History Music / TheHorrors

* StageNames: Part of the band’s ''Strange House'' image. Back then, they were known as Faris Rotter, Joshua von Grimm (or Joshua Third), Tomethy Furse, [[IncrediblyLamePun Spider Webb]], and Coffin Joe.

Their lineup consists of:

Album/[=EP=] Discography:

* PeekABangs: Joshua Hayward and Faris Badwan, although Faris reveals his eyes more these days, [[DeathGlare making some people very uncomfortable]].

The Horrors are a band of [[GenreMashup eclectic stylings]] based in Southend-on-Sea, England, and founded on their mutual fascination with vastly different genres of music and their hobbies of collecting vinyl records. Their debut album, ''Strange House'', brought them tons of media attention through their unique image, their varied and unlikely influences (from Music/JoyDivision and Music/{{Bauhaus}} to [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] to The Gun Club to Music/{{Kraftwerk}}) and the fact that they simply didn’t care as to what people thought of them. Their stressful stint as an opening act for Music/ArcticMonkeys in 2006 made apparent the potential of the frontman, Faris Badwan, for violence and general antipathy toward the audience. Notable examples include scaling everything in sight, hurling paint buckets and trash cans into the crowd, and threatening the audience with rocks and large pieces of glass.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: “I Can’t Control Myself”.

** “I Can’t Control Myself”. May or may not allude to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbation]] at some point.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Faris Badwan.
** TheLancer: Joshua Hayward.
** TheSmartGuy: Tom Cowan.
** TheChick: Rhys Webb.
** TheBigGuy: Joe Spurgeon (he’s actually the smallest of the group, but his drum playing lends him to fill this role).
* [[FourTemperamentEnsemble Five-Temperament Ensemble]]: Faris (Melancholic), Rhys (Sanguine), Tom (Choleric), Josh (Phlegmatic), Joe (Eclectic).

* KillEmAll: The plot of “Death At The Chapel”.

* NiceShoes: Josh has/had his white boots. The same kind of shoe appears on the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img-thing_4782.jpg “I AM A HORROR” shirt]].

The Horrors are a band of [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly eclectic stylings]] based in Southend-on-Sea, England, and founded on their mutual fascination with vastly different genres of music and their hobbies of collecting vinyl records. Their debut album, ''Strange House'', brought them tons of media attention through their unique image, their varied and unlikely influences (from Music/JoyDivision and Music/{{Bauhaus}} to [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] to The Gun Club to Music/{{Kraftwerk}}) and the fact that they simply didn’t care as to what people thought of them. Their stressful stint as an opening act for Music/ArcticMonkeys in 2006 made apparent the potential of the frontman, Faris Badwan, for violence and general antipathy toward the audience. Notable examples include scaling everything in sight, hurling paint buckets and trash cans into the crowd, and threatening the audience with rocks and large pieces of glass.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly:

** Music/DavidBowie's "Suffragette City" and Music/{{Beyonce}}'s [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent "Best Thing You Never Had"]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** "Gil Sleeping", the only instrumental ever released by the band. It helps that it doesn't sound anything like the other songs on ''Strange House'', either.
** "Monica Gems", although the effect could be ascribed to its position on the album between two much longer and much spacier songs.
** The ''Lout'' EP makes an unexpected shift into IndustrialMetal.

** The ''Lout'' and ''Against the Blade'' EPs saw the band go full industrial.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Strange House'' comes in at 5-6, and post-''Primary Colours'' the band stuck to the lower end of the scale at 1 or 2. However ''Lout'' and ''Against the Blade'', being much heavier than their previous work, falls at a 8.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Strange House'' comes in at 5-6. These days, they stick to the lower end of the scale at 1 or 2.

* WaistcoatOfStyle: Worn often during the ''Strange House'' era.

Faris Badwan has done numerous musical side projects, most notably Cat’s Eyes with Canadian opera singer (and possible girlfriend) Rachel Zeffira. He is also an avid drawer and has had two art exhibits, ''Drawing A Straight Number 9'' and ''Creatures in Colour''. is also a talented soccer/football player (the latter much to people’s surprise). Bassist Rhys Webb and synth player Tom Cowan have collaborated on a side project under the name Spider and the Flies, and have released a self-titled [=EP=].

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Primary Colours'', and to an extent ''Skying''. The ''Lout'' EP is full-on IndustrialRock.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Primary Colours'', and to an extent ''Skying''.

** "I Only Think Of You" - 7:09.
** “Sea Within A Sea” - 7:59.
** "Moving Further Away" - 8:34, presently the band's longest song.
** "Oceans Burning" - 7:50.
** "I See You" - 7:26.

* Faris Badwan: vocals, lyrics
* Joshua Hayward: guitar
* Tom Cowan: synthesizer; bassist during ''Strange House'' era
* Rhys Webb: bass/backing vocals; organist/keyboardist during ''Strange House'' era
* Joe Spurgeon: drums