Pendulum - music band

Band Website

Band Members

Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)
Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)
Perry ap Gwynedd (guitar)
Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)
Kodish (drums)
Ben Mount (MC)
Record Label Ear Storm
Management Jho Oakley
Agent Soloman Parker (Live)
Obi Asika (DJ)

Pendulum formed in their home-town of Perth (Western Australia) in 2002, when producers Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen teamed up with acclaimed local DJ Paul 'Elhornet' Harding. While their individual formative roots ranged from producing drum & bass, breakbeat and hardcore, to playing in metal and punk bands, their comparable talents proved an unstoppable force when they managed to single-handedly conquer the world of drum & bass in their first 12 months together.

After selling more than 100,000 units of their debut artist album "Hold Your Colour", remixing for such respected artists as The Prodigy, being play-listed and featuring regularly on BBC Radio 1, all whilst continuing to tour the world over as DJs...Pendulum decided that was finally time to take things to the next level - performing live.

The last 12 months have seen Pendulum retreat to the depths of the underground to work on their second album, and to hone and perfect their sound for the live arena.

So apart from that, what the hell are Pendulum all about? In the words of the boys themselves...

"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.

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."

Aug 26 2010 8:00P
Cambridge Corn Exchange (LIVE) Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
Aug 27 2010 8:00P
Leeds Festival (LIVE) Leeds, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM
Aug 28 2010 8:00P
Reading Festival (LIVE) Reading, Reading, UNITED KINGDOM
Aug 28 2010 8:00P
Electric Daisy Carnival (DJ SET) Old San Juan, ., PUERTO RICO
Aug 29 2010 8:30P
Mayhem Nightclub (DJ SET) Essex, n/a, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 4 2010 8:00P
Tonnay Bon Festival (DJ SET) Tonnay Boutonne, FRANCE
Sep 6 2010 8:00P
Mallorca Rocks (LIVE) Mallorca, SPAIN
Sep 7 2010 8:00P
Ibiza Rocks (LIVE) Ibiza, Ibiza, SPAIN
Sep 11 2010 8:00P
Dundee University (DJ SET) Dundee, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 13 2010 8:30P
Queen Margaret Union (DJ SET) Glasgow, ., UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 17 2010 8:00P
53 Degrees (DJ SET) Preston, Northwest, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 18 2010 8:00P
Northumbria University (DJ SET) Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 21 2010 8:00P
Strathclyde Union (DJ SET) Glasgow, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 24 2010 8:00P
PPC (DJ SET) Graz, Steiermark, AUSTRIA
Sep 25 2010 8:00P
Rockhal (LIVE) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG
Sep 25 2010 8:00P
UWE Frenchay Campus (DJ SET) Bristol, South West, UNITED KINGDOM
Sep 25 2010 8:30P
The Students Union Bar (DJ SET) Worcester, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM
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