Pendulum History

'Formed during 2002 by three musicians from Western Australia with similar visions and musical backgrounds.' They all wanted to 'create a new sound that they felt was missing from dance music. The individual members behind Pendulum have been active in Perth’s live music scene for several years: producer / vocalist / keyboardist Rob Swire and producer / bassist Gareth McGrillen played together in the acclaimed Perth band Xygen, while Paul ‘El Hornet’ Harding had been a veteran of the Perth DJ scene.'

The members of the band are:

 Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)

Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)

Peredur ap Gwynedd (guitar)

Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)

KJ Sawka (drums)

Verse (MC

          

 '2005 saw Pendulum release their debut artist album on Breakbeat Kaos, the highly acclaimed ‘Hold Your Colour’ that went on to sell in excess of 300,000 copies and spawned their first Top 30 hit in the shape of the single ‘Slam / Out Here’. The band’s full live experience (which adds guitarist Peredur ap Gwynedd, drummer Kodish and MC Verse to the core trio) also became an exciting prospect with a defining headline performance at Glastonbury’s Dance Stage being a particular highlight. By now the biggest artist on the underground, Pendulum aimed to continue their rise by signing a new deal with Warner Bros. Records / Ear Storm.'

 'Having spent a second summer as the defining band of the international festival circuit (including phenomenal receptions from crowds at Glastonbury, Download, Isle of Wight and T in the Park festivals), Pendulum released their third studio album 'Immersion' in May this year, which went straight to Number 1 in the Official UK album chart. Summer 2010 has seen Pendulum smash the international festival circuit once again, and with Australian and European tours and a huge UK Arena Tour on the horizon, the Pendulum juggernaut continues to roll on, devastating all in its path.'

' In 2006, Pendulum's old label Breakbeat Kaos released an album containing a 2-year-old Pendulum DJ mix without their permission, resulting in group member Rob Swire denouncing the album on public internet forum Dogs on Acid. This issue has since been resolved; DJ Fresh is included on the list of acknowledgements in the Immersion booklet, and Pendulum is now working with Breakbeat Kaos again, on the vinyl release of the singles "Witchcraft" and "The Island".

Electronic musician Goldie has criticized Pendulum's single "Granite" for being what he calls a "sh*t single", and accused the band of not acknowledging the drum and bass scene from which they came.For the band's part, in an interview with The Times Swire cited "Goldie making concept albums about space and his mum" (in the words of The Times reporter) as one of the reasons why he was not initially keen on the genre; he claims to have been more into “breakbeat, straight up house and hardcore” before Gareth McGrillen, who is Pendulum's bassist and was Swire's bandmate in Xygen, introduced him to "more electronic" areas of the genre.This issue has since been resolved aswell, according to Gareth McGrillen in an interview on Theage.com'

Sources: http://www.pendulum.com/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_(band)