Interpol (band)

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Interpol is a New York City indie rock band, formed in 1998. Their debut album Turn on the Bright Lights was critically acclaimed, while the follow-up, Antics, has also been a commercial and critical success. The members of the band are: Paul Banks (vocals, guitar); Carlos Dengler (bass); Sam Fogarino (drums); Daniel Kessler (guitar, vocals).

The band's sound is a dark mix of bass throb and choppy, sparse guitar, drawing constant comparisons to post-punk bands Joy Division and The Chameleons, comparisons the band itself has said in numerous interviews it finds suspect. Turn on the Bright Lights was spare and tentative, but their second album Antics embraced a fuller, more confident sound. Both Antics and Turn on the Bright Lights were recorded at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

The band formed when Daniel Kessler met drummer Greg Drudy, now a member of screamo band Hot Cross, on the New York University campus. Kessler later added Carlos D., an ex-guitarist, on the bass, after meeting him in a history class. The line-up was complete after Kessler remembered an old friend he met while in Paris. Banks and Kessler ran into each other on the street, after losing touch since Paris, and Banks became lead singer. In 2000, Greg left the band, and Daniel recruited Sam, whom the band knew through his job at a local record store.

The band will take time off after their Antics tour for an unknown amount of time. A new song by the band, 'Direction' was released on the soundtrack to the television program 'Six Feet Under' on June 28, 2005.

1 Next Recordings
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

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Next Recordings

Sam Fogarino recently told a reporter from Pitchfork Magazine in an interview that Interpol is in the process of recording new material for their third album. Interpol's new record will not be released on Matador as its contract with the label is up; rumors have spread of a possible deal with the label Interscope. However, rumours are what they are and the band has so far refused to comment on such label gossip. Fogarino did however say that the process of writing the follow-up to Antics is "moving right along where I think it should...we're all pretty much on fire about it"1

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Discography

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from Turn on the Bright Lights

2002 "The Interpol EP: PDA / NYC / Specialist" #170 UK
2002 "Obstacle 1" #72 UK
2003 "Say Hello To The Angels / NYC" #65 UK
2003 "Obstacle 1 (remix)" #41 UK

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from Antics

2004 "Slow Hands" #15 US Modern Rock #36 UK
2005 "Evil" #24 US Modern Rock, #18 UK
2005 "C'mere" #19 UK
2005 "Slow Hands" (re-issue) #44 UK

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Trivia

The name Interpol supposedly comes from Paul Banks' name. While he was in Spain, friends would call him "Pol, Pol, Interpol." Another suggestion as to the reason the band is so called is because the word Interpol suggests order and efficiency, similar to the style in which the band plays.

Daniel Kessler has stated in an interview that the band "...had played shows with no name and then I got to the point where I was like, 'Guys, we're getting decent crowds, but like...we don't have a name so no one knows who to go see again.'" Other names the band considered were Las Armas (The Weapons)[1] and The French Letters. They also performed a secret show at Luna Lounge in New York under the pseudonym Cuddleworthy.