Idles | fr

Idles are a heavy post-punk band from Bristol, London and Newport. The success of the band’s debut EP “Welcome” did not go unnoticed and so it happened that BBC Introducing in the Southwest honoured the group as “Band of The Year” in 2012. After a hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with “MEAT EP” and “META EP”. “Divide & Conquer” and “Well Done” were released in 2016, when it was announced their debut album “Brutalism” was released on March the 10th, 2017 and was supported by a 24 date UK Tour during March and April. http://www.idlesband.com .

The Teen Idles were pioneers of the DC Hardcore scene in the very early '80s. Their only release was Dischord Records' first. Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson went on to form Minor Threat, one of the most influential bands in all of punk rock and hardcore. The Teen Idles were among the first punk rock groups from the early 1980s hardcore movement to break out of their regional scene to tour and sell nationally. Inspired by other American punk bands like The Cramps, Bad Brains and Black Flag, The Teen Idles' music was an early version of hardcore punk, and...