Do Me Bad Things

Do Me Bad Things
Do Me Bad Things performing at the Radio 1 One Big Weekend 2005.
Background information
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Soul, blues, rock, heavy metal
Years active	2003–2006, 2015-present
Labels	Atlantic Records
Past members	Nicolai Prowse Chantal Brown Mark Woods Tom Shotton Alex Lewis Adam Mallett Rich Aldhurst Clare Macdonald-Haig Kimberley Whalley

Do Me Bad Things are a nine-piece blues/rock/soul/metal band from Croydon, London, who formed in 2003 and split up in January 2006 before recently reforming in early 2015.

They started out supposedly not intending to be a band, and admit to having no aspirations of fame. Do Me Bad Things (DMBT) began on 14 February 2003 with Alex Lewis, Tom Shotton and Adam Mallett deciding to create a rock trio for fun. Eventually they realised that their material needed to have three vocalists in places, and they needed another vocalist for other songs. Nicolai Prowse (vocals) had been in bands with Shotton and Rich Aldhurst when they were younger, as had Lewis. The line-up grew with the introduction of Chantal Brown, with whom Shotton had been working in a bookshop.

They spent time rehearsing and playing gigs in local venues, one of which at the Archway pub was viewed by Must Destroy Records, who signed them up to Atlantic Records. Do Me Bad Things' June 2004 release, "The Song Rides" gained airplay on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, and earned a session with XFM's John Kennedy. Summer 2004 was spent supporting other acts, and making a name for themselves at the Carling Weekend and Download Festival

October 2004 brought the release of the single "Time for Deliverance", which launched them further into the mainstream, getting regular video performances and television appearances. By November and December 2004 DMBT were touring the UK's biggest arenas supporting fellow Must Destroy band The Darkness on their Permission to Land tour.

In 2005, their debut album, Yes! was issued, and later in June their third single, "What's Hideous", was released. It was accompanied with an appearance on CD:UK, and "What's Hideous" entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Near the end of 2005 also saw the departure of backing vocalists Kimberley Whalley and Clare Macdonald-Haig, for undisclosed reasons.