this new remastered version of the album was released in November 2001.
The album appears to have divided the band's existing fan base where the first accusations of
selling out
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were levelled at the band from the underground music scene within which they achieved their first success.
During this period, Lostprophets built up a strong live following with
support slots to popular acts such as
Pitchshifter
Pitchshifter are an English industrial rock band from Nottingham, formed in 1989. The band was started by lead guitarist and programmer Johnny A. Carter, and bassist and vocalist Mark Clayden. The band’s early material was characterized for ...
,
Linkin Park and
Deftones
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, as well as several headlining stints of their own.
They also took part in the successful Nu-Titans tour with
Defenestration among other new UK metal acts of the time. Co-headlining the 2002
Deconstruction Tour
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in London, supporting acts included
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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and
the Mad Caddies.
Lostprophets featured on a bill consisting of more traditionally
punk
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Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
oriented acts. This provoked hostility from certain members of the audience, who were upset at Lostprophets inclusion on such a bill. The band subsequently toured with
Ozzfest
Ozzfest is an annual music festival tour of the United States and sometimes Europe and later Japan, featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy Osbourne, both ...
, played at
Glastonbury
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and the
Reading and Leeds Festival
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend. The Reading Fes ...
.
They also appeared on a number of TV shows, including ''
Top of the Pops
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'', ''
CD:UK'' and ''
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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''. They also performed as part of the 2002
NME Carling Awards tour.
''Start Something'' (2003–04)
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After the extensive touring cycle for ''
The Fake Sound of Progress
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (stylized as ''thefakesoundofprogress'') is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, originally released on 27 November 2000 through Visible Noise. The album would be released in 2001 by Columb ...
'' finally ended, the band took a brief break before beginning the process of writing new material for ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'' at Frontline Studios in
Caerphilly, Wales.
They then entered Los Angeles's Barefoot Studio for a recording process that lasted from March until September 2003, with producer Eric Valentine.
Valentine had previously produced albums for
Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout mul ...
and
Good Charlotte
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.
The first single released from the album was the song "
Burn Burn", the music video for which began receiving heavy rotation on satellite and cable channels like
MTV2
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The channel launched initially as an all-music video service, once the original MTV had started to sh ...
,
Kerrang! TV
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and
Scuzz
Scuzz was a British 24-hour rock and metal music television channel owned and operated by Sony Pictures Television. It was launched on 17 April 2003 and went on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on the Sky satellite platform, available i ...
in the UK.
The song attracted some criticism, however, as the opening bore a striking resemblance to "Mother Mary", a song from the band
Far's ''
Water and Solutions
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Background
The album was recorded in April 1997, nearly a full year before being released in March 1998. During the 11 month interval, the band released the promotional ''Soo ...
'' album. The band themselves even conceded in interviews that the singing pattern bore an undeniable similarity to the
Adamski
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song "
Killer
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".
"Burn Burn" was released on 3 November 2003, and was originally scheduled to be closely followed by the release of the album.
The release of the album was delayed several times and a headlining tour of the UK, was also postponed during this time. The band rescheduled the cancelled UK shows, with the exception of their scheduled appearance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, stating in magazine interviews that honoring those commitments would have meant leaving the recording studio while the album was only half completed.
The album was released in the UK on 2 February 2004, and was commercially successful, achieving number four in the
UK Albums Chart
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and selling over 415,000 copies.
The album has sold over 687,000 copies in the US alone according to
Nielsen Soundscan although in a 2012 interview with Gigwise Lee Gaze stated it had sold 890,000 copies in the US. Worldwide the album has sold 2.5 million copies according to
BBC Wales.
The critical response from mainstream magazines was mostly positive, though the response from rock publications such as ''Kerrang!'', ''
Metal Hammer
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'' and ''
Rock Sound
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'' was sometimes tepid.
To promote the album, they toured North America, Europe and as part of the
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out (BDO) was an annual music festival that was held in five Australian cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Adelaide, and Perth, as well as Auckland, New Zealand. The festival was held during summer, typically in January of eac ...
festival in Australia and New Zealand. The tour for this record culminated on 21 November 2004, at a sold-out show in
Cardiff International Arena
Cardiff International Arena (formerly known as Cardiff International Arena & Convention Centre and later, for sponsorship reasons, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff) is an indoor exhibition centre and events arena located in Cardiff, Wales, and was ope ...
.
