Ben Gautrey - vocals
Tom Bellamy - guitar
Dan Fisher - guitar
Kieran Mahon - keyboards
Jon Harper - drums
Didz Hammond - bass - left in 2005

A veritable hurricane of punk, angst and silly haircuts, the Cooper Temple Clause have been trading in a fine line of sort-of-prog, sort-of-metal since the late 1990s. Debut album See This Through And Leave, released in 2002, secured them a dedicated cult following, however it was 2003's Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose, with its top 40 hits Promises Promises and Blind Pilots which made them a verifiable success. Bassist Didz Hammond left the band to join Clash tribute band Dirty Pretty Things in september 2005. The rest of the band now share bass duties, with third album Make This Your Own due early 2007.

Photo by Sam LaHoz

Releases

• Head EP - single, out 09/04/2007 on Sequel. (post review)
• Make This Your Own - album, out 22/01/2007 on Sanctuary. 1 review (read/post)
• Waiting Game - single, out 01/01/2007 on Sanctuary. 1 review (read/post)
• Homo Sapiens - single, out 23/10/2006 on Sanctuary. (post review)
• Blind Pilots - single, out 10/11/2003 on Morning. (post review)
• Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose - album, out 08/09/2003 on Morning. 1 review (read/post)
• Promises, Promises - single, out 01/09/2003 on Morning. 1 review (read/post)
• Who Need's Enemies - single, out 06/05/2002 on Morning. (post review)
• See This Through And Leave - album, out 11/02/2002 on BMG. 1 review (read/post)
• Film Maker - single, out 21/01/2002 on BMG. 1 review (read/post)
• Let's Kill Music - single, out 17/09/2001 on RCA. 1 review (read/post)
• Panzer Attack - single, out 11/06/2001. 1 review (read/post)
• The Hardware E.P - single, out 12/03/2001 on RCA. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 05 Apr at London Shepherds Bush Empire. (post review)
• Thu 08 Mar at Paris Nouveau Casino. (post review)
• Wed 01 Nov at Cambridge Junction. (post review)
• Tue 31 Oct at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
• Mon 30 Oct at Edinburgh Liquid Rooms. (post review)
• Sat 28 Oct at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
• Fri 27 Oct at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
• Wed 25 Oct at Liverpool Barfly. (post review)
• Tue 24 Oct at Carlisle The Brickyard. (post review)
• Sat 21 Oct at Lincoln The Shed at Lincoln University. (post review)
• Fri 20 Oct at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
• Thu 19 Oct at Colchester University Of Essex. (post review)
• Wed 18 Oct at London Koko. (post review)
• Tue 17 Oct at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
• Sun 15 Oct at Southampton University SU. (post review)
• Sat 14 Oct at Bristol Thekla Social. (post review)
• Fri 13 Oct at Cardiff University. (post review)
• Thu 12 Oct at Exeter Phoenix. (post review)
• Sat 27 May at Nottingham Rock City. (post review)
• Thu 25 May at London Kings College London (KCLSU). (post review)
• Wed 24 May at Bristol Bierkeller. (post review)
• Mon 22 May at Norwich Waterfront. (post review)
• Sun 21 May at Reading University Students Union. 1 review (read/post)
• DiS Stage at Great Escape, Fri 19 May at Brighton The Zap Club. (post review)
• Wed 24 Aug at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 29 Apr at London Astoria. 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 01 Oct at London Bull and Gate. 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 18 Apr at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). 1 review (read/post)
• Thu 11 Apr at London Hackney Ocean. 1 review (read/post)
• Fri 18 Jan at Brighton Concorde. 1 review (read/post)
• Sat 29 Sep at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). 1 review (read/post)
• Tue 29 May at London Brixton Academy. 1 review (read/post)

News

• 06/07/2007: The Cooper Temple Clause to headline intimate DiS Great Escape show
• 06/07/2007: K! Festival @ Camber Sands, Line-up!
• 06/07/2007: Carling Weekender: News, Gossip and STUFF
• 06/07/2007: Middlesbrough Music Live 2002
• 06/07/2007: Reading 2002: More bands announced!!
• 06/07/2007: Free 'Boro
• 25/04/2007: The Coopers call it quits
• 30/01/2007: TCTC: giving you 'Head' between gigs
• 29/01/2007: Chart round-up: ZZzzzZzzzZZzzZZzzz...
• 15/01/2007: Chart round-up: who is buying Mika singles, and can they stop, please?

Features

• 06/07/2007: The Weekly DiScussion: An Open Letter To Muse
• 06/07/2007: The Great Escape: Preview and Podcast
• 06/07/2007: Reading/Leeds: Radio 1 Stage
• 06/07/2007: Carling Weekender 2003: Radio 1 Stage Reviews
• 06/07/2007: Glastonbury: Complete Line-up! - *Updated*
• 06/07/2007: Reading Preview: Seans Tours
• 16/05/2007: Another band dies at the discotheque: DiS remembers The Cooper Temple Clause
• 06/02/2007: A Month In Records: January 2007
• 22/12/2006: Release Lightning! DiS's guide to 2007's early releases...
• 21/12/2006: DiS's interviews of 2006: DiScoveries, heavy-hitters and silly Some Questions

Links

• Coopersville - Cooper Temple Clause fansite
• Peripheralanomaly - photo gallery
• The Cooper Temple Clause - fansite
• The Cooper Temple Clause - official site

User ratings