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Interpol
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Key facts
- Origin
- New York City , U.S.
- Genres
- Indie rock post-punk revival
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Labels
- Partisan Matador Soft Limit Capitol
- Members
- Paul Banks Daniel Kessler Sam Fogarino
- Past members
- Greg Drudy Carlos Dengler
- Website
- interpolnyc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Interpol
- Official website
- www.interpolnyc.com
- Image
- Interpol Concert in Las Vegas, September 19, 2005-4.jpg
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- Commons category
- Interpol (band)
- inception
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 198869
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- Interpol (band)
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- native label
- Interpol
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Interpol is an American rock band from Manhattan, New York. Formed in 1997, their original line-up consisted of Paul Banks (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Daniel Kessler (lead guitar, backing vocals), Carlos Dengler (bass guitar, keyboards), and Greg Drudy (drums). Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino. Dengler left to pursue other projects in 2010, with Banks taking on the additional in-studio role of bassist for their next three albums.
Having first performed at Luna Lounge alongside peers such as the Strokes, Longwave, the National, and Stellastarr, Interpol is one of the bands associated with the New York indie music scene and one of several groups that emerged from the post-punk revival of the 2000s. The band's sound is generally a mix of staccato bass and rhythmic, harmonized guitar with a snare-heavy mix, drawing comparisons to post-punk bands such as Joy Division, Television and the Chameleons, and also to Echo & the Bunnymen and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The band has no primary songwriter, with each member contributing to composition.