Left to right: Gruff Rhys, Guto Pryce and Huw Bunford at Bridgwater Palace in September 2005.
Background information
Origin
Cardiff, Wales
Genres
Alternative rock
indie rock
power pop
neo-psychedelia
electronica
Britpop[1]
Years active
1993–2010
2015–2016 (on hiatus)
Labels
Epic
Creation
XL
Beggars Banquet
Rough Trade
Placid Casual
Flydaddy
Strangetown
Past members
Gruff Rhys Huw Bunford Guto Pryce Cian Ciaran Dafydd Ieuan Rhys Ifans
Website
www.superfurry.com
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993. For the duration of their professional career, the band consisted of Gruff Rhys (lead vocals, guitar), Huw Bunford (lead guitar, vocals), Guto Pryce (bass guitar), Cian Ciaran (keyboards, synthesisers, various electronics, occasional guitar, vocals), Dafydd Ieuan (drums, vocals). An earlier incarnation of the band featured actor Rhys Ifans on lead vocals. [2]
Super Furry Animals has recorded nine UK Albums Chart Top 25 studio albums (one BPI certified Gold and four certified Silver), plus numerous singles, EPs, compilations and collaborations. The band were known as central to the Cool Cymru era during which they were dominant, and are the act with the most top 40 hits without reaching the UK Singles Chart Top 10.[3] Over the course of nine albums, Super Furry Animals has been described as "one of the most imaginative bands of our time"[4] by Billboard, while according to a 2005 article in NME, "There's a case to be argued that [Super Furry Animals] were the most important band of the past 15 years".[5]
^Jasmine Albertson, "Super Furry Animals Announce New Box Set Covering Years of BBC Sessions", KEXP, 27 September 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^Hill, Sarah (2007). Blerwytirhwng?: the place of Welsh pop music. England: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9780754658986.
^"Charts analysis: Adele does the double on albums and singles charts | Analysis | Music Week".
^"Super Furry Animals Storm The U.K." Billboard. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 18 May 2014. Without a doubt, Super Furry Animals were one of the most imaginative bands of our time.
^Beaumont, Mark (24 August 2005). "Super Furry Animals : Love Kraft (review)". NME. IPC Media Entertainment Network. Retrieved 18 May 2014. There's a case to be argued that SFA were the most important band of the past 15 years.
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