Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Ashburn

Making their name with full-bodied, hard-hitting punk rock reinforced with a hard rock undercurrent, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes were formed in 2015 by <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a>, former lead singer with the successful U.K. punk band <a href="spotify:artist:0LpwbxbT8dPiqUnul4ngzu">Gallows</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> was a founding member of <a href="spotify:artist:0LpwbxbT8dPiqUnul4ngzu">Gallows</a> in 2005, but in 2011 he came to an impasse with the group over their musical direction. <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> left the band and debuted a new group, <a href="spotify:artist:2KV7qDNZM2xuNvpxWJErJg">Pure Love</a>, in 2012, whose sound was more indebted to mainstream rock and had a more positive lyrical stance. <a href="spotify:artist:2KV7qDNZM2xuNvpxWJErJg">Pure Love</a> released a handful of singles and one album, 2013's Anthems, but in April 2014, <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> announced the digital release of the group's final recordings. In March 2015, <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> launched a new project, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, with <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> on lead vocals, Dean Richardson (formerly of Heights) on guitar, Thomas Mitchener (another alumnus of <a href="spotify:artist:0LpwbxbT8dPiqUnul4ngzu">Gallows</a>) on bass, and Memby Jago (who'd previously worked with <a href="spotify:artist:7uw1sdrPQ0KF1BqLdz3wWA">the Ghost of a Thousand</a>) on drums. With a sound that returned <a href="spotify:artist:4MgDcvwMUlJVx2KbG6E8ik">Carter</a> to the forceful sound of <a href="spotify:artist:0LpwbxbT8dPiqUnul4ngzu">Gallows</a>, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes made their recorded debut with the 2015 EP Rotten, and in August 2015 they dropped their first full-length album, Blossom. The band was soon touring regularly in the U.K. and Europe, and in 2016 they introduced a new lineup, with Mitchener and Jago replaced by a new rhythm section of drummer Gareth Grover (formerly of <a href="spotify:artist:0LpwbxbT8dPiqUnul4ngzu">Gallows</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3Q4lDnYn3dvv9FKGwcg7JW">Haunts</a>) and bassist Tom "Tank" Barclay. Carter & the Rattlesnakes' second album, Modern Ruin, was released in January 2017 and saw a slight return to the more melodic alt-rock sound the frontman had explored with <a href="spotify:artist:2KV7qDNZM2xuNvpxWJErJg">Pure Love</a>, with positive results -- the album sold well, and the band was a major draw that year on the festival circuit. 2019's End of Suffering, which included the bruising single "Crowbar," continued in a similar vein. With the tour for their previous album cut short by Covid-19, the band used the time throughout lockdown to write and produce their fourth record, 2021's Sticky, which featured a guest appearance from <a href="spotify:artist:75mafsNqNE1WSEVxIKuY5C">Idles</a>' Joe Talbot on the lead track "My Town." ~ Mark Deming

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Our brand new album Sticky featuring singles Go Get A Tattoo, Off With His Head and My Town is out now! https://fctr.ffm.to/sticky

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Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

Dark Rainbow (Deluxe)

Dark Rainbow

Sticky

Blossom (Deluxe)

EOS_REMIXES_001

End of Suffering

23 Live At Brixton Academy

Modern Ruin

Blossom

Live From The Bataclan (Paris)

Self Love

Brambles

Man Of The Hour

Parasite

The Drugs

Off with His Head (feat. Cassyette)

Go Get A Tattoo (feat. Lynks)

Sticky

My Town (feat. Joe Talbot)