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Enter Shikari are an English post-hardcore band, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire.^[1] The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari.^[2] Shikari also means 'Hunter', in Marathi, Persian, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali.^[3] Their debut album, Take to the Skies was released on March 19, 2007 and reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart. Their second album, titled Common Dreads, was released on June 15, 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16.^[4]

Biography

Beginnings and Take to the Skies

The band formed as an evolution from an earlier band, Hybryd, and formed in St Albans, England in 2003. All four members are from St Albans.^[5]

During 2003 and 2004, the band released three demo EPs that were available from their gigs and their website. They had another demo EP planned for release in 2005, (although no such EP materialized only recordings surfaced online) for this the first versions of Return To Energiser and Labyrinth were recorded, early versions of Ok Time For Plan B and We Can Breathe In Space were also recorded around this time but it's unclear if these were destined for the EP. In August 2006 they released a video of , the (only 100 copies) single "Mothership" which became the single of the week on the iTunes store. Their first physical single featured re-recorded versions of "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which had previously been featured on one of the demo EPs. It was released on October 30, 2006. It was limited to 1000 copies of each format and sold out within the first week of release. In mid January 2007, Enter Shikari's first single, "Mothership", entered the UK singles chart for one week at number 151, on Downloads only (despite its physical formats not being eligible for charts [at the band's request]. This was followed a week later by "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B", which charted at number 182 on the singles chart (despite its physical formats being ineligible for charts [at the band's request]) and number 146 in the Download Chart. In addition "Sorry You're Not a Winner/OK Time for Plan B" featured on EA Sports video game title NHL 08 and also Madden 08.

Enter Shikari secured a spot on the Gibson/MySpace stage at 2006's Download Festival. They have also had interviews with popular music press such as Kerrang! and Rock Sound. On November 4, 2006, they became only the second unsigned band to ever sell out London Astoria (the first being The Darkness).

They also made the NME's "New Noise 2007", a list of the bands it considers most likely to achieve success in the coming year (previous years lists have included the likes of Arcade Fire, Hot Chip and Bloc Party).

The next single released was "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour", on March 5, 2007. This was the band's second single to be released from their forthcoming debut album. It contained a re-recorded version of the song "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour". It reached 27 in the Official UK chart. The band's debut album, Take to the Skies, was released on March 19, 2007 and on March 25 it reached number 4 in the UK Official Album Charts. It contained re-recordings of many of the songs that had featured on the demo EPs and singles that were released prior to the release of the album.

During the month of March, 2007 it was announced they would be playing at, Download Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Give it a Name, Glastonbury Festival, Oxegen festival in Ireland and Rock am Ring in Germany. On March 30, 2007, Enter Shikari announced that their next single would be "Jonny Sniper"^[6] and would be released on June 18. The song's video was premiered on May 21. The single received bad reviews from the NME. [4]

On June 6, 2007 they performed a live show on BBC Radio 1 for Zane Lowe at BBC Radio Theatre.

They played an eleven date headline tour in October/November 2007 including their biggest ever headline gig in the 4,921 capacity Carling Academy Brixton. The band released a compilation EP titled The Zone on November 12.

Enter Shikari have performed over 500 gigs as of 2007 and played on the Gibson/MySpace stage at 2006's Download Festival in November 4, 2006. Enter Shikari started their first North America tour. This followed into three more North American tours.

In January 2008, Enter Shikari performed in Australia and New Zealand for the first time as part of the Big Day Out Festival. The band also did a number of side-shows in Australia, including two sold out shows at the Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne.

They played at Projekt Revolution in Milton Keynes on June 29, 2008, alongside Linkin Park, Jay-Z, N.E.R.D, The Bravery, InnerPartySystem and Pendulum.

Take to the Skies has sold 250,000 copies worldwide, and was certified Gold in the UK.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 May 2008, the band released the first in a series of videos called "Enter Shikari: In the 'Low". The videos, posted on the band's YouTube page, showcased the band as they recorded their new single, "We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape", and demoed new material. One of the new songs set to feature on the album was 'Step Up', which was first performed at Milton Keynes Pitz on June 28, 2008, the warm up show to Projekt Revolution the following day.

On 8 August 2008, it was announced that "We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape" would be released as a single. It was said to be a drastic re-working of the song originally demoed by the band back in 2005, but was not be included on the band's second album.

They completed a tour of the UK and Ireland which took place over the course of 6 weeks; from September 30 to November 4, 2008; and consisted of 28 shows. A DVD compilation of live footage filmed by band / crew along with some TV footage was to be released to coincide with the tour according to a Kerrang! interview with the band, but has not been released as of yet.

