Ambush Reality,
- Roughton "Rou" Reynolds - Vocals, Electronics
- Liam "Rory" Clewlow - Guitar, Vocals
- Chris Batten - Bass, Vocals
- Rob Rolfe - Drums, Percussion
Band Members:
- Official website
- MySpace
Biography
ENTER SHIKARI spent their formative years forging a sound that audaciously melded hardcore punk with hardcore rave/trance. And while media scenesters down the road were harping on about the fictional nu rave scene, ENTER SHIKARI were out there doing something much more exciting. Something that hit a nerve.
For those that witnessed ENTER SHIKARI on their Australian tour in 2008, they would remember the sweat and the smiles, the laser beams and the elegiac choruses. We remember the blur of flashing Shikari cygnet rings as somersaulting fists pumped the air; we remember the surges of serotonin up the spine into the lower cortex. We remember looking at the crowds and thinking: holy shit – this is a generational thing!
Accolades came thick and fast including the NME John Peel Award for Innovation in 2007 and the Kerrang! Awards (including Best Live Band).
During the summer of 2008, in a bungalow dubbed ‘The Low’ built in bassist Chris Batten’s parents’ back garden, the words and music came together for the new album, Common Dreads. In this the rural seclusion that seems totally odds with the apoplectic and articulate squall of Common Dreads, our four plucky young heroes created a squall of political protest handily disguised as a club bangers and mosh-pit epics. The end result is a soundtrack for an entire generation – one where the party is as important as the politics.
Some are already suggesting Common Dreads will define the era into which it was born: one of recession, paranoia, state control and the fallout of decades of accelerated capitalism. But – and this is important – also an era of hope and creativity, humanity, hedonism, irreverence and fun. “It’s a dance party for the end of the world” – Absolute Punk.
This revolution may not be televised, but it will certainly be amplified.
5 days ago
Im actually much more a fan of Take To The Skies rather then Common Dreads
2 weeks ago
You guys were amazing friday night, best experience of me life! I can't wait until you tour, I'll be at every gig in every state!
1 month ago
stage 6? why they playing there?
1 month ago
timetable is out already mitch_R lol
as long as they play ONE song from the EP (preferably the feasy) im happy!
2 months ago
whens the time table coming out
2 months ago
wtf. enter shikari and adtr at the same fucking time. i flipped a coin, adtr won, gotta say im a little dissapointed, but ya cant go back on a coin flip.
3 months ago
this shizzzz guna be RAD!!!
who agrees with me?
3 months ago
same time slot as adtr.... shattered
3 months ago
so fucking keen for these guys, definitely up for a good mosh dance!
also keen for a good mix of songs from each album
3 months ago
fuk yeah, Mothership, enter shikari, sorry you're not, OK time for plan b, anything can happen in the next half hour, solidarity, juggernauts, ^.^ can't wait. gunna steal Rous powers through touch
3 months ago
Fuckyeah i love there song enter shikari.
Should be smashing ;D
3 months ago
still not a massive fan of Common Dreads,
but this should be sweet.
3 months ago
I am with Dragon on that one my friend!
OATH MEAL
3 months ago
..i came hear to listen to enter shikari not your taylor swift shit... cheers =]
4 months ago
CHECK OUT MY BAND FROM NEWCASTLE, NSW
www.myspace.com/fallingforbeloved
recently recorded a taylor swift cover!
<3
4 months ago
These guys are GODDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats all I have to say... lol && YAY I'm the 101 fan XD and screw you Jaydica!! Enter Shikari are AWESOME!!! U don't lyk em dont go see em... and leave those that do the hell alone...
4 months ago
'sorry your not a winner', soundtrack to my summer of 07/08, they better fucking play it in adelaide! (L)
4 months ago
Saw these guys at BigDayOut.. Awesome.. So stoked
4 months ago
i hate this band, they suck dick for a living
there so horid.
4 months ago
dead set will be the band of the day. best band ive ever seen, and btw they might not play jonny snipper, they havn't played it at any uk shows...
4 months ago
main reason im going, i would have paid $160 just to see these guys, they are the pinnacle of brilliance. I hope they play Anything can Happen in the Next Half Hour, Fanfare for the Conscious man, Hectic, Mothership, Solidarity, Wall, No Sleep Tonight...ok im going to stop there, i would have just named everysong xD PLAY EVERYTHING OR I'LL CRY SALTY TEARS OF ANGUISH AND SORROW! lol, this is going to be an epic day and its on my birthday! Enter Shikari on my birthday *squeals like a little schoolgirl*
4 months ago
I havent seen this band live yet neither but i cannot wait xD
no words can describe the feeling i get when i hear their music xD
4 months ago
favs teerrrust
4 months ago
i really hope they play johnny sniper in perth
4 months ago
fuck yeah love thesr guys. hope they play 'sorry you're not a winner' and 'anything can happen in the next half hour'
4 months ago
quite mysteriously. for 2 months before i bought my ticket. i was like. i need to see enter shikari live. i bought my ticket. they got announced.i came in my pants.
no ssssweat
5 months ago
have known about this for a long time prior to announcement, but soo good to see it on the site.
common dreads is an epic album. it definately grows on you.
hectic.
labyrinth.
no sleep tonight.
sorry your not a winner.
ok time for plan B.
johnny sniper.
mothership.
PLEASE
5 months ago
probably the best band there! no...definately. also i don't wanna see all you little scene sluts ruin the concert for everyone by hogging the front of the barrier. you hear me!
capiche!
should be a sexy concert.
5 months ago
i fucking love enter shikari.
!
5 months ago
i fucking love enter shikari.
!
5 months ago
OMFG!!!
the MAIN reason im going!
i fucking love enter shikari so so much!
cant waaaait!
i hope they play the whole of common dreads!
i love hectic & wall the best (:
aaw so so so excited! <3333
5 months ago
Soo fucking stoked.
Hope they play 'Sorry you're not a winner'
5 months ago
Just incase u dont like the new album.
When i saw them in June in England they played pretty much only Common dreads besides slipping in Labrinith.
5 months ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.
is there any way to know what songs the bands will be playing?
5 months ago
Fuck yes! this has made my day.
5 months ago
yay, was so bummed to miss them last year, this makes up for everything, soundwave 2010 is awesome
5 months ago
sorry you're not a winner is the best song ever
5 months ago
Hey!
yous are awesome!
check out this band
i think yous would like them
www.myspace.com/nmmarg
5 months ago
these guys are insane i really hope they play "sorry you're not a winner"
5 months ago
ONLY REASON I'M GOING
CANNOT FUCKING WAIT
5 months ago
fuck yeah
5 months ago
Sweet, it will be good to be able to see these guys live. I cant wait!!
5 months ago
best band live, i swear.
5 months ago
zomg yaaaaaaaay *runs around in circles*
5 months ago
This is seriously a dream come true, how much this means to me is infinite.
I am amazingly happy right now, 5 years of following Shikari and I finally get to see them!
I fucking love you guys.<3
5 months ago
OMG YES!
I was so relieved they were on the second announcement because I thought everyone knew they were coming but then they weren't in the first announcement but now everything is sweet
COME JOIN THE FEAST!
5 months ago
5 months ago
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
:D:D:
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
i just screamed so loud and old ppl outside my shop herd me and thought i was getting robbed
5 months ago
hahahaha just a little
oops
I was in Canada in 08 so missed their first tour.....so keen this time round =]=]
5 months ago
lol unlucky that was close ;P
Someone to celebrate with!
During the summer of 2008, in a bungalow dubbed ‘The Low’ built in bassist Chris Batten’s parents’ back garden, the words and music came together for the new album, Common Threads.
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