Editors

Editors are a British indie rock/post-punk revival band from Birmingham, England, comprised of Tom Smith
(lyricist/vocalist/guitarist), Chris Urbanowicz (guitarist), Russ Leetch (bass guitarist) and Ed Lay (drummer), who met while studying at Staffordshire University, in Stafford, England during 2003. Their decision to dub themselves Editors was because of their obsession with editing wiki pages. They take their inspiration from bands such as Echo & the Bunnymen, R.E.M. and Elbow. Many people cite New York band Interpol as an influence but this has been adamantly denied by the band.

The band were originally known as (The) Pride, before they changed their line-up and became known as Snowfield, becoming a popular unsigned band. They remained with this name until they signed with Kitchenware Records in September 2004.

The band's debut single Bullets was released as a limited edition of 500 on Kitchenware Records on January 24, 2005; it quickly gained support from radio stations such as Xfm and BBC 6 Music - where it was the single of the week.

Their debut album, The Back Room, was released on 25 July 2005, to critical acclaim. The band toured out most of 2005, including two jaunts with We Are Scientists. However, after a pivotal support slot on Franz Ferdinand's Arena tour at the end of 2005, it was the re-release of single Munich in January 2006 that propelled them into the top 10 of the UK single's chart. The following May, Editors played three sell-out shows at London's Brixton Academy, and countless gigs worldwide. The album has now sold over 500,000 units.

The track French Disko on the b-side of the single is a Stereolab cover.

In June 2007 Editors released a second album, An End Has A Start which included the single Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors. This first track was released on June 18th 2007 in the UK, and June 26th in the US, however it was leaked onto the Internet earlier. Following a landmark appearence on The Other Stage at the Glastonbury festival, the album entered at number 1 in the UK album chart.

The album's title track, An End Has A Start was released on September 3rd, 2007 on CD, maxi-CD and 7" vinyl. The B-Side, Open Up was a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album.

Editors are due to release The Racing Rats on November 26th, 2007. It is speculated that the singles B-Side will be popular unreleased live track, Banging Heads.