Therapy? is a rock band that was founded in 1989 in Northern Ireland.
In 2009 the band released their twelfth studio album. There are also a
best-of album and several singles of their work.
Therapy? was founded in 1989, by Andy Cairns (vocals, guitar) and Fyfe
Ewing (drums) in Northern Ireland. That same year, the band recorded their
first demo and Michael McKeegan (bass), former school friend of Fyfe
Ewing, joined the band. In 1990 the band toured for the first time in
Britain and released their first single, with a circulation of 1,000
pieces. In addition, the recording started for the first album Babyteeth,
which was published in July 1991.
In 1992 the band released the album Pleasure Death, which was placed in
the British indie charts. This was followed by a great European tour and a
recording contract with A & M Records. At the end of the year Therapy?
brought the Nurse album with the single Teethgrinder out. In 1993 the band
landed with Screamager, i.e. the corresponding EP Short Sharp Shock, in
ninth place in the UK charts, accompanied by a sold-out tour and an
appearance on Top of the Pops. After a two month U.S. tour with support by
the band Helmet and The Jesus Lizard, they began in Northern Ireland,
together with their producer Chris Sheldon in the preparation of their
next album Troublegum, what was in 1994 a great success, and won several
music awards.
Infernal Love appeared in 1995 with the fifth studio album by the band
that had been successfully touring outside Europe. In 1996 drummer Fyfe
Ewing left the band and was replaced two months later by Graham Hopkins
(drums) and Martin McCarrick (guitar, cello). That same year, the now
four-piece band played an opening act for Ozzy Osbourne in America. The
band released their next album in Europe in 1998 called Semi-Detached.
During their corresponding European tour their record label A & M went
broke - the planned handover to Mercury Records failed.
Semi-Detached wasn't initially released in the U.S.. and the rest of
the European tour, the band had to finance out of their own pocket. After
a poor start in 1999 because of drummer Graham Hopkins injury, and not
being able to play the drums for three months, the band got a new
recording contract with ARK 21 Records, provided for their only moderately
successful album Suicide Pact - You First.
In 2000, the band's best-of album So Much for the Ten Year Plan - A
Retrospective 1990-2000 came out, and they started touring in Europe. The
year 2001 started well at first: Therapy? played in the United States, and
the band recorded their next album. After a few more concerts it came to a
re-break with the record company and drummer Graham Hopkins, which is why
the Shameless album was released later in the year. For the already
planned concerts in 2002 helped drummer Keith Baxter out. Keith Baxter
died on January 4 2008 of liver failure.
In autumn 2002, with Spitfire Records, a new record label, High Anxiety
was released on the 2003 album. The rest of the year the band spent at
concerts and in the studio. In 2004 came the break with Martin McCarrick.
In September of that year the band released their tenth album Never
Apologise Never Explain. At the end of April in 2006 they released their
eleventh album One Cure Fits All.
In December 2007, Therapy? wrote a worldwide deal with the British
hard-rock label Demolition Records and began work shortly thereafter with
the twelfth album Crooked Timber, which came out on in March 2009.
2010 live album, first ever
official live album. Recorded over 3 nights in March, 2010 at the
London Water Rats Theatre as part of their 20th anniversary
celebrations. Tracks include: Crooked Timber, Turn, Meat Abstract,
Isolation, Nausea, Die Laughing, Potato ...
High
Anxiety (2003) Gold;
24 Bit Remastered; Limited Edition; Digipak
High Anxiety is Therapy?'s
first set of new material since 2001's Shameless, the band's first
for Spitfire, and the debut of ex-Beyond basher Neil Cooper behind
the drum kit. It might be the best example yet of Therapy?'s sound,
which ...
There was a point when
Therapy? were one of the biggest "buzz bands" in Europe --
thanks in part to seemingly nonstop coverage in such publications as
Kerrang! and Metal Hammer. But the buzz eventually dissipated, as
Therapy? in the ...
Additional personnel includes:
Rich Jones (guitar); Barrett Martin (vibraphone, percussion); Rob
Zgaljic (cowbell). A slight return to punk and hard rock form,
Shameless records a Therapy? intent on capturing its own
late-'80s/early-'90s rock underground aesthetic with just a bit more
melodic ...
The final vocal line on
Infernal Love might be "There is a light at the end of the
tunnel," but there's no denying that Infernal Love is anything
but optimistic; it's an unrelentingly dark and sometimes bluntly
turgid record. Anyone ...
CAUCASIAN PSYCHOSIS contains
the BABYTEETH EP, the PLEASURE DEATH EP, and the "Meat
Abstract" single. Therapy?: Andy Cairns (guitar, vocals);
Michael (bass); Fyfe (drums, vocals). Producers: Mudd, Therapy?,
Harvey Birrell, John Loder. Personnel: Andy Cairns (vocals, guitar);
Fyfe Ewing (drums). Photographer: Lori Barbero.
Subtitled: Music Through A
Cheap Transistor. 2007 two CD trip through the Irish rockers' BBC
archives. Therapy? might have been amongst the vast number of bands
who benefited from the rise of Nirvana and grunge in the early '90s,
but ...
Therapy?'s sardonically-named
retrospective So Much for the Ten Year Plan gathers singles,
highlights from their albums, and two new tracks, "Bad Karma
Follows You Around" and "Fat Camp." From their first
single "Meat Abstract" to churning, angst-ridden pop like
"Screamager" ...
This is an enhanced audio CD
which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Very unapologetically, Suicide Pact says "Screw you if you
don't like me." Shedding any sense of pop hooks, Andy Cairns
and company resort to meat cleavers ...
2010 live album, first ever
official live album. Recorded over 3 nights in March, 2010 at the
London Water Rats Theatre as part of their 20th anniversary
celebrations. Tracks include: Crooked Timber, Turn, Meat Abstract,
Isolation, Nausea, Die Laughing, Potato ...
High
Anxiety (2003) Gold;
24 Bit Remastered; Limited Edition; Digipak
High Anxiety is Therapy?'s
first set of new material since 2001's Shameless, the band's first
for Spitfire, and the debut of ex-Beyond basher Neil Cooper behind
the drum kit. It might be the best example yet of Therapy?'s sound,
which ...
A stopgap EP finds Therapy?
honing their melodic skills while keeping the aggressive guitar
assault. Although its best moments are repeated on the full-length
Troublegum, the rest of the EP is strong enough to satisfy fans. ~
Stephen Thomas Erlewine All ...