''Liberation Transmission'' (2005–07)
On 19 June 2005, founding member Mike Chiplin left the group to pursue other musical opportunities. Since then, he joined another band called The Unsung, and played with Accident Music until their split in 2011, which also featured Chris Morgan of Midasuno and former
Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001 and currently consists of Matthew Davies-Kreye (lead vocals), Kris Coombs-Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, backing vocals), Darran Smit ...
guitarist Darran Smith. He has also opened up his own practice-studio for young people to start bands.
The remaining members began working on material for the next album.
Due to the lengthy gap between ''
The Fake Sound of Progress
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (stylized as ''thefakesoundofprogress'') is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, originally released on 27 November 2000 through Visible Noise. The album would be released in 2001 by Columb ...
'' and ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'', and the backlash that grew against the band because of it, the remaining band members stated in various interviews that they wanted to release their third album in early 2006.
As with ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'', the band wrote and recorded demo tracks for the album (with Ian Watkins playing the drums) in a UK recording studio before completing the album in America.
''
Liberation Transmission
''Liberation Transmission'' is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 26 June 2006 by Visible Noise.
Recording
This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed ...
'' was recorded in Hawaii, and saw the band work with
Bob Rock
Robert Jens Rock (born April 19, 1954) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician, best known for producing rock bands and music artists such as Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, The Tragically Hip, the Cult, ...
. Drummer
Josh Freese (of
the Vandals
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and
A Perfect Circle
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) recorded ten out of the twelve drum tracks for this album (Ilan Rubin recorded "Everybody's Screaming!!!" and "For All These Times Son, for All These Times").
The band returned to their roots, playing a series of small venues across South Wales.
They also headlined
Give It a Name, a two-day event with
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mi ...
.
These shows featured the first live appearance of then-17-year-old
Ilan Rubin
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on drums and the live premiere of songs "
Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" is a power ballad by Welsh rock band Lostprophets. "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" was released to American radio on 16 May 2006. The song was released on 19 June 2006 as the first single from their thir ...
", "
A Town Called Hypocrisy
"A Town Called Hypocrisy" is the second single taken from ''Liberation Transmission'', the third studio album by the Welsh alternative rock band Lostprophets.
The single was released on 11 September 2006 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at No. 23 ...
" and "The New Transmission".
The album itself was released on 26 June 2006 (27 June in the USA), and became the first Lostprophets album to reach number one on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
The album saw the band adopt a more contemporary sound with far less emphasis on screaming than previous releases (exceptions being songs "Everyday Combat" and "For All These Times Son, for All These Times").
Lostprophets began a full-fledged UK tour on 3 July 2006.
As with their warm-up gigs prior to the album's release, the band selected
South Wales
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-based support bands for this tour. The band followed this with another UK-tour in November,
and then followed their UK-dates with a European tour in France, Germany, and several other countries.
The main support for this was
the Blackout. They returned to the UK for an Arena tour in April 2007, from 18 April to 22nd.
The scheduled venues were:
Glasgow
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(
SECC);
Manchester
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(
MEN Arena
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);
Birmingham
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(
NIA) & London (
Wembley Arena
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).
Lostprophets also played at the Full Ponty festival in Wales on 26 May 2007.
The support acts included
Paramore
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and
the Blackout.
The album has sold over 625,000 copies worldwide.
''The Betrayed'' (2007–2010)
Writing and recording the band's fourth studio album began in early 2007. Originally the band stated that they wanted the album released in 2007; however, due to both touring and being unhappy with the results of their work in the studio, the band did not keep to their original release plan. Despite recording an entire album's worth of material with producer
John Feldmann
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Early life
Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...
, this work was shelved
in favor of material they later recorded and produced themselves, with recording sessions for what would later be known as ''
The Betrayed'' beginning in November 2008. Consequently, the album was not released until 13 January 2010, where it reached a peak of 3 on the
UK Albums Chart
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.
Throughout the earlier part of 2008, the band performed several dates, including
Download Festival which they headlined on the Sunday night,
V Festival and
Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
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, as well as a small number of performances around the UK.
They also headlined the NME/Radio 1 tent at 2009's
Reading and Leeds Festival
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.
