The Whip (band)

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The Whip
Audioriver Festival 2009, Płock, Poland
Background information
Origin	Salford, England, UK
Genres	Indie rock Dance-punk Electro house
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Southern Fried Records, Kitsuné
Website	MySpace Website
Members
Danny Saville Fiona "Lil Fee" Daniel Nathan Sudders Bruce Carter

The Whip are a band whose founding members come from Oldham, Greater Manchester, UK formed in 2006. The band’s debut album, X Marks Destination, produced by Jim Abbiss, was released on Southern Fried Records on March 24, 2008. They have released several singles on record labels such as Kitsuné. Their tracks "Trash" and "Divebomb" were featured on the Kitsune Maison Compilations 3 and 4 respectively^[1][2]. They have also been commissioned to do remixes for bands such as Editors, Hadouken! and The Courteeners track "Fallowfield Hillbilly". Their track "Muzzle No. 1" appears in the soundtrack for the FIFA Video Games 2009 video game [1].

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Singles and EPs 1.3 Remixes 2 Use of Tracks 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• X Marks Destination, 2008, Southern Fried Records (#40 UK)
• Remix Marks Destination, 2008, Southern Fried Records
• X Marks Destination, 2009, Razor & Tie (U.S. Release)

[edit] Singles and EPs

• "Frustration" (2006, Kids)
• "Trash" (2006, Lavolta Records)
• "Divebomb" (2007, Kitsuné)
• "Muzzle No. 1" (2007, Southern Fried Records)
• "Sister Siam" (2007, Southern Fried Records)
• "Blackout" (2008, Southern Fried Records)
• "Trash" (2008, Southern Fried Records)

[edit] Remixes

2007

• Editors - "An End Has a Start"
• The Black Ghosts - "Anyway You Choose to Give It"
• Sons and Daughters - "Killer"
• Paul Hartnoll Feat. Robert Smith - "Please"
• Asobi Seksu - "Strawberries"

2008

• Hadouken! - "Declaration of War"

[edit] Use of Tracks

Trash appeared on ITV's Fa Cup "All men are equal" adverts.

Trash has recently appeared on advertisements for Coors Light Beer in the UK.

Trash was also used as the backing track for Channel 4's series RudeTube during the opening scenes. Trash was also featured in the music podcast 'Chuck G's New Music Podcast'^[3] (February 18, 2009) on iTunes

Trash was also used in the Evolution Studios MotorStorm: Pacific Rift soundtrack.

Trash was also used in the Midnight Club: Los Angeles soundtrack on the Playstation 3.

Trash also appears on Turn 10s Forza Motorsport 3 soundtrack for Xbox360.

Blackout was featured in EA Sports NBA Live 2009 and throughout the first season of the Dave programme "Batteries Not Included".

Muzzle #1 was used in the video game EA Sports FIFA 09.^[4]

Fire (X Marks Destination) was featured in EA Sports NFS Undercover soundtrack.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 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
• The Guardian review of X Marks Destination
• Channel 4 interview with the Whip
• BBC feature on X Marks Destination
• Review of X Marks Destination in Manchester Evening News
• Article about The Whip in Manchester Evening News
• BBC interview with The Whip
• Interview in Neumagazine.co.uk
• Interview in thisisfakediy.co.uk
• Interview with popjustice.co.uk

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