The Music are a rock band from England, originally formed in Kippax, Leeds in 1999.

Band members

• Robert Harvey ? vocals, guitar
• Adam Nutter ? lead guitar
• Stuart Coleman ? bass guitar
• Phil Jordan ? drums

Career

The Music all met at Brigshaw High School and began playing in 1999. In 2001 the song "Take the Long Road and Walk It" circulated as a demo before being released by Fierce Panda as a 1000-copies-only single, a rarity from its day of release. Around this time the NME and Steve Lamacq were describing them as the best unsigned band in Britain. The band were quickly signed by Hut, who released their first EP You Might as Well Try to Fuck Me.

In 2002, following another EP (The People) they released their eponymous debut album which reached #4 in the UK album charts. Their debut single was re-issued as part of a two-disc set to promote the album, and reached #14 in the singles chart. Two further singles from the album, Getaway and The Truth is No Words reached #26 and #18 respectively. June 2003 saw them filling in for an absent Zwan on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival.

In autumn 2004, they released their second album Welcome to the North and the accompanying single [[Freedom Fighters (song)|Freedom Fighters], before touring with Incubus. August 2005 saw the band play at the dual-venue V Festival. In late 2006 they played a few UK gigs and subsequently posted on their site the video new song entitled, Fire, which would eventually be released on Strength in Numbers two years later. The site also featured a video for unreleased track Kill 100 by X-Press 2 featuring Robert Harvey.

The band signed a new deal with Polydor in 2007 and spent the rest of the year recording their third album with producers Flood and Paul Hartnoll.

During this time Harvey also revealed the reason for the band's extended absence. On The Music's official website, he told of his initial abuse of drugs in his mid-teens: "the addiction began to sit into its groove. At first it was a joy then [sic] later became a habit and a way of escaping". He later quit drugs, but around the time of the band's second album, had replaced the addiction with alcohol: "Drinking became the place to hide. Id have a bottle of wine before 7pm. then go out and make a fool of myself. The next day was always panic and more questions". A friend suggested he was suffering from depression. "It took a close friend to say to me 'Robert, you are depressed'", Harvey wrote. He sought help at the end of 2005, and undertook a programme that included medication.

In June 2008, the band released their comeback single Strength in Numbers , and the album Strength In Numbers the following week.

Discography

Studio albums

• The Music (2 September 2002) UK #4, U.S. #128^[1]
• Welcome to the North (20 September 2004) UK #8
• Strength In Numbers (June 2008) UK #19

DVDs

• Live at the Blank Canvas (1 September 2003)
• Welcome to Japan (18 July 2005)

Singles and EPs

References

External links

• Official UK site
• Official US site
• The-Music dot info - A Fansite including lyrics, gig pictures and Mp3 downloads
• The Music - Leeds Music Scene
• The Music Fans Photos
• Unofficial French site
• Adam Nutter Interview with Liberation Frequency June 08

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