The band claimed that ''The Betrayed'' is "by far the finest, darkest and most real album" of their career. Originally, Ian Watkins stated he wanted the new album to be "nastier" and "darker" than previous efforts, with more energy and vibe than before. In a blog post, guitarist Mike Lewis suggested that Ilan Rubin (who subsequently left the band to join
Nine Inch Nails) was very much a large part of the writing/recording process. Following Rubin's departure,
Luke Johnson of
Beat Union
Beat Union was a pop-punk band from Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Redditch, United Kingdom. They were formerly known as Shortcut to Newark. The group has garnered comparisons to Elvis Costello and The Jam, as well as pop punk groups like Green ...
was officially announced as the band's new drummer in August 2009. During this time, ''
Kerrang!
''Kerrang!'' is a British weekly magazine devoted to rock, punk and heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent (the same company that owns electronic music publication ''Mixmag''). It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one- ...
'' published a "world exclusive" article on Lostprophets, revealing the album's title, and its release date of January 2010. In a later interview with Kerrang in early 2009, Watkins stated that the record was "the most honest album" the band has ever done, and that overall the record was "a lot grittier and sleazier", while also stating that did not mean "it won't be catchy", but that it would not be done "in such a twee way". When speaking about what the record would sound like, Jamie Oliver stated that he felt it had "the bite that ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'' had, with the song-ability of ''Liberation Transmission'' but personality of ''The Fake Sound of Progress''".
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The first single from the new album,
It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here, was aired for the first time on
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
on 19 August. It was subsequently released on 12 October 2009 and reached No. 16 on the Official UK chart. This was followed by "
Where We Belong", which was released on 4 January 2010.
The band commenced their UK-tour with support from
Kids in Glass Houses
Kids in Glass Houses are a Welsh rock band from Cardiff. The band's name was inspired by the lyrics "not throwing stones at you anymore" from the Glassjaw song "Tip Your Bartender". The band achieved success on the strength of the singles " Gi ...
, Hexes,
We are the Ocean, and
Sharks
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, in February 2010. The Doncaster date to the UK tour was cancelled and refunded, but no reason was given for the cancellation. The Port Talbot date of the tour was postponed and moved to a different venue due to a fire at the
Afan Lido
Sandfields (Welsh: ''Traethmelyn'') is a mainly residential district of Port Talbot, Wales. The area is located in South Wales on a narrow coastal plain between Mynydd Dinas and the sea. The M4 motorway, A48 road, A48 trunk road and South Wales M ...
leisure centre. The show took place on May 1 at the
Cardiff International Arena
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. Lostprophets confirmed that they would tour Australia. The tour took place on 27 March 2010 at The Roundhouse,
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, Sydney. The band also played at the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festival.
Stuart Richardson commented in 2019 that "toward the end of 2009–2011 we realised Ian had a depressingly sad drug addiction. It just snuck up on us".
''Weapons'' (2011–12)
In early 2011, the band rented a house in Norfolk that served as their studio while composing a demo and pre-producing for a new album. The band was also featured on British rapper/producer
Labrinth
Timothy Lee McKenzie (born 4 January 1989), better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. After initially pursuing a career in music production, Simon Cowell signed him to his record labe ...
's album in late 2011.
In August 2011, the band went on a short UK tour, with dates in
Cardiff
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,
Bournemouth
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,
Oxford
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and
Norwich
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, as well as the two
V Festival dates, and an additional appearance at the
Sziget Festival
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in
Budapest
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, Hungary. During this short tour, the band debuted live a new song from the upcoming album, tentatively titled "
Bring 'Em Down".
The band's fifth studio album, ''
Weapons
A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, s ...
'', was released through
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
on 2 April 2012, leaving their long-time served record
Visible Noise
Visible Noise is a British independent record label that focuses solely on British bands.
History
Founded in 1998 by ex-Cacophonous Records manager Julie Weir, the label was created with the goal of fostering and breaking new UK rock music into ...
. Supported by a subsequent tour in the UK. ''Weapons'' was produced by
Ken Andrews
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at
NRG Recording Studios
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Facilities
The facility consists of three stud ...
in
Hollywood, California
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. The band released a teaser track in anticipation of their new album entitled "Better Off Dead" in January 2012, though it was confirmed the song is not an official single. The band played at Australia's
Soundwave festival in February 2012 before heading back to the UK for an extensive tour in support of the new album in April and May supported by
Modestep
Modestep is a dubstep and electronic rock band from London consisting of Josh Friend. Their debut album ''Evolution Theory'' was released on 11 February 2013, including its five singles: " Feel Good", " Sunlight", " To The Stars", " Show Me a S ...
