Fahrenheit 451 (band)

Infobox musical artist |
Name = F451
Background = group_or_band


Img_capt = {From left} Jon, Matt and Jez of "F451".
Origin = Chelmsford, Essex, England
Genre = Indie/Punk/Rock
Label = Unsigned
Website = http://www.f451.org.uk
Current_members = Jez, Matt & Jon

F451 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 play the South of England regularly. The band have released four EPs, one mini-album and one download single to date - The New Empire (January 2005), The Catastrophe EP (January 2006), The Battleground Is Everywhere (February 2007), The Battleground is Slovakia mini-album (May 2007), Think. Fight. Live (July 2007), and The Digerati (November 2007). The band cite groups such as Manic Street Preachers, Idlewild, The Clash and Muse and writers such as George Orwell, Anthony Burgess and Aldous Huxley as influences upon their musical style and lyrical content.

Discography

*The New Empire EP (2005)
#Science is Everything
#Everything You Know is Wrong
#The New Empire (and How to Undermine It)

*The Catastrophe EP (2006)
#Don't Change the Calendar
#The Inequality of Now
#The Start of the End of the World

*The Battleground Is Everywhere EP (2007)
#We Are Youth
#Bass & Bombs
#This Could Be Anywhere

*The Battleground Is Slovakia (2007)
#Don't Change The Calendar
#Everything You Know Is Wrong
#Morning Sun
#Science Is Everything
#Bass & Bombs
#The Inequality Of Now
#This Could Be Anywhere
#We Are Youth
#The New Empire
#Scene Junkies

*Think. Fight. Live. (2007)
#Don't Change the Calendar
#Everything You Know is Wrong
#Science is Everything

*The Digerati (2007)
#The Digerati
#Soundbite Artillery

External links

* [http://www.f451.org.uk/ F451 Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/f451 Official Myspace]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2006/01/13/swing_ming_fahrenheit_451_qa.shtml BBC Essex 'Swinging or minging?' Interview]