Research Into Chosen Artist (the 1975)

George Watkins

From: Cheshire, England

Genres: Indie rock, Pop, Electro pop

Years active: 2002 - present

Labels: Dirty Hit, Polydor, Vagrant, Interscope

Members: Matthew Healy (Lead vocals, rhythm guitar),

 Adam Hann (Lead guitar), Ross McDonald (bass) and 

George Daniel (Drums). 

Net worth: $10,000,000

The 1975 formed by a group of school friends attending the Wilmslow High School and the group have been playing together since they were teenagers in 2002. There Gigs were organised by a council worker led band formally signed as ‘The 1975’, finding the name from a posthumous Jack Kerouac Beat poetry book. They eventually signed record deals with Dirty Hit and Polydor after a successful start to the bands life cycle.

The 1975 made their self-titled debut which was released on the 2^nd of September 2013 through the record labels; Dirty Hit and Polydor, topping the UK album chart on September 8. Recently the 1975 have become more popular as in 2016 their album ‘I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it’ which was released in late February 2016 which went on to top both the UK charts and the US Billboard200. In their early career when they weren’t as well-known they made several appearances on radio stations to help promote their songs for example in late 2012 radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe invited the 1975 on show to perform their current single ‘sex’ which they released on the 19^th of November in that same year. Also in 2012 the popularity of the 1975 grew further as they toured with the ‘Rolling Stones’ who were a very popular band at this time.

In 2013 the 1975 continued to gain popularity across the globe as in this year they released the album ‘VI’ which charted in the UK and was also aired in several other countries across the globe and they also went on several tours performing at multiple festivals including headlining at the Freedom festivals. 2014 saw even more festivals including festivals abroad as they performed at one of the most famous festivals in the world ‘Coachella’ which is held in the US and also touring in Australia and New Zealand.  

My information was gathered from this source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1975