. The band's first official single of the album, "Bring 'em Down", was released on 6 February 2012, after debuting on
Zane Lowe
Alexander Zane Reid Lowe (born 7 August 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter.
After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence thro ...
's
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...
show.
On 9 April, Lostprophets announced that they had signed to Fearless Records and would release ''Weapons'' in the United States on 19 June 2012. Lostprophets played in the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena on 28 April to promote their new album ''Weapons'', and played their second studio album ''Start Something'' in its entirety. This show turned out to be a complete disaster for the band; Stuart Richardson commented in 2019 that Watkins "didn't move for the whole set" and that he "sung the wrong words".
This led to the band staging an intervention with Watkins, telling him that if he didn't clean up his act he would be fired. They were extremely frustrated with him following this performance and even considered disbanding entirely as a result of it. Watkins checked into rehab during a two-month break in the band's touring.
Lostprophets played select shows in Vans Warped Tour 2012, playing from 12 July through 5 August. Watkins relapsed into drug use during this tour and missed a show, leading to the band having to perform a set with Jamie Oliver on lead vocals. Watkins' temporary absence from the tour led to Stuart Richardson having a violent altercation with him.
The band toured the UK extensively again in November 2012 to coincide with a headline performance at the Vans Warped Tour 2012 UK. They performed what would eventually become their final show at the
Newport Centre,
Newport, Wales
Newport ( cy, Casnewydd; ) is a city and Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. With a population of 145,700 at the 2 ...
on 14 November 2012.
Three videos were released from ''Weapons''. On 3 December 2012, Watkins tweeted, "En route to the big smoke to shoot our new musical video". When the band had previously debuted "Bring 'em down" on Zane Lowe's show in February, Watkins stated that the fourth single was to be a "power ballad". However, a finished video was never released.
Watkins's arrest and band's breakup (2012–13)
On 19 December 2012, Watkins was charged with thirteen sexual offences against children, including the attempted rape of a one-year-old girl. Watkins originally denied the charges. The other band members posted a message on their website stating that they were "learning about the details of the investigation along with you" and concluding: "It is a difficult time for us and our families, and we want to thank our fans for their support as we seek answers." They subsequently cancelled all tour dates.
On 1 October 2013, Lostprophets announced that they were disbanding "after nearly a year of coming to terms with our heartache". The post was signed by all members of the band except Watkins. On 30 November, the members released a lengthy statement in response to Watkins pleading guilty to attempted rape and sexual assault of a child under 13, stating that they were "heartbroken, angry, and disgusted". They stated that they had been unaware of his crimes, and that though working with him had become "a constant, miserable challenge", they had "never imagined him capable of behavior of the type he has now admitted". They urged any other victims to contact the authorities. On 18 December 2013, Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison, plus six years on extended licence, with a possibility of parole after serving two thirds of his sentence.
Immediately after Watkins was sentenced, the
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banned the entire Lostprophets discography from playing on their stations.
Aftermath
On 25 April 2014, it was confirmed by ex-
Thursday
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frontman
Geoff Rickly
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that he would be working with the remaining band-members on their new project, from a record label perspective through his own label, Collect Records, as a producer and also joining them as a vocalist. Rickly regarded their new material as having influences from
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Sumner and Hook formed the band after attend ...
,
New Order and
The Cure
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. It was announced the new band would be called
No Devotion
No Devotion are a Welsh-American rock band formed in Pontypridd and Cardiff in 2014. The group is currently composed of American vocalist Geoff Rickly of the band Thursday, along with Stu Richardson and Lee Gaze, former members of the Welsh b ...
and they released their first and second singles, "Stay", and "Eyeshadow", on 1 July 2014.
In December 2015, media reported that Lostprophets had released a new single, "
I Knew You Were Trouble
"I Knew You Were Trouble" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, from her fourth studio album '' Red'' (2012). She wrote the song along with the track's producers, Max Martin and Shellback. A dance-pop, pop rock, and teen pop son ...
", which was delivered to the streaming website
Spotify
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, but the recording was actually the original version by American singer-songwriter
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bor ...
. The song was subsequently removed from the site after three days.
In November 2016, it was reported that Watkins' Twitter account had become active again, new clips of music had surfaced via two SoundCloud accounts ("L'Amour La Morgue" and "Megalelz") that were reportedly attributed to him and that Lostprophets' website had been changed to a single page that described them as "The Straight Edge British Metal Band". The site domain has since become inactive. No further activity has since been spotted from Watkins' accounts.
