| Terris | |
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| Origin | Newport, Wales |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1998–2002 |
| Labels | Rough Trade Blanco y Negro |
| Past members | |
| Gavin Goodwin Alun Bound Neil Dugmore Owen Matthews |
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Terris were a Welsh indie band who had a minor UK hit single in 2001 with "Fabricated Lunacy".
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Founded in Newport in 1998, they were fronted by Gavin Goodwin, supported by Alun Bound on guitar, Neil Dugmore on keyboards and Owen Matthews on drums.[1]
After playing locally for two years, they were spotted by former 60ft Dolls singer Richard Parfitt, who became their manager, and got them a deal with Rough Trade Records.[1]
The band released The Time Is Now, their first EP, in 1999 on Rough Trade.[1] This gained them prominent support from the New Musical Express magazine, which hailed them as a "21st Century Joy Division" and "the best new band in the UK", and featured them on its front cover in January 2000.[1][2][3][4] Also that year, the group co-headlined a tour with Coldplay and won the "brightest hope" at the 2000 NME Brats.
They subsequently signed to the Blanco y Negro label, releasing two further singles, the second of which, "Fabricated Lunacy", reached number 62 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] Debut album Learning to Let Go was released in March 2001.[1] Critical reaction was mixed, with Allmusic commenting on "Goodwin's grating, tune-seeking vocal grunts" and the band's "leg-splayed, Bush-styled grunge-metal hooks and glaringly obvious lyrical themes".[5] Yahoo Music described it as "underflavoured, bland stodge".[2] NME's April Long was more positive, giving it an 8 out of 10 rating and calling it "a vociferous statement of intent from a band dedicated to annihilating clichés".[3] Disappointing sales led to them being dropped in December of that year.[6] The band split up shortly afterwards.[7]
Gavin Goodwin is now a PhD student at Cardiff University.