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Artist Biography For The Wombats

There Are Two Artists That Share This Name 1 The Wombats TWB Are A Three-Piece Indie Band Which Formed In 2003 In Liverpool England. The Band Consists Of Matthew Murphy Vocals Guitar Keyboards Tord Øverland Knudsen Bass Vocals And Dan Haggis Drums Vocals . Murphy And Haggis Are Native Liverpudlians And Øverland-Knudsen Is Norwegian. The Members Met While They Were Students At The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts. The Band Has Released Four Albums "A Guide To Love Loss & Desperation" 2007 And "This Modern Glitch" 2011 “Glitterbug” 2015 And “Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life” 2018 . Although Their Fifth Album Is On It’s Way The First Single “Method To The Madness” Was Released May 26th. Early Years 2003 - 2006 The Three Met At The Liverpool Institute For Performing Arts. The School Gave Them The Chance To Play Gigs To Over 20 000 People In China. This Was One Of The Band's First Trips To Play Outside The UK. They Spent Their Time Traveling Around The Country In A Vauxhall Agila And Spent Most Of Their Time Drunk As Quoted By The Band While On The Colin Murray Show In 2007. Their Debut Single Lost In The Post/Party In A Forest Where's Laura Was Released At The End Of 2006. They Also Managed To Release An Album In Japan Called Girls Boys And Marsupials And Reached Fame Over In The Far East. A Guide To Love Loss & Desperation AGTLL 2007 - The Band Then Released A Second Limited Edition Vinyl Called Moving To New York In January 2007. This Single Got Critical Acclaim From Radio DJs Such As Colin Murray And Zane Lowe. In May The Band Released Their Third Single Called Backfire At The Disco This Then Lead To The Band Successfully Released Their First Full Single Kill The Director In Late July. This Single Managed To Reach #35 In The U.K Singles Chart. Their Last Single "Let's Dance To Joy Division" Was Released In October 2007 To Coincide With The Release Of Their Debut Album Entitled The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide To Love Loss & Desperation Which Managed To Get To #11 In The U.K Charts. The Release Is Being Followed By A European Tour Ending With A Christmas Party At Liverpool Academy. Moving To New York Will Be Re-Released On January 14 2008. This Modern Glitch TMG 2011 - The First Single That Are In This Album Was Released Back In 2007 Under The Name 'Tokyo Vampires & Wolves And Reached #23 In UK Charts. The Second Single Was 'Jump Into The Fog' That Came Out 2011 With Three B-Sides 'How I Miss Sally Bray' 'Valentine' And 'Addicted To The Cure'. This Single Debuted In #35 On UK Charts. The Next Single Was 'Anti-D' From April Of 2011 And Also Came Out With Three B-Sides 'I'm A Robot Like You' 'Dear Hamburg' And 'Wonderful Distraction'. This Single Reached #42 On UK Charts. We Had Another Single In June Of 2011 The First After The Album Release Called 'Techno Fan' Also Coming Out In A EP Format With The Tracks 'Avalanche' 'Trampoline' And 'Shock Goodbyes And P45's'. It Was #60 On UK Charts. The Next Single Was 'Our Perfect Disease' Which Was Also Released After The Album Having 'Guillotine' 'IOU's' And 'Reynold's Park' As B-Sides. The Last Single Was '1966' Still In 2011.
The Album Itself Was Released On 22th April 2011 Having Really Good Reviews On BBC Music All Music Channel Daily Mirror And 59/100 On Metacritic. It Reached #3 In UK's Album Chart Receiving Gold In UK And Australia. Discography Albums
- "Girls Boys And Marsupials" Released In 2006 Vinyl Junkie Japan Only - "The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide To Love Loss & Desperation" Released 05/11/07 UK #11 U.K
- "The Wombats Proudly Present This Modern Glitch"
Released 25/04/11 UK #3 U.K
- "Glitterbug" Released 07/04/15 UK #5 U.K #91 Billboard 200
- "Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life" Released 09/02/18 #3 U.K #190 Billboard 200 Limited Release Singles
2007 "Lost In The Post"
2007 "Moving To New York"
2007 "Backfire At The Disco"
2007 "A Guide To Love Loss And Desperation" Singles
2007* " Backfire At The Disco"
2007 "Kill The Director" #35 UK
2007 "Let's Dance To Joy Division" #15 UK
2008 "Moving To New York" #37 UK 14 January 2008
2009 "Is This Christmas"
2010 "Tokyo Vampires & Wolves 2011 "Jump Into The Fog"
2011 "Anti-D"
2013 "Your Body Is A Weapon" 2 Heroes Of The Modern Garage Revival The Wombats Were Born Sometime In The Late 70s Somewhere In The Leafy Lanes Of Maple Heights Ohio. Teenage Guitar Strangler John Zinrich A.K.A. Johnny Fettish So Called Because He Had A Thing For Biting Women's Knees Under Tables Hence "John Knee Fetish" Had Previously Lived Out The Punk Ideal By Dropping Out Of High School At Age 15 To Join Public Enemy Noted In Cle 3.0 For Doing "the Fastest Version Ever Attempted Of 'I Wanna Be Your Dog'." Striving For A Poppier Sound Fettish And His Suburban Neighbor Vic Halm Penned A Series Of Power-Punk Pop Gems And Entered The First National "Battle Of The Garages" Competition Run By Bomp/Voxx Honcho Greg Shaw. The 'Bats Contributed A Track "The Reason Why" To The First "Battle" Compilation And Played On The National "Battle" Tour In 1981. Positive Public Reaction Won Them A Recording Contract And Between 1981 And 1984 The 'Bats Released Two Singles And An Album "Zontar Must Die!" On Bomp/Voxx. They Also Played Various Notable East Coast And Local Venues Including The First WRUW Studio Arama Show And The Opening Night Of The Lakefront Which Displayed "Wombats" On Its Curb Sign For Several Years As A Result . Their Energetic Live Show Was Notable For Speedy Fuzzy Guitars Pumped Through Marshall Stacks Unintelligible Vocals And The Sight Of 5'4" Fettish Leaping Two Feet In The Air Against A Backdrop Of Six-Foot-Tall John Lennon-Lookalike Halm And Equally Towering Bassist Tim Ratley. In 1984 The Wombats Played A Show With The Seminal Columbus Band Great Plains Who Brought Them To The Attention Of Gerard Cosloy At Homestead Records. The Wombats Subsequently Recorded One EP For Homestead "Mudpuddles" Which Came Out In 1985. Unfortunately The Band Had A Falling Out With Cosloy Over Their Inability To Tour Since Drummer Tommy Edwards Was Busy Studying To Be A Refrigerator Repairman. As A Result Promotion For "Mudpuddles" Was Almost Nil And The 'Bats Found Themselves Once Again Without A Label. In 1986 Fettish And Halm Wrote And Recorded Some Excellent Demos For A Third Album Which They Hoped To Place On A Major Label But Due To Lack Of Interest This Project Never Saw The Light Of Day. Since Then The 'Bats Have Played Sporadically Around Cleveland With Various Lineups.

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