Pendulum formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 when Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen teamed up with local DJ Paul 'El Hornet' Harding.
Their individual formative roots ranged from producing drum & bass, breakbeat and hardcore, to playing in metal and punk bands.
Pendulum Band Members
- Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)
- Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)
- Perry ap Gwynedd (guitar)
- Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)
- Kodish (drums)
- Verse (MC)
What are Pendulum about?
"We want our music to be an escape. While technology continues to constantly advance production techniques and (arguably) sound quality, something has been lost in the process - that original sense of self-escape, the idea of leaving yourself open to experience something you don't necessarily find in every-day life. That was the energy we picked up on and liked about electronic music when we first got into it. It felt like the same energy found with bands like Led Zeppelin and even The Beatles, and still occasionally today with bands like Tool, The Mars Volta, Queens Of The Stone Age and others.
To us, it made perfect sense to combine the best of both worlds, but it had to be done in a way that didn't make it sound obvious. In the last 10 years you've had all these bands that tried to cross the bridge by recruiting a turntablist / using a synthesizer on their new single, or electronic artists who just threw an obvious guitar sample into a tune...but eventually it just came across as a gimmick or a bit cheesy. We thought we'd try and do it properly, because to us it still hasn't been done right and theres a lot of room for exploration.
If you turn on the radio today you'll hear 20 tracks in a row describing someone's every-day life, or songs with a one-line catchphrase chorus about shaking your ass in the club - the production is usually great but when you look deeper, there's nothing behind it...it doesn't offer you anything past its face value. We want to hear something different and exciting, but the material we want to hear isn't getting made. Thats why we spend nearly every waking moment trying to create music that takes you out of this universe - for ourselves and anyone else who wants to listen."
Hold Your Colour - Released 2005
Album track listing
- Prelude
- Slam
- Plasticworld
- Fasten Your Seatbelt
- Through The Loop
- Sounds Of Life
- Girl In The Fire
- Tarantula
- Out Here
- Hold Your Colour
- The Terminal
- Streamline
- Another Planet
- Still Grey
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In Silico - Released 2008
Album track listing
- Showdown
- Different
- Propane Nightmares
- Visions
- Midnight Runner
- The Otherside
- Mutiny
- 9,000 Miles
- Granite
- The Tempest
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Pendulum Tour Dates
- 01/08/2008 DJ SET - Basildon, United Kingdom
- 08/08/2008 LIVE - Tokyo, Japan
- 09/08/2008 LIVE - Tokyo, Japan
- 10/08/2008 LIVE - Osaka, Japan
- 14/08/2008 LIVE - Kiewit Hasselt, Belgium
- 15/08/2008 DJ SET - Bourgas, Bulgaria
- 15/08/2008 Live - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
- 16/08/2008 DJ SET - Frequency Festival, Austria
- 16/08/2008 LIVE - Creamfields, Poland
- 17/08/2008 LIVE - Budapest, Hungary
- 17/08/2008 DJ SET - Lecce, Italy
- 21/08/2008 DJ SET - Reading, United Kingdom
- 21/08/2008 LIVE - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- 22/08/2008 LIVE - Leeds Festival, United Kingdom
- 23/08/2008 LIVE - Halton - Creamfields, United Kingdom
- 24/08/2008 DJ SET - Birmingham, United Kingdom
- 24/08/2008 LIVE - Reading Festival, United Kingdom
- 31/08/2008 LIVE - Wembley stadium, United Kingdom
- 05/09/2008 LIVE - Isle Of Wight - Bestival, United Kingdom
- 06/09/2008 LIVE - Planet Love Festival, Ireland
- 09/09/2008 LIVE- Ibiza Rocks, Spain
More Pendulum Lenses
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Pendulum: Granite - Lyrics and Video
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You can hide your eyes, you can dim the lights, but they are watching! This is a new time, with a different kind, they are the future The only one! This is the final call for the setting song as they get closer. And with full blown grace, thy will b...
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Pendulum: Propane Nightmares - Lyrics and Video
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Something's tearing me down and down And I can't but feel it's coming from you She's a gunshot bride, With a trigger cries I just wonder what we've gotten our selves into In a trail of fire I know we will be free again In the end we will be one In a...
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Pendulum: The Other Side - Lyrics and Video
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Come on down to the other side, Come with us through the gates of hell, Where we'll drag you from where you are to where you belong. Come on down to the other side, Come with us through the gates of hell, Where we'll drag you from where you are to w...
To which genre does Pendulum belong?
With the members roots in different genres it's perhaps no surprise that deciding which genre Pendulum's music best fits into is no easy task.
Pendulum On The Web
Pendulum Cover The Prodigy's Voodoo People at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend
Pendulum Live, Voodoo People Radio One
Pendulum Live, Voodoo People Radio One big weekend festival, pendulum.com, pendulumlive.com
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