The Chemical Brothers Profile

Formed: at the University of Manchester in Manchester, England (1995)

Genres:
Techno, Big Beat, House, Trip Hop, Electronica

Members:
Tom Rowlands (born on January 11th, 1971, in Kingston-Upon-Thames, England)
Ed Simons ( born in Herne Hill, South London, England on 9 June, 1970)

Originally Called: "The Dust Brothers", but the threat of legal action forced them to change their name in 1995.

Debut Album: Exit Planet Dust ( July 1995 )

Breakthrough Singles:
"Leave Home" (1995)
"Loops of Fury EP" (1996)
"Setting Sun" (1996)
"Block Rockin' Beats" (1997)
"Elektrobank" (1997)
"Hey Boy Hey Girl" (1999)
"Let Forever Be" (1999)
"It Began in Afrika" (2001)
"Star Guitar" (2002)
"Galvanize" (2005)

Name Game: "The Chemical Brothers" after "Chemical Beats"

Rowland Influences: Heaven 17, Kraftwerk, New Order Cabaret Voltaire, Jesus and Mary Chain, Public Enemy My Bloody Valentine.

Ed Simons Influences: New Order and The Smiths.

Did You Know:
Ed Simons two main interests when he was young were aeroplanes and musicals.

Ed Simons developed a fondness of rare groove and Hip hop music hip hop, after frequenting a club called The Mud Club when he was 14.

Rowlands became obsessed with Scotland when he was a child, and loved the bagpipes .

Rowlands was also in a band called Ariel prior to meeting up with Simons.