White Rose Movement (band)

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Origin	London, England
Genres	Post-punk/Electro
Labels	Independiente
Members	Finn Vine (vocals), Jasper Milton (guitar), Owen Dyke (bass) Erica "Taxxi" MacArthur (keyboard), Edward Harper (drums)
Website(s)	Official Website

White Rose Movement are a post-punk/electro band from London, England. The band is named after the German anti-Nazi resistance movement White Rose. They mix the post-punk style and attitude of early bands of the genre such as Joy Division and The Chameleons with a more New Romantic image reminiscent of bands like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and A Flock of Seagulls, as well as more modern electroclash and post-punk revival influences.

White Rose Movement was formed from the ashes of an earlier unsuccessful band named Arturo. Finn Vine, Jasper Milton, Owen Dyke and Edward Harper all grew up in a hippy commune in a small village in Norfolk and have been friends since childhood. Taxxi (real name Erica MacArthur) supposedly joined the band when Dyke went throughout the London club Trash asking every girl whether they played keyboards. The band once owned a club in London named Dazzle!, which was situated in an old S&M venue. Their first album Kick was released April 17, 2006, after a long period of media hype and critical acclaim from the British indie music press. Kick was produced by British producer Paul Epworth. The band toured with The Rakes across January and February of 2006, following these dates with a headline tour of their own in March.

Also in 2006, they played at the Coachella festival in California and Festival Internacional de Benicàssim near Barcelona, as well as two tours supporting Placebo and other festivals. The band were due to embark on a headline tour of the UK in September, but due to Finn Vine being ill they were forced to postpone this tour to November/December of that year.