| Entertainment | |
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| Origin | Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Post-Punk Gothic rock Indie rock |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Stickfigure Records, Luminal Records, Simulacre/aDistant, Duchess Archive, five03 Records, Disaro Records |
| Website | www.entertainme-nt.com |
| Members | |
| Trey Ehart - vocals/keyboards/guitar Kimberley Saint Thomas - bass Bari Donavan Watts - drums/percussion |
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| Past members | |
| Andrew Gleason - bass Todd Caras - guitar/bass Chisolm Thompson - guitar |
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Entertainment is an American post-punk band founded in 2002 in Athens, Georgia.
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Entertainment (originally spelled "eNTERTAINME.nt") was formed in 2002 by Trey Ehart and Bari Donavan Watts after the two met and played together in the early Atlanta dark music scene. Disenchanted with the current state of music and wanting to pursue different sonic ideas, the two formed their own project. The origin of the band name is unknown, but speculations range from a college friend of Ehart's graffiti moniker, to the 1979 release by English post-punk band Gang of Four, to even the mental image of "...hard to please concertgoers folding their arms to the idea of being entertained." After the departure of original bassist Andrew Gleason, the band continued with various other bass players filling in until Ehart and Watts discovered veteran bass player Kimberley Saint Thomas playing in a Bauhaus cover band at a Halloween party in Athens, GA.[1] To this day, the band continues to tour and play with a series of second guitarists. Part of the new crop of US underground acts updating the gothic rock aesthetic, Entertainment have toured the US extensively and have performed with both legendary and up and coming artists such as Nina Hagen, Lene Lovich, TV on the Radio, Christian Death, Radio Berlin, Glass Candy, The Prids, Veil Veil Vanish, Faith + the Muse, IAMX, Dead Confederate, Alaric, Dream Affair, Religious to Damn, King Dude, and White Ring.
After the release of their first single "Safe at One," the band were signed by now-defunct Luminal Records, who released their second single "Patroness." A split 12-inch EP release with Canadian "progressive deathrock" band A Spectre Is Haunting Europe would soon follow, this time issued by Atlanta label Stickfigure Records.[2] Entertainment released their debut album Gender in 2008 through Stickfigure. It went on to receive extensive critical acclaim and was voted the 2008 deathrock album of the year by Deathrock.com.[3] A remastered 180-gram vinyl version of Gender was then released the following year on New York label Duchess Archive. In 2011, Entertainment signed to influential Witch House label Disaro Records, and expect to release a new EP in the fall of 2011.
Influences include The Doors, Love, Led Zeppelin, Bauhaus, Public Image Limited, The Cure, Gang of Four, Christian Death, Joy Division, The Birthday Party, dub, and krautrock.[4]
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