The Auteurs

The Auteurs were a British indie band that existed from 1993 to 1999. Their music was created between the early 1990s the fashionable genres of Britpop and American underground rock. Despite many positive reviews the highly acclaimed auteurs has never been granted the great success.

Biography

The songwriter Luke Haines played in his school years in various bands and was in his time at the College member of the band The Servants, which released two commercially unsuccessful albums. After the split of the group he founded in 1993 with his girlfriend Alice Readman, who had also played with The Servants, The Auteurs and James Banbury. On their plates, the group was always accompanied by other musicians.

The first single Showgirl go, was highly praised by the press, especially the Melody Maker. Therefore, to conclude a contract with Hut Records succeeded. The album New Wave was in 1994 nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, but the award went to Suede and their eponymous album. The band's music has been associated with the successful Britpop movement, which, however, Haines displeased; he was carried away in the sequence to derogatory statements about colleagues.

1995 saw the well-received of criticism successors Now I'm a Cowboy. The record starts with the song Lenny Valentino, which denote a number of critics as Haines' best song. The Auteurs vs. μ - Ziq, a remix album in the autumn of the same year clearly showed the demarcation of the Britpop movement.

The album After Murder Park from 1996 is considered by fans as the most popular. Producer Steve Albini created a catchy sound that the poetic texts began to express strength in songs like Country Lovers, Unsolved Child Murder and Buddha.

After the remix album with μ - ziq and After Murder Park Haines said in a 1996 interview that he would find interesting worthless Belgian techno than pop music in the late 1990s, the concept of the rock band is out of date for him; as an example he cites The Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis.

After Haines on his project Baader Meinhof, named after the RAF terrorists Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, concentrated, it took until 1999 before with How I Learned to Love the Boot Boys, the next and final Auteurs album should appear. Then Haines placing more emphasis on electronic sound, which deterred many older trailers.

Haines founded the prestigious artpop band Black Box Recorder and launched individual projects that fell through again and again. James Banbury founded with Paul Morley, the group Infantjoy, but these had no more success.

Main cast

  • Luke Haines - Guitar, piano, vocals
  • Alice Readman - Bass Guitar
  • James Banbury - Cello

Discography

Album

  • New Wave ( March 1993 )
  • Now I'm a Cowboy (May 1994)
  • After Murder Park, ( March 1996)
  • How I Learned to Love the Boot Boys, (May 1999)

EP

  • The Auteurs vs. μ - Ziq (Remixes ) ( October 1994)
  • Back With the Killer (1995 )

Singles

  • Showgirl (1992 )
  • How Could I Be Wrong (1993 )
  • House Breaker ( 1993)
  • New French Girlfriend ( 1993)
  • Lenny Valentino (1993 )
  • Chinese Bakery (1994 )
  • Kid's Issue ( 1996)
  • Light Aircraft on Fire (1996 )
  • The Rubettes (1999)
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