Does It Offend You Yeah?
Biography
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are a British electro-rock band from Reading. The live band is made up of four members: James Rushent (bass, vocals), Dan Coop (synths), Morgan Quaintance (vocals, synths, guitar), and Rob Bloomfield (drums).
Does It Offend You, Yeah? are often compared to dance-oriented acts like Daft Punk, Justice and Digitalism. However, NME has also compared them to bands like Muse, Rage Against the Machine, and !!! due to their heavier, more 'live' sound. The group are known for their raucous live shows, which often end in stage diving and broken instruments.
They have remixed songs for major acts such as Muse and Bloc Party. They supported The Cribs on the NME Awards Tour, which took place at venues across the UK and Ireland at the start of 2008.
The band revealed the origins of their name as being from British sitcom The Office. In an interview with NME.com, synth player Dan Coop explained: "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 'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?' so we just went with that. No thought went into it whatsoever."
Catalogue
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You Have No Idea What You're Geting Yourself Into...
Album
Released: 29 March 2008
Tracklisting:
- Battle Royale
- Weird Science
- Being Bad Feels Pretty Good
- Let's Make Out
- Attack Of The 60 Ft Lesbian Octopus
- Doomed Now
- Dawn Of The Dead
- We Are Rockstars
- With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)
- Epic Last Song