Common Dreads

It was confirmed by NME that Enter Shikari had finished working on their second album, Common Dreads, in March 2009 and announced that they would tour the UK and Europe during 2009. They also made available a free download of a new song, Antwerpen from their website.^[7] On 15 April 2009 Juggernauts was played on Radio 1 as Zane Lowe's "Hottest Track in the World" and was released as a single on June 1, 2009. The B-side of the single is "All Eyes On The Saint". The band also had help from musician Danny Sneddon who helped with the recording of Juggernauts.^[8] On May 1 Kerrang featured their track-by-track of the album. Metal Hammer were the first to review the album online with a track-by-track.^[9] Since it was announced in an interview with Andy Copping on Scuzz on their "The Digital Darkside: Download Special" that there would be 2 secret bands playing at Download Festival 2009, it has been heavily speculated that Enter Shikari would play one of these slots. They were confirmed to be one of the secret bands on the 9th June 2009.^[10] Enter Shikari also featured at Reading and Leeds Festivals on the 29 and 30 August 2009, playing songs from Common Dreads, as well as acoustic variations of 'Juggernauts', 'No Sleep Tonight' and 'Adieu' from Take To The Skies.

Common Dreads was released through Ambush Reality on the 15th June 2009 and debuted at #16 on the UK top 40 album chart. The second single that has been released from Common Dreads was No Sleep Tonight.^[11] The 7" vinyl, CD single and MP3 download was released on August 17, 2009. A slightly modified version of the song "Wall" was released as a radio single, and a video for the song "Zzzonked" made of clips of a live show which was played at Norwich UEA, was also released.

A 2-disc version of Common Dreads was due to be released in January 2010.^[12] Frontman Rou Reynolds announced that “We’ve got a different artist for each single from Hospital Records to do drum ‘n’ bass remixes so we’ll be releasing that as a 12". Then we're doing the same thing with (dubstep label) True Tiger who've done a dubstep remix of each single.” however it was later said in a Radio 1 interview that in fact they were only having their main singles remixed.

The new single "Thumper"[5] was released 19 January 2010 on BBC Radio One, As well the new single "Tribalism", which was first played on Radio 1, 16 February 2010. These songs come off the new B-sides and remixes album Tribalism, which was released on 22 February 2010.

Since March 2009, drummer Rob Rolfe has not been able to perform at United States shows due to a denial of a visa. Rob has chosen Fellsilent drummer, Christopher Mansbridge to fill in for these dates.^[13] Although, on July 9th, 2010 Rob stated in a Twitter post that he has gotten a visa.

On the 14th June Enter Shikari announced that they had returned to the studio to do a 'one off new track' which is to be released some time during the summer of 2010 called "Destabilise".

On June 25 2010, Enter Shikari arrived in Carson, California for their first day on Van's Warped Tour 2010 . They played around the country until July 18 2010. It was the first time Enter Shikari had been on Warped Tour .

After finishing their part of Warped Tour, Enter Shikari played a few festivals such as headlining Redfest and supported The Prodigy at Milton Keynes Bowl followed by a very exclusive show at the 400 capacity venue "Underworld" situated in Camden which is to be filmed and recorded for their next DVD. They will also support 30 Seconds To Mars on the Into The Wild Tour in November and December 2010.

Band members

Current Members

Roughton "Rou" Reynolds - lead vocals, keyboards, electronics (2003–present)
Liam "Rory" Clewlow - guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)
Chris Batten - bass, backing vocals (2003–present)
Rob Rolfe - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2003–present)

Touring Members

Christopher "Noddy" Mansbridge - drums, percussion during US shows only (2009)
Tyler Mahurin- drums, percussion during US shows only (2010)

Discography

Take to the Skies (2007)
Common Dreads (2009)

Ambush Reality

Ambush Reality is an Independent record label started in July 2006 that currently only releases music by Enter Shikari. It is co-owned and run by the members of the band and their friends.^[14] The band has decided that, in order to tour in the United States, they will have to sign with a major record label in America.^[15] On August 28, 2007, Ambush Reality said that Take to the Skies will come out in North America in October 2007, with Ambush Reality joining Interscope Records imprint Tiny Evil. Ambush Reality have recently signed a distribution deal with Warner Music in order to make the album Common Dreads and future releases more accessible outside the UK and also more widely advertised and promoted.^[16]

Side projects

Reynolds has produced music as part of a side project with the name "Rout"[6], which he sometimes performs in small venues and before shows. He previously used the names "Shark & Blitz" and "Routron 5000"[7]. The music develops on his penchant for electronics, resulting in a drum'n'bass/jungle/dubstep sound. Some songs feature samples of Rou and friends fooling around as well as iconic lines from movies or songs.

Frontman Rou Reynolds has also set up his own clothing company Step Up Clothing which is to be launched during the summer of 2010 [8].

Drummer Rob Rolfe also performs as a DJ under the alias "Sgt. Rolfy" specialising in freeform hardcore music.

