The Whip are a

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band from

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, England. The two founding members, Bruce Carter and Danny Saville, previously played in the band Nylon Pylon, who were signed to London Records and supported

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on their 2003 Tour. Other members of The Whip are Nathan Sudders (bass), who also plays in Manchester band Tokolosh and Fiona "Li'l Fee" Daniel (drums), who was previously in

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based band Earl.

Band history

The Whip debuted in

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with the single Frustration, a limited edition 7" issued by the British label Kids. They subsequently released several singles on record labels such as Kitsuné, before their debut album ''

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'' emerged on 24 March 2008 on Southern Fried Records. The album was produced by

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, best known for his work with

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and the

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. Tracks "Trash" and "Divebomb" featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilations 3 and 4 respectively, whilst "Muzzle #1", appears in the soundtrack for '' FIFA 09'', the video game by

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. But it is "Trash" that has given the band its widest exposure to date, having been used in a national TV advertising campaign for Coors Light Beer, which debuted in 2009. "Trash" is also the theme tune of clips show ''

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''. Band members have also been commissioned to do remixes for bands such as

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, Hadouken! and

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, on their track "Fallowfield Hillbilly". Following the release of their debut album founding member and keyboard player Danny Saville left the band to become Account Manager at GV Multi-Media. ''Wired Together'', the band's second studio album, was released on 26 September 2011 to mixed reviews.

Discography

Albums

* ''

'', 2008, Southern Fried Records (No. 75 UK) * ''

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'', 2008, Southern Fried Records * ''

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'', 2011, Southern Fried Records

Singles and EPs

* "Frustration" (2006, Kids) * "Trash" (2006, Lavolta Records) * "Divebomb" (2007, Kitsuné) * "Muzzle #1" (2007, Southern Fried Records) * "Sister Siam" (2007, Southern Fried Records) * "Blackout" (2008, Southern Fried Records) * "Trash" (2008, Southern Fried Records) * "Secret Weapon" (2011, Southern Fried Records) * "Movement" (2011, Southern Fried Records) *"Riot" EP (2012, Southern Fried Records)

Remixes

;2007 *

- " An End Has a Start" *

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- "Anyway You Choose to Give It" * Sons and Daughters - "Killer" * Paul Hartnoll Feat. Robert Smith - "Please" *

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- "Strawberries" ;2008 * Hadouken! - "

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Use of tracks

*"Trash" appeared on

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"All men are equal" adverts. *"Trash" appeared on TV advertisements for

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Beer in the UK. *"Trash" was used in the American sitcom ''

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'' during a striptease scene. *"Trash" was used as the backing track for

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's series ''

'' during the opening scenes. *"Trash" was featured in the music podcast Chuck G's New Music Podcast (18 February 2009) on iTunes *"Trash" was used in various promotional videos for the

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as well as a video that plays at first launch of the Zune desktop software. *"Trash" was used in the

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'' MotorStorm: Pacific Rift'' soundtrack. *"Trash" was used in the '' Midnight Club: Los Angeles'' soundtrack on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. *"Trash" appears on

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'' soundtrack for

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. *"Blackout" was featured in

' ''

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'' *"Blackout" appeared throughout the first season of the Dave programme ''Batteries Not Included''. *"Blackout" featured in a promo video and the introductory video played on first boot of the

. *"Muzzle #1" was used in the video game

'' FIFA 09''. *"Divebomb" was used in the video game ''

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''. *"Fire" was featured in

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' '' Need for Speed: Undercover'' soundtrack.

References

External links

Official Website

Official Myspace Page

Interview with Bruce and the Band on Electroqueer.com

discogs.com page on The Whip

NME News The Whip head out on tour

NME coverage of The Whip

Channel 4 interview with the Whip

BBC feature on X Marks Destination

Review of X Marks Destination in Manchester Evening News

BBC interview with The Whip

Interview with popjustice.co.uk
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