Jasper Future

Art Brut
Art Brut in 2006. From left to right: Feedback, Future, Catskilkin, Breyer (behind), and Argos.
Background information
Origin	Deptford/Bournemouth, England
Genres	Indie rock
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Downtown Records Fierce Panda Records Mute Records RCRD LBL
Associated acts	The Art Goblins Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band
Website	ArtBrut.org.uk
Members	Eddie Argos Ian Catskilkin Freddy Feedback Stephen Gilchrist Toby MacFarlaine
Past members	Mikey Breyer Chris Chinchilla Jasper Future

Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007. Named after French painter Jean Dubuffet's definition of outsider art - art by prisoners, loners, the mentally ill, and other marginalized people, and made without thought to imitation or presentation - South London's Art Brut were tagged by NME as part of the "Art Wave" scene that also included bands such as The Rakes, Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party.

The band was formed in 2003, after Eddie Argos met guitarist Chris Chinchilla at an afterparty hosted by London indie rock band Ciccone in 2002. Argos also invited Ian Catskilkin, whom he knew from the Bournemouth music scene, to join on guitars. They were joined by Freddy Feedback on bass guitar and Mikey Breyer on drums. The band played their first gig in May 2003.

The band recorded Brutlegs later in 2003, produced by Keith Top of the Pops, containing the first versions of "Formed a Band", "Modern Art" and "Moving to LA" and made it available. Angular Recording Corporation put out a compilation featuring "Formed a Band". NME journalist Anthony Thornton heard the song and sent an MP3 to Rough Trade, and the label offered Art Brut a deal to release it as a single.

"Formed a Band" was released in the UK, as a single, in May 2004 reaching No. 52 on the UK Singles Chart. It also appeared on the soundtrack to FIFA Street 2 – a game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation Portable. Blender described them as the best unsigned band in the UK. During the rest of 2004, they played gigs throughout the UK with The Fades including a first-anniversary gig at the Tate Britain.