Infadels
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 The Infadels live at Brest, France.
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| Origin |  Hackney, London, UK |
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| Genre(s) | Indie Rock Indietronica |
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| Years active | 2003-present | |
| Label(s) | Wall of Sound (UK) | |
| Website | Official Website Myspace page |
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| Bnann Matt Gooderson Wag Marshall-Page Richie Vermin Alex Bruford |
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Infadels are an English Electronic Rock n Roll band from Hackney, East London, signed to the Wall of Sound record label. The band have quickly established themselves as darlings of the UK live scene with fan-winning support slots for Faithless, The Prodigy and HARD-Fi. The band's debut album We Are Not the Infadels, produced by Jagz Kooner, was released in January 2006.
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[edit] History
Infadels were founded in 2003 by Alex Bruford (drums), Matt Gooderson (guitar, programming) and Bnann (vocals) who were joined shortly afterwards by Dead at Thirty founder Richie Vermin (live keys) and bassist Wag Marshall-Page.
The band released two singles, Leave Your Body and Can't Get Enough/Murder That Sound on their own record label, Dead at Thirty before awards for Best Live Act and Best Dance Band at the 2004 Diesel-U-Music Awards sealed a move to Wall of Sound. In January 2005 the Infadels headed into the studio with Producer Jagz Kooner to begin production on what became their critically acclaimed debut album, We Are Not the Infadels.
In support of that album, Infadels have built up a reputation as one of the hardest working bands in the industry. In 2006 alone, they performed in excess of 150 shows in some 20 countries. This included 2 UK tours, 3 European tours, an Australian tour as well as numerous dates in the USA and Russia and 35 festival dates.
As well as their headline shows they’ve also featured on tours supporting the likes of Chemical Brothers, Hard-Fi, The Prodigy, and Faithless.
The band are currently in production in their Hackney based "Dead At Thirty Studios", where they're working on the follow up album to We Are Not the Infadels.
[edit] Trivia
- The single Love Like Semtex was voted in at number 85 in the Triple J Hottest 100 2006 hosted by Australian radio station Triple J and voted for by the Australian public.
- Give Yourself to Me lends a baseline to a 3 Mobile TV advert featuring Japanese cowboys and a giant jellyfish. watch here [1]
- Can't Get Enough (Mekon Remix) accompanies the intro to chart topping video game Fifa 2007 by EA Sports. watch here [2]
- Drumming legend Bill Bruford played cowbell on an early take of Can't Get Enough but his work was cut from the final version as it allegedly sounded too perfect [3]
- Infadels were asked to soundtrack an advert for the Sony PSP. The finished product was ultimately never released but can be seen on YouTube at [4]
- British actress Helen Mirren is a fan.
- Jagger '67 is used in the intro movie to the Sony Playstation 3 game, F1 Championship Edition. see here [5]
- The song Can't Get Enough (Mekon Remix) was featured in a Pontiac G5 commercial. watch here [6]
[edit] Members
- Bnann – vocals
- Bnann had some success in the mid-nineties with Greenship who released the single ‘Perfect Smile’ for Rondor. Bnann is also one half of Sumsonic Records Darko & Bnann. He also wrote and sings Cubicle the Rhinocerose track used in the 1000 songs iPod advert and 'Chemical' which is a track on the Kubb album
- Matt Gooderson – guitars/programming
- Crayford boy Gooderson had featured in many bands before his tenure in Infadels, although these tended to be of a more metal/noise/avant-guard nature. Up until the beginning of the millennium he was lead singer and keyboard player in the break beat noise three-piece, Flat Stanley.
- Wag Marshall-Page – bass
- Aside from being a full time Infadel, Wag Marshall-Page is also well known for being a mainstay character of the Danny Wallace books (namely ‘Yes Man’ and ‘Join Me’) and appeared in the BBC 2 series How To Start Your Own Country (also produced by Wallace).
- Richie Vermin – live keys
- Richie is an ex-video games champion and was the founder of the now defunct Dead at Thirty records.
- Alex Bruford – drums
- Alex is the son of Yes & King Crimson drumming legend Bill Bruford. Alex previously worked with Wag Marshall Page in Nnook.
[edit] Unofficial Member
- Commander Bond - roadie
- Jon Bond has reached something of a cult status for his work with Infadels and also as Minister of Defence for Lovely (micronation), the country founded and run by Danny Wallace. Bond stepped up to cover keyboard duties in addition to his role as tech on the 2006 European Winter tour after Richie Vermin was flown home with a broken leg.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Singles
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