Fear of Music were a four-piece indie

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

/alternative

Alternative rock

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 band from Manchester

Manchester

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, England

England

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. They formed in 2001 as a threesome consisting of Jo Rose (vocals/guitar), Ali Esmaail (bass) and Chris Stanley (drums). Mike Ward joined the band in 2003 as an additional guitarist after being introduced to the other two members by Rose. They were named after an album

Fear of Music (album)

Fear of Music is the third studio album by American New Wave band Talking Heads, released on 3 August 1979 on Sire Records. It was recorded at locations in New York City between April and May 1979 and was produced by the quartet and Brian Eno. The album entered the Billboard 200 in the United...

 by Talking Heads

Talking Heads

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They signed to Sony-BMG in 2005 and were managed by Nettwerk Management. Their 2006 release, entitled Fast.Faster.Fastest. EP, was produced

Record producer

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 by John Leckie

John Leckie

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. In February 2007, the band released the We Are Not The Enemy EP, produced by Dimitri Tikovoi

Dimitri Tikovoi

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In May 2007, they toured with Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

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 for six dates.

In September 2007 Stanley left the band, remaining on good terms with the band, and was replaced by new drummer, Rick Morgan. Throughout mid 2007 the band worked on their debut album

Album

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, Actor/Actress with Tikovoi. The album, supported by the single

Single (music)

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, 'First To Go' was never physically released, as in July 2008 it was revealed that the band had been dropped from Sony-BMG.

On 14 October 2008, the band announced on their MySpace

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 page that they were disbanding.

Discography

• A Strange Kind of Terror EP (2004, Unofficial Release)

1. "A Strange Kind of Terror"
2. "The Waltz"
3. "Woodwork"
   • Fear of Music EP (2005, Blowout - BLWT01)
4. "A Strange Kind of Terror"
5. "Hey Princess"
6. "Skin & Bones"
7. "The Creeps"
8. "The Waltz"
9. "Millions Screaming"
   • Fast. Faster. Fastest EP (2006, Urgent Records (an imprint of Sony-BMG))
10. "A Western Disease"
11. "Bitter Medicine"
12. "Interlude"
13. "Ghost in a Jar"
14. "16"
    • We Are Not the Enemy EP (2007, Faster Records)
15. "We Are Not the Enemy"
16. "A Blueprint"
17. "The Sheets Twist"
    • Actor/Actress (2008, Faster Records)
18. "First to Go "
19. "A Dream, A Murder And A Trip Out Of Town"
20. "Better Living Through Chemistry"
21. "Make Believe"
22. "The Waltz"
23. "Skin & Bones"
24. "Put The Lights Out"
25. "Ropes Out Of Sheets"
26. "Actor/Actress"
27. "Let's Make This Into A Movie!"
28. "A Blueprint"
29. "A Western Disease"
    • "First to Go" (single) (2008, Faster Records)
30. "First to Go"
31. "Give it a Name"
32. "Perfect Solution"
33. "Sheets Twist" [Demo]

External links

• Fear of Music website
• Article on Fear Of Music, June 2008