{"id":298,"date":"2015-12-28T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T23:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danhudson.net\/?p=298"},"modified":"2016-11-17T00:38:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T23:38:54","slug":"the-theory-of-enter-shikari-six-reasons-the-st-albans-rockers-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danhudson.net\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"The Theory of Enter Shikari: Six reasons the St Albans rockers rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2006, I went to see an unsigned band open the 3rd stage at Download, quite possibly because it was unbearably hot outside and the half-empty tent provided some much-needed shade. As it turns out, their set was mind-blowing, and the next 12 months were a complete whirlwind for Enter Shikari and by the following year, they were back at Donington Park as main support to Korn on the second stage.<\/p>\n

I worried at the time that such a meteoric rise could only be matched by a meteoric downfall when the NME and Kerrang! moved on to the next band to hype.\u00a0Certainly, if anyone had suggested back then that nearly 10 years later the St Albans four-piece would be headlining the 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace, and would release comfortably my favourite rock album of 2015 in\u00a0The Mindsweep<\/em>, I\u2019d never have believed you.<\/p>\n

How on earth did they manage it? Here are my six potential theories\u2026<\/p>\n

1. The Enter Shikari Album Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is still to be confirmed as an actual scientific theory, but basically every Shikari album to date is better than their previous one.<\/p>\n

\u2026or expressed as an equation.<\/p>\n

ES = TM > AFFOC > CD > TTTS<\/p>\n

2. They are incredible live<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether they\u2019re doing mega intimate shows, closing Warped Tour UK, or headlining the second stage at Download, no two Shikari gigs are the same.\u00a0The only constant is the energy between both crowd and band (and when they\u2019re not touring as the main band, the four members of Enter Shikari continue to play live dance sets under the alias,\u00a0Shikari Sound System).<\/p>\n

3. They always bring amazing support acts with them<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s never any danger of\u00a0Enter Shikari\u00a0being upstaged, (see Point 2) so they don\u2019t have any issue taking amazing bands out on the road with them, including letlive., Hundred Reasons, Young Guns, The King Blues, Cancer Bats and Stray From The Path. Next\u00a0February\u00a0they\u2019ll have\u00a0The Wonder Years and The King Blues<\/a>\u00a0out with them.<\/p>\n

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4. They mean what they say<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026and it\u2019s not just \u2018F**k the system\u2019 either. 2015\u2019s\u00a0The Mindsweep<\/em>\u00a0contains their opinions on everything from the privatisation of the NHS and global warming, to the banking crisis and Greek philosophy.\u00a0In fact, earlier this month frontman\u00a0Rou Reynolds wrote an articulate, thought-provoking blog on the UK\u2019s airstrikes in Syria via\u00a0Rock Sound<\/a>.<\/p>\n

5. When they started, people thought they were a joke<\/strong><\/p>\n

Back in 2007, unfairly lumped in with the awful \u2018New Rave\u2019 trend of the time, nobody would have thought their rock\/rave hybrid was more than a passing phase. All of those bands are now long gone, whereas Enter Shikari have never been bigger or better.<\/p>\n

6. They\u2019ve maintained their DIY ethic<\/strong><\/p>\n

The band run a label Ambush Reality which put out their early releases, and have also signed the noisy, Nottingham four-piece, Heck.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enter Shikari tour the UK with The Wonder Years and The King Blues between 18 \u2013 27 February 2016<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2006, I went to see an unsigned band open the 3rd stage at Download, quite possibly because it was unbearably hot outside and the half-empty tent provided some much-needed shade. As it turns out, their set was mind-blowing, and the next 12 months were a complete whirlwind for Enter Shikari and by the following… <\/p>\n

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