Fahrenheit 451 (band)

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Fahrenheit 451
{From left} Jon, Matt and Jez of Fahrenheit 451.
Background information
Origin	Chelmsford, Essex, England
Genre(s)	Indie/Punk/Rock
Label(s)	Unsigned
Members
Jez, Matt & Jon

Fahrenheit 451 are an Essex, England based political indie/punk/rock band, named after the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The band are Jez (guitar, vocals), Jon (drums, vocals) and Matt (bass, vocals), who tour the South of England regularly. The band have released two EPs to date - The New Empire in January 2005 and The Catastrophe EP in January 2006, with a third, The Battleground Is Everywhere EP, due out in February 2007. The band cite groups such as Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild and Muse and writers such as George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Aldous Huxley as influences upon their musical style and lyrical content.

[edit] Discography

• The New Empire EP (2005)

1. Science is Everything
2. Everything You Know is Wrong
3. The New Empire (and How to Undermine It)

• The Catastrophe EP (2006)

1. Don't Change the Calendar
2. The Inequality of Now
3. The Start of the End of the World

• The Battleground Is Everywhere EP (2007)

1. We Are Youth
2. Bass & Bombs
3. This Could Be Anywhere

[edit] External links

• Fahrenheit 451 Official Site
• Official Myspace
• BBC Essex 'Swinging or minging?' Interview