The Horrors, at the Forum, London, 23.03.08

The horrors (disambiguation), an acute episode of delirium that is usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence... http://thehorrors.co.uk/. The Horrors are a British garage rock band who formed in the summer of 2005. They released their debut album Strange House, which reached #37 on the UK Charts, on March 5 of 2007. They have polarised opinion in the popular music scene by their unusual choice of apparel and obscure musical inspirations. The Horrors have their origin in the early 2000s where they became interested in obscure vinyl and DJing. During trips to London and on the Southend circuit, Rhys Webb met Faris Badwan and Tom Cowan, who had attended Rugby School together, through their shared interests in 60s garage rock, and, in 2005, the three formed a band with Joshua Hayward and Joseph Spurgeon. The band formed around Junkclub, an underground club founded by Oliver Abbott and Rhys. Their first rehearsal consisted of two covers: The Sonics' "The Witch" and Screaming Lord Sutch's "Jack the Ripper" (heavily influenced by previous cover versions by The Fuzztones, One-Way Streets and The Gruesomes) - the latter would eventually find itself as track one on the band's debut album. Having released Strange House, their debut album, in March 2007, The Horrors played a world tour to promote it. A slot as a support act for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in the USA in the summer was cancelled due to lack of funds[3], and the band instead headlined a US tour in June. They made a number of festival appearances throughout 2007, including appearances at the Glastonbury Festival, the Carling Weekend (on the Radio 1/NME stage), various Scandinavian festivals, the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan, and Splendour in the Grass in Australia[4]; their set list throughout the summer contained a cover of 'No Love Lost' by Joy Division. The Horrors also appeared in the third series of The Mighty Boosh in December under the pseudonym 'The Black Tubes', in which Noel becomes a member, and supported the Arctic Monkeys on their sell-out arena tour of the UK, at which they were bottled by the crowd on several of the tour-dates. t was with this single that The Horrors first gained noticeable popularity in the UK. The music video was directed by Chris Cunningham. This ended a seven year music video hiatus for the much respected Cunningham who admitted to being "mildly obsessed" with the track, having come across it on Myspace. Having directed several Aphex Twin videos, the video content was expected to be suitably twisted and quirky. The video stars Oscar nominee Samantha Morton as the song's manic, transmogrifying subject who whips around like a banshee and spews her intestines at the viewer. Sharply edited and shot on a low budget, the video was instantly banned from MTV UK purely on the basis of the use of strobe lights, not because of the gory subject matter. The Horrors played an NME Awards show in 2008 with Crystal Castles and These New Puritans, and are to support The Sonics (a major influence on the band) in March. On January 18th, 'Counting In Fives', a documentary of the band's tour of the USA, was unveiled at the Sundance Film Festival.
Members:Faris Rotter, Joshua Third, Tomethy Furse,
Spider Webb,Coffin Joe
Recorded on March 23, 2008 at the Forum, London using a Flip Video camcorder.

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[bonniegrrl]

thanks for posting! this looks like a great show! Can't wait for them to come to the States!

[phgregoire]

Hi there! 23.04: The Kills at KoKo, Camden...!!!

[recklessroad86]

@DramaQueenBee yeah, just after the first one, sheena they play three decades :)

[DramaQueenBee]

SPIDER WEBB GOT A HAIR CUTT!!! it looks soo good!! thankyou so much for posting this! did they play any new songs from their upcoming album?

[tobyahhbahh]

haha i was here last night

i think you can see me on this for a while

[666damien666]

wow. thanks loads for this. you're awesome. =)