History Trivia / Pendulum

* BlackSheepHit:
** In the United States, Hold Your Colour is probably their most well-known album, despite being very different stylistically to their other albums. Pretty much averted everywhere else though.
** "The Island" is this for the entire band, being a House song.
* ContentLeak: The cover art for the Elemental EP was posted on VK about a month before it was officially revealed.
* CreatorBacklash:
** Rob admitted in an AMA on Reddit that he really doesn't like ''In Silico'' all that much, due to the album's ToughActToFollow status amongst the fandom following ''Hold Your Colour'' as well as realizing the album wasn't as good as he thought it was after being released.
** As a whole, Rob has also admitted to disliking Pendulum a lot during the band's main days, as he felt the songs created got very repetitive fast, and the Drum n' Bass community was quite toxic overall. These factors were ultimately why Rob and Gareth would start up Music/KnifeParty instead, although they would later return to Pendulum starting in 2021.
* CreatorBreakdown: After releasing ''Immersion'' in 2010, Rob made it adamant that he and Gareth had little interest in continuing to make music with Pendulum due to growing disillusioned with the drum-and-bass community, and because they wanted to focus on their dubstep-based ''Music/KnifeParty'' project instead. Over time, Rob has shown more interest in returning to Pendulum, which culminated in a remix EP being released in 2018, and two new singles being released in September of 2020.
* DyeHard: Rob Swire's hair is naturally a light brown, but you can't really tell now.
* MissingEpisode:
** Ransom. Originally slated for release on "Immersion", it was partially previewed and became a fan favorite, but was dropped for the final release due to the band believing it didn't fit with the sound of the album and "got boring after the intro". It appeared to be lost due to the final version's project files being corrupted, but eventually reached the light of day as it was released as a charity single in April 2011 to benefit earthquake aid appeal for Japan.
** "Visions" is the one vocal Pendulum track (and song off of ''In Silico'') that never got played and never will be played live, likely due to the type of vocoder used in the track.
* OldShame: Rob and Gareth ''really'' don't like to talk about their band from several years ago, Xygen. Also crosses over with CanonDiscontinuity, as "Hold Your Colour" outright ''samples'' a Xygen song.
* TheRedStapler: Rob Swire's use of the Starr Labs Ztar Z6 model MIDI guitar controller on songs where he does vocals led to MIDI guitar controllers regaining popularity after
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: "Nothign For Free" was initially going to be a Music/KnifeParty track, but it was repurposed this band in 2020 instead.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Starting in the 2010s, Rob and Gareth started focusing more on their side project, Music/KnifeParty in lieu of this band due to their dissatisfaction with fans harassing them for new material and disliking the music they made. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set and occasional live act, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album. While the band says that they're working on new material, nothing surfaced for a long time minus a remix album being released in 2018. Come late 2020, however, [[ThrowTheDogABone teases of a fourth album, including three new singles, have been released]].

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Rob and Gareth are now focusing more on their side project, Music/KnifeParty. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set and occasional live act, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album. While the band says that they're working on new material, nothing has surfaced minus a remix album being released in 2018. Come late 2020, however, [[ThrowTheDogABone teases of a fourth album, including three new singles, have been released]].

** Averted with "Ransom". Originally slated for release on "Immersion", it was partially previewed and became a fan favorite, but was dropped for the final release due to the band believing it didn't fit with the sound of the album and "got boring after the intro". It appeared to be lost due to the final version's project files being corrupted, but eventually reached the light of day as it was released as a charity single in April 2011 to benefit earthquake aid appeal for Japan.

* OldShame: Rob and Gareth ''really'' don't like to talk about their band from several years ago, Xygen.
** Also crosses over with CanonDiscontinuity, as "Hold Your Colour" outright ''samples'' a Xygen song.
* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Rob and Gareth are now focusing more on their side project, Music/KnifeParty. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set and occasional live act, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album. While the band says that they're working on new material, nothing has surfaced minus a remix album being released in 2018. Come late 2020, however, [[ThrowTheDogABone teases of a fourth album, including two new singles, have been released]].

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Rob and Gareth are now focusing more on their side project, Music/KnifeParty. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set and occasional live act, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album. While the band says that they're working on new material, nothing has surfaced minus a remix album being released in 2018.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Rob and Gareth are now focusing more on their side project, Music/KnifeParty. Pendulum is now more of a DJ set, but the fanbase keeps asking for a fourth album. [[SubvertedTrope They finally got it.]]

* BlackSheepHit: In the United States, Hold Your Colour is probably their most well-known album, despite being very different stylistically to their other albums. Pretty much averted everywhere else though.
** "The Island" is also this for the entire band, being a House song.

* MissingEpisode: Averted with "Ransom". Originally slated for release on "Immersion", it was partially previewed and became a fan favorite, but was dropped for the final release due to the band believing it didn't fit with the sound of the album and "got boring after the intro". It appeared to be LostForever due to the final version's project files being corrupted, but eventually reached the light of day as it was released as a charity single in April 2011 to benefit earthquake aid appeal for Japan.

** Also crosses over with CanonDiscontinuity, as "Hold Your Colour" outright ''samples'' a Xygen song.

** "Visions" is the one vocal Pendulum track (and song off of ''In Silico'') that never got played and never will be played live, likely due to the type of vocoder used in the track. * OldShame: Rob and Gareth ''really'' don't like to talk about their band from several years ago, Xygen.