Damocles Pounding drums and intense strings lead into the angriest song on the record – the band's dark unpicking of knife crime. “I wanted to write a song that addressed the issue for a long time. It cannot continue,” says Simpson. “How can we live in a society where people can do that to each other?” The intensely dramatic song even finds Simpson considering the merits of reinstating hanging: “I don't want it back but when I wrote the lyrics I thought to myself, the only way out of this is to make them afraid of doing it.” The song has personal resonance for Abidi who ha… read more
Damocles Pounding drums and intense strings lead into the angriest song on the record – the band's dark unpicking of knife crime. “I wanted to w… read more
Damocles Pounding drums and intense strings lead into the angriest song on the record – the band's dark unpicking of knife crime. “I wanted to write a song that addressed the issue … read more
Fightstar is a post-hardcore band, formed in 2003, from London, United Kingdom. The band consists of Charlie Simpson on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Alex Westaway on guitar and also providing vocals, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi. They have released three studio albums, "Grand Unification" in 2006, "One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours" in 2007 and most recently "Be Human" in April 2009. Before releasing any albums the band released "They Liked You Better When You Were Dead", a 6 track EP. And in 2008 they released a compilat… read more
Fightstar is a post-hardcore band, formed in 2003, from London, United Kingdom. The band consists of Charlie Simpson on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Alex Westaway on guitar and also providi… read more
Fightstar is a post-hardcore band, formed in 2003, from London, United Kingdom. The band consists of Charlie Simpson on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Alex Westaway on guitar and also providing vocals, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drumme… read more