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Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Does It Offend You, Yeah? is a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.

History

Does It Offend You, Yeah? formed in Reading, UK in 2007 and released their first album in Spring 2008. They were the ninth most listened to new band of 2008 on last.fm [1] They also made it onto the best alternative music list of 2008 on iTunes USA, along with Foals, MGMT and Santogold.[citation needed]

Does It Offend You, Yeah? have been compared by some to dance-oriented acts like Daft Punk.[2] Justice and Digitalism.[who?]. NME also compares them to bands like Muse due to their heavier, more "live" sound.[3] The group is known for their raucous live shows, which often end in stage diving and broken instruments.[2]

The band has appeared live on US television on shows such as The Jimmy Kimmel and Carson Daly and on British television programmes such as BBC's Sound and Channel 4's Transmission.

The band appeared alongside artists such as Pharrell Williams, Santogold, Julian Casablancas, MGMT and Karen O for Converse as part of The Converse Century Celebration advertising campaign.

Lead singer James Rushent co-produced The Prodigy's "Invaders Must Die" and their top ten hit " Omen". [4][failed verification] They have remixed songs for major acts such as Muse and Bloc Party.

The band are currently recording their follow-up to 2008's You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, and have been posting regular updates via their Twitter Account. On March 1st the band announced the album's imminent completion, stating that "we are now into the last week of tracking. mixing the week after, then, emm, its all over. we are done." [5]

Tours

At the start of 2008 the band went on the NME Awards Tour, alongside acts such as The Ting Tings which took place at venues across the UK and Ireland.

They went on to open for Bloc Party[6][dead link] and Nine Inch Nails[7] on their respective 2008 North American tours.

In 2008 they completed a sold-out headline US tour which reached its climax at the historic Troubadour club in Hollywood. At the show lead singer James Rushent broke his leg during their last song, although he managed to hobble back on stage for an encore before being rushed to hospital.[8]

Does It Offend You, Yeah? were the opening act for The Prodigy on the last date of their UK 2008 club tour.

They have made festival appearances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, South by Southwest, Glastonbury, Reading / Leeds Festival, Summer Sonic, Wireless Festival, Monolith, Street Scene, Pukkelpop, Dour, Les Eurockéennes, Vieilles Charrues, Hurricane, Southside, Oxegen, Lowlands, Gatecrasher, Parklife, V Festival, and Melt! Festival.

DJ projects

Members of Does It Offend You, Yeah? also DJ at various clubs and festivals across the world, they have DJ'd on the same bill as acts such as, Justice, Peaches, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, Steve Aoki, DJ AM, Ladytron, Samantha Ronson and 2 Many DJ's.

Band name

The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office.

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.[9]

— synth player Dan Coop, NME.com interview

On Australian youth radio station Triple J on 1 October 2008 they voiced their annoyance at being asked questions in every interview regarding the band name in relation to The Office.[citation needed]

Members

Discography

Albums

EPs

  • Live @ The Fez (2008) – Live digital download EP included with every pre-order of the album.[10][dead link]
  • iTunes Live: London Festival '08 (2008)
  • iTunes - Live at Lollapalooza 2008: Does It Offend You, Yeah? EP

Singles

  • "Weird Science"
  • "Let's Make Out"
  • "We Are Rockstars" UK #177[11]
  • "Epic Last Song" UK #91[11]
  • "Dawn of the Dead" UK #41[11]

Remixes

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.[12][failed verification]

Song appearances

"We Are Rockstars" featured in the theatrical trailer for the upcoming Fast & Furious movie. The trailer was watched by over 95 million people during the 2009 Super Bowl commercial break. "Attack of the 60 ft Lesbian Octopus" was used in the 81st Academy Awards ceremony in a specially commissioned Wall-E short which was watched by over 36 million viewers. "We Are Rockstars" was used on Eastenders. "Dawn of the Dead" appears in the film American Teen, and in the final of Big Brother 2008. "Weird Science" appears in Chuck episode 104, "Chuck vs. the Sizzling Shrimp". "Epic Last Song" was used on the Channel 4 teen Drama Hollyoaks. "With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)" was used in the American TV series Gossip Girl. "We Are Rockstars" is also used as the title theme for BBC Three's new sketch show Horne & Corden.

"Battle Royale" appears in Sims 2 Apartment Life, and "Let's Make Out" is in the game FIFA Street 3. "With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)" appears in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. "We Are Rockstars" is used in the game Saints Row 2.

Music videos

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

References

  1. ^ "#09 Does It Offend You, Yeah?". Best of 2008. Last.fm.
  2. ^ a b "Breaking Artist: Does It Offend You, Yeah?". Rolling Stone. 2008-03-26.
  3. ^ "Let's make out! Let's make out! Let's make out! Let's make out!". NME reviews. NME. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-10-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ http://theprodigy.com/index.php/component/option,com_joomphpbb/Itemid,213/
  5. ^ http://twitter.com/dioyy
  6. ^ http://www.amplifiermagazine.com/reviews/live/bloc_party_w_does_it_offend_yo.php/
  7. ^ "Performance 2008 tour dates". www.nin.com. Retrieved 2008-05-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Jones, Damian (2008-09-24). "Does It Offend You bassist hurt". BBC - Newsbeat - Music. BBC.
  9. ^ "NME interview". NME. 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-03-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Does It Offend You, Yeah? Online Store".
  11. ^ a b c "The Official UK Singles Chart for the week ending 6 September 2008". ChartsPlus (367). IQ Ware Ltd: 1–4. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  12. ^ "NME Awards Souvenir".
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