Pendulum (drum and bass group)

Pendulum
Pendulum at the Electric Ballroom in London, England in 2007.
Background information
Origin	Perth, Australia
Genres	Drum and bass electronic rock
Years active	2002–2012, 2016–present
Labels	Breakbeat Kaos Warner Music UK Earstorm Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Xygen Knife Party DJ Fresh Freestylers Adam F Destroid The Prodigy Tom Morello The Crystal Method Linkin Park Powerman 5000 Orbital In Flames
Website	pendulum.com
Members	Rob Swire Gareth McGrillen Paul 'El Hornet' Harding Peredur ap Gwynedd KJ Sawka
Past members	Ben Mount Paul Kodish

Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002. Pendulum originally formed in the city of Perth, Western Australia by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul "El Hornet" Harding. The band was later expanded to include members, Ben Mount, Peredur ap Gwynedd, and KJ Sawka. Members Swire and McGrillen also formed the electro house duo Knife Party. The group is notable for its distinctive sound, mixing electronic music with hard rock and covering a wide range of genres.

In 2003, Swire, McGrillen and Harding relocated to the United Kingdom. The debut studio album, Hold Your Colour, was released in 2005 to positive critical reception. While Hold Your Colour was mostly of the drum and bass genre, the succeeding albums In Silico and Immersion saw experimentation of other genres such as industrial rock and electronic rock.

In August 2013, Swire announced that a new album may be released in 2014, although Swire and McGrillen later confessed on their Reddit AMA that they had become disillusioned with Pendulum and have no interest at present in producing any new material. Despite this, on 20 March 2016, Pendulum reunited to perform at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida, marking their official return as a live act.

Before Pendulum, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen were in multiple rock and metal music bands before Swire influenced McGrillen into producing electronic music on their computers. Harding had been the drummer in a punk band since the mid 1990s. Both their bands had played together at the same shows, but they did not meet until a Drum and Bass night in 2002. They all had a passion for electronic music and formed Pendulum, incorporating their previous influences of rock and metal music from their previous projects.