Interpol (band)

Interpol is a New York City post-punk/indie rock band formed in 1998. Their debut album Turn on the Bright Lights was critically acclaimed, while the follow-up, Antics, has also been a commercial and critical success. The members of the band are Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Carlos Dengler on bass and keyboards, Sam Fogarino on drums, and Daniel Kessler on guitar and background vocals.

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New York City - Post-punk - Indie rock - 1998 - Turn on the Bright Lights - Antics - Paul Banks - Guitar - Carlos Dengler - Bass - Keyboards - Sam Fogarino - Drums - Daniel Kessler

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The band's sound is a dark mix of bass throb and choppy, sparse guitar. Interpol has been likened to Joy Division, whose stark, sombre music and sometimes perplexing lyrics it is thought to echo. Where Turn on the Bright Lights had been spare and tentative, Antics used a fuller, more confident sound. Both Antics and Turn on the Bright Lights were recorded at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Joy Division - Tarquin Studios - Bridgeport - Connecticut

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The band formed when Daniel Kessler met drummer Greg Drudy, now a member of screamo band Hot Cross, on the New York University campus. Kessler later added Carlos D., an ex-guitar player, on the bass, after meeting him in a history class. The line-up was complete after Kessler remembered an old friend he met whilst in Paris. Banks and Kessler ran into each other on the street, after losing touch since Paris, and Banks became lead singer. In 2000, Greg left the band, and Daniel recruited Sam, whom the band knew through his job at a local record store.

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Now - Screamo - Hot Cross - New York University

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The band will take time off after their Antics tour to record their third album planned to be released in summer/autumn 2006. A new song by the band, 'Direction' was released on the soundtrack to the televison programme 'Six Feet Under' on 28th June 2005.

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Antics - 2006

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