Musical style and lyrical themes
Lostprophets were most commonly termed
nu metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, sometimes called aggro-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, alternative rock, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu met ...
and
alternative metal
Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With r ...
.
However, a wide variety of genres have been noted in their music, with other genre-tags applied to the band including
post-grunge
Post-grunge is a derivative of grunge that has a less abrasive or intense tone than traditional grunge. Originally, the term was used almost pejoratively to label mid-1990s rock bands such as Bush (British band), Bush, Candlebox and Collective So ...
,
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
,
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
,
rap rock,
heavy metal,
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
,
pop-punk
Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti- suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other p ...
, and
pop metal
Pop metal (sometimes conflated with or used interchangeably with glam metal) is an umbrella term for commercial heavy metal and hard rock styles which feature prominent pop music elements such as catchy hooks and anthemic choruses. It became ...
. Their music is termed an aggressive style of rock, blending strong driving guitars, groove and bounce, and pop elements and accessibility.
The
punk
Punk or punks may refer to:
Genres, subculture, and related aspects
* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
side to the band's music has been noted, again specifically of the
pop variety.
The influence of
heavy metal on their music is also noted,
although this varies from song to song.
Their music has been praised as powerful, combining softer melodies with an aggressive edge,
with screamed vocals and catchy riffs,
while some have also stated it has a derivative, formulaic or forgettable nature.
Watkins's lyrics range from somber to aggressive, and have been described as often conveying a feeling of disillusionment with topics such as relationships or social groups, albeit frequently delivered in a rousing manner even when this is the case.
Band members
Final lineup
*
Ian Watkins –
lead vocals
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(1997–2012);
keyboards
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* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
,
turntables
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(1997–99)
*
Lee Gaze
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– lead guitar, backing vocals (1997–2013)
*
Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1998–2013); bass (1997–98)
*
Stuart Richardson
Stuart Richardson (born 15 August 1973) is a Welsh musician. He is the bassist for the rock band No Devotion, formed by former members of Lostprophets and Geoff Rickly of Thursday. He is also the touring bassist for Thursday.
Career
Richardson ...
– bass, backing vocals (1998–2013)
*
Jamie Oliver
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Oliver reac ...
– vocals, keyboards, synth, piano, turntables, samples (2000–13)
*
Luke Johnson – drums, percussion (2009–13)
Former members
*
Mike Chiplin
Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mik ...
– drums, percussion (1997–2005)
*
DJ Stepzak
Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band Fleshbind broke up. They later recruited Mik ...
– synth, turntables, samples (1999–2000)
*
Ilan Rubin
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– drums, percussion (2006–08)
Timeline
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Discography
* ''
The Fake Sound of Progress
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (stylized as ''thefakesoundofprogress'') is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, originally released on 27 November 2000 through Visible Noise. The album would be released in 2001 by Columb ...
'' (2000)
* ''
Start Something
''Start Something'' is the second studio album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 2 February 2004 through Visible Noise in the United Kingdom and South Korea. The album was released internationally on 5 February 2004. The band be ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Liberation Transmission
''Liberation Transmission'' is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 26 June 2006 by Visible Noise.
Recording
This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed ...
'' (2006)
* ''
The Betrayed'' (2010)
* ''
Weapons
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'' (2012)
Awards
Lostprophets had the most success at the
Kerrang! Awards
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and Pop Factory Awards,
winning six awards at both. Kerrang! Awards include: Best British Newcomer (2001), Best Single (2004) for the song "
Last Train Home", Best Album (2006) for the album
Liberation Transmission
''Liberation Transmission'' is the third studio album by Welsh rock band Lostprophets, released on 26 June 2006 by Visible Noise.
Recording
This is the first Lostprophets album recorded without original drummer Mike Chiplin. Josh Freese drummed ...
, Best British Band (2006 and 2007) and The Classic Songwriter Award (
2010). Pop Factory Awards include: Best Live Act (2001 and 2006), Best Welsh Act (2004, 2005 and 2006) and Best Album (2006) for the album Liberation Transmission. They also won one award at the
NME Awards
The ''NME'' Awards is an annual music awards show in the United Kingdom, founded by the music magazine '' NME'' (''New Musical Express''). The first awards show was held in 1953 as the ''NME'' Poll Winners Concerts, shortly after the founding ...
for Best Metal Act (2002). Lostprophets were also nominated for seven other Kerrang! Awards.
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