Awards

Award	Status	Reference
Kerrang! Awards: Best British Newcomer 2006	Nominated	^[17]
NME Awards: John Peel Award for Musical Innovation 2007	Won	^[18]
Rock Sound Magazine's poll for 'who will make it in 2007'	Won	^[19]
Kerrang! Awards: Spirit Of Independence 2007	Won	^[20]
Kerrang! Awards: Best Live Band 2007	Won	^[21]
BT Digital Awards: Breakthrough Artist of the Year in association with BBC 6Music	Won	^[22]
Kerrang! Awards: Best Live Band 2009	Nominated	^[23]

In Other Media

The band made an instrumental song entitled "Enter Shikari vs. Blue Dragon" for the game Blue Dragon for the Xbox 360.^[24]

The song "Sorry You're Not A Winner" was featured in EA Sports NHL 08.

The song "Ok Time for Plan B" was featured in EA Sports Madden NFL 08.^[25]

The songs "No Sleep Tonight" "Wall" "Juggernauts" was featured in a single episode of Waterloo Road on BBC1 '10.

Get in Enter Shikari and their upcoming shows later on this year.

References

External links

[1] ttp://music.aol.com/artist/enter-shikari/biography/514438

[2] ttp://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/Enter_Shikari.php

[3] ttp://www.thefreedictionary.com/shikari

[4] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml

[5] ttp://music.aol.com/artist/enter-shikari/biography/514438

[6] Enter Shikari Announce New Single! - Smash Music

[7] Enter Shikari finish new album, confirm tour dates

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[11] "Enter Shikari announce dates". idiomag. 2009-06-24. Retrieved 2009-08-28.

[12] Exclusive: Enter Shikari Announce Remix Records

[13] ttp://www.smashmusic.co.uk/news/650/Enter_Shikari_Drummer_Rob_Rolfe_Denied_Visa_For_US_Tour_Dates

[14] MySpace.com - Ambush Reality - St Albans /, UK - Rock / Hardcore / Trance - www.myspace.com/ambushreality

[15] U.K.'s Enter Shikari Scores Without Label

[16] Enter Shikari Official Forum • View topic - USA Label Update?

[17] ttp://kerrang.typepad.com/kerrang_awards_2006_blog/2006/08/best_british_ne.html

[18] ttp://drownedinsound.com/news/1689011-nme-awards--winners-in-full

[19] ttp://www.rock-sound.net/view_news.php?headline=ENTER-SHIKARI-WIN&id=2004102713

[20] ttp://blog.kerrangawards.com/2007/08/spirit_of_independence.html#more

[21] ttp://blog.kerrangawards.com/2007/08/best_live_band.html#more

[22] ttp://www.nme.com/news/muse/31529

[23] ttp://blog.kerrangawards.com/2009/2009/08/best_british_band.shtml

[24] Xbox.com | Soundtracks - Enter Shikari

[25] Totilo, Stephen (June 28, 2007). "Timberlake/Timbaland, QOTSA, Swizz, Daddy Yankee Rock 'Madden 08' Soundtrack". MTV. Retrieved June 28, 2007.

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-'''Enter Shikari''' (sometimes stylized as '''ΣΠΤΣR SHΦΚΔRΦ''') are an [[England|English]] [[post-hardcore]] band, formed in 2003 in [[St Albans]], [[Hertfordshire]].<ref>http://music.aol.com/artist/enter-shikari/biography/514438</ref> The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari.<ref>http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/Enter_Shikari.php</ref> Shikari also means 'Hunter', in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Hindi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shikari</ref>
+'''Enter Shikari''' are an [[England|English]] [[post-hardcore]] band, formed in 2003 in [[St Albans]], [[Hertfordshire]].<ref>http://music.aol.com/artist/enter-shikari/biography/514438</ref> The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari.<ref>http://www.accessallareas.net.au/artists/Enter_Shikari.php</ref> Shikari also means 'Hunter', in [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Hindi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Urdu]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/shikari</ref>
 Their debut album, ''[[Take to the Skies]]'' was released on March 19, 2007 and reached #4 in the Official UK Album Chart.  Their second album, titled ''[[Common Dreads]]'', was released on June 15, 2009 and debuted on the UK Albums Chart at 16.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums.shtml</ref>
 ==Biography==

v t e Enter Shikari
Rou Reynolds Rory Clewlow Chris Batten Rob Rolfe
Studio albums	Take to the Skies Common Dreads A Flash Flood of Colour The Mindsweep The Spark Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible A Kiss for the Whole World
Compilations	The Zone Tribalism Moratorium (Broadcasts from the Interruption)
Remix albums	The Mindsweep: Hospitalised
Singles	"Mothership" "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half Hour" "Jonny Sniper" "We Can Breathe in Space, They Just Don't Want Us to Escape" "Juggernauts" "No Sleep Tonight" "Thumper" "Destabilise" "Quelle Surprise" "Sssnakepit" "Gandhi Mate, Gandhi" "Arguing with Thermometers" "Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here" "The Paddington Frisk" "Radiate" "Rat Race" "The Last Garrison" "Anaesthetist" "Redshift"
Tours	A Flash Flood of Colour World Tour The Spark World Tour
Related articles	Discography