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With the original line-up consisting of singer+guitarist Paul Banks,
guitarist Daniel Kessler, bassist Carlos Dengler and drummer Greg Drudy,
this Alternative-Rock band was created in New York City, New York USA,
in 1998; two years later Drudy and the band split leaving the remaining
members with a significant and reflective hiatus; not long after, Interpol,
was joined by drummer Sam Fogarino.
The group first started gigging around the New York clubs, released
a string of three EPs and in the spring of 2001 they played in Glasgow,
Manchester and London.
Later in the year, the band tucked themselves away in Connecticut at Tarquin
Studios to record their debut full-length album, "Turn On The Bright
Lights", which was issued on Matador label in August 2002, the record
cracked the top 5 of The Billboard Top Independent Albums chart and reached
#158 on The Billboard Top 200 list; it contained a couple of singles,
"Obstacle 1" and "PDA", which received good airplay
on alt-Rock radio stations and showed evidence of the band's future brilliance.
The New York foursome returned to the studio to create "Antics"
that would prove to be their breakthrough album, it was released in September
2004 and eventually climbed to #15 on The Billboard 200 Albums chart.
The main single, "Slow Hands", peaked at #15 on The Modern Rock
chart and also reached #31 in the U.K. Top 40 Sales chart; the album generated
two more U.K. Top 40 hits, "C'mere" and "Evil" which
both hit #14 and with the latter peaking at #24 on the U.S. Modern Rock
airplay chart.
Interpol doesn't stray far from the formula that helped its first two
Matador albums sell more than 1 million copies combined on their latest
CD "Our Love To Admire", which was issued on Capitol Records
in July 2007. The set includes the Hot Modern Rock top 20 hit "The
Heinrich Maneuver".
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