{"id":4308,"date":"2014-05-05T05:16:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/05\/05\/lostprophets-members-reunite-to-form-new-band\/"},"modified":"2014-05-05T05:16:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T05:16:37","slug":"lostprophets-members-reunite-to-form-new-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/05\/05\/lostprophets-members-reunite-to-form-new-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Lostprophets members reunite to form new band"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the defunct Lostprophets<\/a> have formed a new band without their imprisoned former singer Ian Watkins<\/a>. Lee Gaze, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, Luke Johnson and Stuart Richardson are reportedly working with Geoff Rickly, the ex-frontman of US rock band Thursday<\/a>, to make music that Rickly describes as “a little bit of New Order, little bit of Joy Division, little bit of The Cure”. <\/p>\n

“I think if ever there was a group of people that needed a second chance, it’s those guys,” Rickly said in a recent interview with Radio Cardiff<\/a>. “What happened is just devastating for them \u2026 [and] people don’t really think [about] what happens to the other members.”<\/p>\n

In December 2012, eight months after the last Lostprophets album, Watkins was charged with a string of child sex offences, which included the attempted rape of a baby. He later pleaded guilty on 13 charges and received a sentence of 29 years in prison<\/a>, with six more on licence. The remaining Lostprophets announced their split in October<\/a>, saying they could “no longer continue making or performing music” under that name. “We look forward to the next phase of our lives,” they wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

Following the arrest of Watkins, the musicians “had to give up everything that they had worked [on] for 15 to 17 years”, said Rickly. “They had no idea what was going on, it hit them so hard.”<\/p>\n

Though the group has not revealed its name \u2013 or its singer \u2013 they will be represented by Rickly’s label, Collect Records. “People are not going to know what hit them when the new band comes out,” he said. “[The band’s] just so good, man \u2026 so forward thinking \u2026 I’m really proud of them.”<\/p>\n

Formed in Pontypridd, Wales, in 1997, Lostprophets released five full-length recording and sold more than 3.5m albums worldwide. Their last four records were top 10 hits in the UK.<\/p>\n

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Source: The Guardian<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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