The Futureheads are a four-piece English post-punk revival band from Sunderland. Their name comes from the title of the The Flaming Lips album, Hit to Death in the Future Head.
The band met at City of Sunderland College as a trio of Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar), David "Jaff" Craig (bass), and Peter Brewis (drums). Ross Millard (vocals and guitar) joined soon after having been in a band with Craig. They used the Sunderland City Detached Youth Pr...
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The Futureheads are a four-piece English post-punk revival band from Sunderland. Their name comes from the title of the The Flaming Lips album, Hit to Death in the Future Head.
The band met at City of Sunderland College as a trio of Barry Hyde (vocals and guitar), David "Jaff" Craig (bass), and Peter Brewis (drums). Ross Millard (vocals and guitar) joined soon after having been in a band with Craig. They used the Sunderland City Detached Youth Project building (where Brewis and Hyde worked) as a free practice space, fitting since the project was intended to get young people off the streets by using music. They first performed in 2000, and through word-of-mouth their reputation in the local area grew. Hyde's younger brother Dave replaced Brewis (who went on to join Field Music).
In an interview with Channel 4's 4Music, Barry Hyde revealed that Dave Hyde was given a gold guitar by his parents when he was young. But Barry had taken it off him to learn to strum his first chords. Dave was...
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