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Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electronic rock band from Reading, Berkshire.
History
Does It Offend You, Yeah? were formed in 2006 in Reading, UK by James Rushent and Dan Coop and soon joined by Rob Bloomfield and Morgan Quaintance.
They released their first album, You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, in Spring 2008. It was written and performed by James Rushent, Rob Bloomfield and Dan Coop. Death From Above 1979 vocalist Sebastien Grainger performed the lead vocals on "Let's Make Out". In 2008, Does It Offend You, Yeah? was accompanied on stage by guitarist Morgan Quaintance.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? were the ninth most-listened-to new band of 2008 on last.fm and were included in the best alternative music list of 2008 on iTunes USA. They were announced as a Rolling Stone breaking Artist in 2008.
In 2009, Chloe Duveaux (from Elle Milano) and Matty Derham (from Fields) joined the band. Their follow up album, Don't Say We Didn't Warn You, was released in 2011.
Some have compared them to dance acts like Daft Punk, Justice, and Digitalism, as well as others like Rage Against the Machine. NME compares them to bands like Muse due to their heavier, more "live" sound. The group is known for its raucous live shows, which often end with stage diving and broken instruments. Vocalist James Rushent would sometimes destroy the drumkit by running and diving into it.
The band have appeared on US television on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Last Call with Carson Daly. They have also appeared on British television programmes Sound (BBC) and Transmission (Channel 4). They also appeared alongside artists Pharrell Williams, Santogold, Julian Casablancas, MGMT and Karen O as part of The Converse Century Celebration advertising campaign.
Lead singer James Rushent co-produced The Prodigy's top five hit "Omen", as well as their song "Invaders Must Die". Rushent has also remixed songs for acts such as Muse, The Raconteurs and Bloc Party. Bloomfield has remixed songs for 50 Cent, dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip, and P Diddy.
In 2011 the band released the album Don't Say We Didn't Warn You It peaked at number 3 in the UK Dance chart and number 11 in the Indie chart.
In April 2012 the band released a statement via Facebook that they are now on 'indefinite hiatus'.
"Hello Everyone We'd just like to announce that DIOYY is now on hiatus for the foreseeable future. After five years touring the world, playing alongside some of our favourite bands and visiting some awesome countries we've decided to concentrate on other projects. James and Dan are working on a new EP for a purely electronic project which we'll bring you news on soon, we'll also keep you informed of what Chloe, Rob and Mattie are up to. We might do the odd very special gig if our schedules permit it. Thanks to all our fans and see you on the flip side. DIOYY"
Tours
In 2008, Does It Offend You, Yeah? completed a sold-out headline US tour which reached its climax at the historic Troubadour club in Hollywood. At the show, lead singer James Rushent broke his leg during their last song, although he managed to hobble back on stage for an encore before being rushed to hospital.
At the start of 2008 they went on the NME Awards Tour, alongside The Ting Tings. They then completed their own headline tour of the UK supported by South Central and Lets Talk Tactics
They went on to open for Bloc Party and Nine Inch Nails on their respective 2008 North American tours. They were also the opening act for The Prodigy on the last date of their UK 2008 club tour.
Does It Offend You, Yeah? have made festival appearances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, South by Southwest, Glastonbury, Reading / Leeds Festival, Summer Sonic, Wireless Festival, Monolith, Street Scene, Pukkelpop, Dour, Printemps de Bourges, Les Eurockéennes, Vieilles Charrues, Hurricane, Southside, Oxegen, Lowlands, Gatecrasher, Jersey Live, Parklife, V Festival, Pohoda, Exit, NASS Fest and Melt! Festival As well as Strawberry Festival and Zebra Festival in China.
The band supported The Prodigy on their Australasian and Irish leg of the Invaders Must Die Tour and played at the Warriors Dance Festival in Milton Keynes, England.
They toured with Linkin Park on the A Thousand Suns World Tour UK leg in November 2010 and completed the tour alongside The Prodigy and Pendulum (band) in Northern America.
The Band embarked on a headlining UK tour in March 2011 to promote their new album Don't Say We Didn't Warn You. They were supported by Hounds and Tripwires.
DJ projects
Does It Offend You, Yeah? also DJ at various clubs and festivals across the world. They have done so on the same bill as acts such as, Justice, Peaches, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, Steve Aoki, DJ AM, Ladytron, Samantha Ronson and 2 Many DJ's.
Band name
The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office.
Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement but it's a quote from David Brent in an episode of The Office. "When me and James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV, we switched it on and Ricky Gervais said "My Drinking - Does it offend you, yeah?" so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever.—synth player Dan Coop, NME.com interview
