"Produced by Frank Black over twelve days last December, new album Art Brut vs. Satan is the record Brut-o-philes have been waiting for since debut single ‘Formed A Band’ illuminated the musical universe back in 2004.
Tuneful, truculent and more on the button than University Challenge’s Gail Trimble, it’s the sound of Art Brut at their most confident and confrontational."
Biog by Adie Nunn of Drowned in Sound
They're 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. 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!).
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Now break the 4th wall and jump behind the camera for the Making Of... It's like you were really there... Kind of.
I find it odd that U2 is getting all the attention for playing at the 20th anniversary of the wall coming down in Germany. For me, it would be far more interesting (and appropriate) if Einstürzende Neubauten played. They could cover a Scorpions song. Someone get me Hasselhoff on the phone!
Thank you so much for not only coming to B'ham but playing a killer show to a not-so-packed house! Thanks for the pictures and conversation, it totally made quitting my job to come see you worth it...i think... BEST WISHES!!!
I really needed to rock out hard and you were the perfect remedy, Art Brut. I'm so glad you came back to Bottletree! You are all lovely people. Thanks for adding Nag Nag Nag Nag to the set! xoxoxo, Pistol
thanks so much again for playing atlanta last nite. brilliant! japser- enjoyed chatting about scientology, frank black and the clermont lounge. hope i wasn't too annoying. have a great tour and come back soon. cheers!
