The 1975

The 1975 is an indie rock band from Cheshire, England. They became a band in 2012 and currently reside in Manchester. Matt(y) Healy (Vocals, guitar), Adam Hann (guitar), George Daniel (drums, backing vocals) and Ross MacDonald (bass) met in high school. They became friends and started playing music together, but they didn’t become a legitimate band until about eight years later. They have been a part of Dirty Hit, Polydor UK, Vagrant, and Interscope records.

The band has had four EPs and one studio album between 2012 and 2015, all of which have gained national airplay in England. Their first single to have radio airtime was “The City” which was from their Debut EP, Facedown. Towards the end of 2012 the band released their next EP, Sex, which featured their next hit “Sex”.

The 1975 was on a roll by the end of 2012 and continued to put out music. This continued with their Music for Cars EP in November of 2013. Their last and most recent EP, IV, was released in May of 2013. This was the lead up to their first self-entitled studio album that was released in September of 2013 which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Over the course of their music career, The 1975 have toured with bands like The Neighborhood, Muse, and have ecen opened for The Rolling Stones at one of their pop-up shows in July of 2013 when they played Hyde Park.

While their name is unique and one would think that it has some personal meaning to at least one of the members it doesn’t. Matt Healy thought of using the name for the band after finding it in the back of a book that he got off a friend when he was 19. He had received many old books from the man and in the back of one of them was an entry that ‘It was all quite mad, quite suicidal” and it was dated ‘1st of June, The 1975” which caught Matty’s attention. The band mulled over other names such as Drive Like I Do, The Slowdown, Talkhouse, and Bigsleep.

         I love The 1975 and all of their music. It’s so soulful and you can hear the emotion in Matty’s voice while he sings. Adam, Ross, and George play their instruments so well and they are just such an awesome band. I would love to see them live, but they unfortunately haven’t come near Buffalo on any of their previous US tours.