Fig 4.0 (pronounced "Figure Four") were a

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band from

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

and

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and civil parish in the North Yorkshire District, district and North Yorkshire, county of North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist de ...

, England, formed in 1999 from the remnants of

skacore Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music. Ska punk tends to feature brass instruments, especially horns such as trumpets, trombones and woodwind instruments like saxophones, making the genre ...

act "Tinker's Rucksack". 2001 saw the release of the album ''Action Image Exchange'' which presented a series of short, sharp hardcore punk songs, characterising the band's sound. After several years as popular stars of the DIY/underground

punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...

scene and growing underground success in the United States, the band split in 2004. Alderdice and Hastewell went on to form the band The Dauntless Elite. Coy is currently playing in the band Himself.

Musical style

The band have been categorised as

thrashcore Thrashcore (also known as fastcore) is a fast-tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore, adopting a slightly more extreme style by means of its vocals, dissonance, and occasiona ...

and

melodic hardcore Melodic hardcore is a broadly defined subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on melody in its guitar work. The style often includes guitar harmonies, riffs using octave chords, as well as broken chords. Additionally, lyrics tend towar ...

. At times their music borders the sound of

pop punk Pop-punk (also punk-pop, alternatively spelled without the hyphen) is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop music, pop. It is defined by its fast-paced, energetic tempos, and emphasis on classic pop s ...

and

rock and roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...

. Their music makes use of extremely high tempos contrasted with slower subdued ones and melodic guitar lines. Bombed Out records have described their vocal melodies as "left-field" and compared them to those of

Dillinger Four Dillinger Four (sometimes abbreviated as D4) is an American punk rock band formed in 1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They have released four full-length studio albums. Since 1996, the band's lineup has been Patrick Costello on bass guitar and v ...

Members

;Final line-up *Joe Alderdice - guitar, lead vocals (1999–2004) *Richard Storrow – guitar (2004) *Matt Coy - bass, backing vocals (1999–2004) *Steve Hastewell - drums (1999–2004) ;Previous members *Andrew Kidd - guitar, backing vocals (1999–2004)

Discography

EPs

*The Path the World Must Take to Avoid Total Annihilation (2000) *Ctrl+Alt+Del (2000)

Albums

*Action Image Exchange (2001)

Split EPs

*With Ensign (2002) *With Stand (2003) *With Twofold (2004)

References

{{Authority control Underground punk scene in the United Kingdom Musical groups from Harrogate Hardcore punk groups from Leeds Rock music groups from North Yorkshire