Does It Offend You, Yeah?

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Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Does It Offend You, Yeah? during the NME Awards Tour
Does It Offend You, Yeah? during the NME Awards Tour
Background information
Origin Reading, England
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) Virgin, Almost Gold (USA)
Website doesitoffendyou.com

Official MySpace
Members
Morgan Quaintance
James Rushent
Dan Coop
Rob Bloomfield

Does It Offend You, Yeah? is a British electro-rock band from Reading, Berkshire. The band is made up of four members: James Rushent (vocals, bass), Dan Coop (synths), Morgan Quaintance (guitar, synth, live vocal on "Let's Make Out"), and Rob Bloomfield (drums).

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[edit] History

Does It Offend You, Yeah? has been compared to dance-oriented acts like Daft Punk,[1] Justice and Digitalism.[who?] However, NME has also compared them to bands like Muse due to their heavier, more 'live' sound.[2] The group is known for their raucous live shows, which often end in stage diving and broken instruments.[1]

They have remixed songs for major acts such as Muse and Bloc Party. In 2008 they completed a sold-out US tour which reached its climax at the historic Troubadour club in Los Angeles. At the show lead singer James Rushent broke his ankle during their last song, although he managed to hobble back on to the stage for an encore. [3]

Does It Offend You, Yeah? opened for Nine Inch Nails for part of the 2008 North American Tour. [4] They also featured on the NME Awards Tour, which took place at venues across the UK and Ireland at the start of 2008.

The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office. In an interview with NME.com, synth player Dan Coop explained: "Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement but it's a quote from David Brent in an episode of 'The Office'. "When me and James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV, we switched it on and Ricky Gervais said 'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?' so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever."[2]

On Australian youth radio station Triple J on October 1st they voiced their annoyance that during every interview they were constantly asked questions regarding their band name in relation to The Office.

The song "Epic Last Song" was the first single ever of the band in Latin America.[citation needed]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

  • Live @ The Fez (2008) – Live digital download EP included with every pre-order of the album.[5]
  • iTunes Live: London Festival '08 (2008)

[edit] Singles

A future b-side to a single will have Matt Bellamy of Muse perform with the band.[citation needed]

[edit] Remixes

[edit] Covers

  • "Whip It" originally by Devo – Played live and a live recording was included on the NME Awards 2008 souvenir CD which came free with every issue of the 27 February, 2008 edition of NME magazine.[7] And a cover of Nelly's "it's getting hot in here" at worms (video game) founder's club.

[edit] Music videos

  • "Weird Science" - 2007
  • "Let's Make Out" - 2007
  • "We Are Rockstars" - 2008
  • "Epic Last Song" - 2008
  • "Dawn of the Dead" - 2008

[edit] Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2007 DJ Magazine Best Of British Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated
Guardian Unlimited Worst Band Name Won

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Rolling Stone
  2. ^ a b "NME review". NME (2007-08-30). Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
  3. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7633000/7633054.stm
  4. ^ "Performance 2008 tour dates". www.nin.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  5. ^ "Does It Offend You, Yeah? Online Store".
  6. ^ a b c "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 6 September 2008" . ChartsPlus (367): 1-4. Milton Keynes: IQ Ware Ltd. Retrieved on 2008-09-03. 
  7. ^ "NME Awards Souvenir".

[edit] External links

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