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Editors was formed in 2002 in Birmingham, England, UK. Members: Tom Smith (aka Thomas Michael Henry Smith [birth name], vocals, guitar, piano), Russell Leetch (bass & synths), Ed Lay (drums & percussion), Chris Urbanowicz (guitar & synths, 2002-12), Justin Lockey (lead guitar, 2012-present), Elliott Williams (keyboards, synths, guitar & backing vocals, 2012-present). Editors was one of many neo-post-punk or post-punk revival bands to emerge in the late 1990s and in the new millennium on both sides of the Atlantic. In the US the dominating artists were Interpol, The Killers, The National, The Rapture and from the UK: Bloc Party, Art Brut, Franz Ferdinand and Editors, the latter being the most recent contributors of the new revival, and as such they have understood to combine the sound of the American style as well as the original British post-punk artists. The band play a distinct post-punk on their first two albums on which you'll find inspiration in the musical universe of the original post-punk bands as well as the earliest revivalists - both in content and form. Later on, the band has progressed into synth pop indie pop as well as alt. rock territory, and the band underwent a major change in line-up in 2012. Tom Smith is the band's lead vocalist, songwriter and dominating front figure, and I first heard of the band when the song "Munich" was played in a national radio program.
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