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Art Brut is tagged as: indie, indie rock, british, rock, alternative

Art Brut are an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared ‘influences’ The Fall. The band formed in 2003 and the current line-up consists of Eddie Argos (vocals), Ian Catskilkin (guitar), Friederike “Freddy” Feedback (bass), Jasper Future (guitar) and Mikey Breyer (drums).
Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him “playing a vacuum cleaner” and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yummy Fur and had songs such as I Wanna Be Johnny Dean and Disco.
Another ‘project’ was The Welsh Elephant, who penned the should-be-classic Fuck The MSP (which contains the catchy refrain “Nicky Wire can suck my cock!”). |Having moved to London, UK and determined to be in another band, Argos found himself at a party in Mornington Crescent and set about hassling everyone there to join him. A webzine-editor and guitarist called Chris Chinchilla (a ska fanatic) thought this sounded like a good idea – after all, it was a good way to impress girls. Argos was more concerned about getting on ‘Top Of The Pops’....
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Top 10 Art Brut Songs
Emily Kane
My Little Brother
Good Weekend
Modern Art
Formed A Band
Direct Hit
Rusted Guns of Milan
18,000 Lira
Stand Down
Alcoholics Unanimous
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Top 10 Art Brut Albums
Bang Bang Rock And Roll
Bang Bang Rock & Roll
It's A Bit Complicated
Art Brut vs. Satan
Nag Nag Nag
Good Weekend
Formed a Band
Modern Art
Nag Nag Nag Nag
Bang Bang Rock'n'Roll
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