The Cooper Temple Clause
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The Cooper Temple Clause were an English
England
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 six-piece alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 originating from Wokingham, Berkshire. Formed in 1998, the band quickly gained a following through their live concerts, and have produced three albums, the latest being Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own is the third album from contemporary rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It reached #33 in the UK album charts, despite not having the major label backing afforded to the band's first two albums.-Track listing:#"Damage" - 3:43...

. The band split up on 24 April 2007, following the departure of Daniel Fisher.

Name

The band was named after the Cowper-Temple clause, the first part of the name of which is pronounced, as in the band's name, ˈkuːpər. The clause was inserted into the Elementary Education Act 1870
Elementary Education Act 1870
The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between ages 5 and 12 in England and Wales...

, which established compulsory
Compulsory education
Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all persons.-Antiquity to Medieval Era:Although Plato's The Republic is credited with having popularized the concept of compulsory education in Western intellectual thought, every parent in Judea since Moses's Covenant with...

 primary education
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...

 in England and Wales
England and Wales
England and Wales is a jurisdiction within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom...

. The clause, a compromise on the matter of funding for denominational schools, was named after its proposer, Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 William Cowper-Temple
William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple
William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple PC , known as William Cowper before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman....

 (born William Francis Cowper, later Baron Mount Temple).

During many of their early interviews, the band would make up various stories related to the origin of their name. An example of this can be seen in a video interview by Supersweet TV.

History

After signing a record deal with the RCA
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

 label in 2000 and putting out several singles and EPs
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, their debut album See This Through and Leave
See This Through and Leave
See This Through and Leave is the debut album by The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released as a CD, a limited edition double CD, an international CD, and a 7" boxed set, along with two promo CDs....

 was released in 2002 to great critical acclaim. 2003's follow-up, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose is the second album from the British based band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released on CD and vinyl, including a limited edition with bonus DVD, a Japanese edition and an album sampler...

, achieved the band international recognition on the strength of the singles "Promises, Promises" and "Blind Pilots
Blind Pilots
"Blind Pilots" is the second and final single to be taken from The Cooper Temple Clause's second album, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose.-DVD:DVD Audio , DVD Video # Blind Pilots...

". The Cooper Temple Clause left RCA in 2006, signing to Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...

 for the release of their third album Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own is the third album from contemporary rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It reached #33 in the UK album charts, despite not having the major label backing afforded to the band's first two albums.-Track listing:#"Damage" - 3:43...

.

See This Through And Leave

The band's debut album, See This Through And Leave
See This Through and Leave
See This Through and Leave is the debut album by The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released as a CD, a limited edition double CD, an international CD, and a 7" boxed set, along with two promo CDs....

 was released on 11 February 2002. Three singles were released from the album; "Let's Kill Music
Let's Kill Music
"Let's Kill Music" is the first widely available Cooper Temple Clause single, entering at #41 in the UK Singles Chart, and the first to have a promo video.-Track listings:CD1# Let's Kill Music# Panzer Attack CD2# Let's Kill Music...

", the double-A side "Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs
Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs
"Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs" is a 2002 double A-side single by The Cooper Temple Clause. It peaked at number twenty on the UK Singles Chart....

", and "Who Needs Enemies?
Who Needs Enemies?
"Who Needs Enemies?" is the third and final single released from The Cooper Temple Clause's debut album, See This Through and Leave. It peaked at number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart.-Music video:...

". The album was released on CD, limited edition double CD, international CD and a 7" boxed set, along with 2 promo CDs. The Limited edition double CD contained 3 extra songs and live versions of Panzer Attack and Let's Kill Music
Let's Kill Music
"Let's Kill Music" is the first widely available Cooper Temple Clause single, entering at #41 in the UK Singles Chart, and the first to have a promo video.-Track listings:CD1# Let's Kill Music# Panzer Attack CD2# Let's Kill Music...

. It was well received by critics and reached number 27 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

.
Fisher wrote the lyrics for this first album

Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose

Following only 19 months after See This Through And Leave, The Cooper Temple Clause released their second album Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose is the second album from the British based band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released on CD and vinyl, including a limited edition with bonus DVD, a Japanese edition and an album sampler...

 on September 8, 2003. The songs were better-produced and the album had a different style to it, increasingly incorporating electronic sounds into tracks. The strength of its two singles, "Promises, Promises" and "Blind Pilots
Blind Pilots
"Blind Pilots" is the second and final single to be taken from The Cooper Temple Clause's second album, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose.-DVD:DVD Audio , DVD Video # Blind Pilots...

" achieved the band international recognition, with "Promises, Promises" reaching number 19 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. The album was hailed by fans and critics alike and reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart, the highest position the band would ever achieve.

Didz Hammond's departure

In September 2005, bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 Didz Hammond
Didz Hammond
David Jonathan Hammond , better known as Didz Hammond, is an English bassist. He was the bassist and backing vocalist in The Cooper Temple Clause , and in Carl Barât's Dirty Pretty Things...

 left the band to join ex-Libertine
The Libertines
The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...

 Carl Barât
Carl Barât
Carl Ashley Raphael Barât is an English musician, actor and author. He was the frontman and lead guitarist of Dirty Pretty Things, and recently debuted a solo album, but is best known for being the co-frontman with Peter Doherty of the garage rock band The Libertines.-Early life:Carl Barât was...

 in the band Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things (band)
Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Barât had worked with Vertigo Records and had...

. The Cooper Temple Clause issued a statement on their official website confirming Didz's departure:
Dear fans and friends of The Cooper Temple Clause, it is with much regret that we must inform you all of Didz Hammond's departure from The Cooper Temple Clause. Though the news saddens us as much as we are sure it does you, we feel it is important to reassure everyone that things ended amicably and there is no bad feelings between anyone concerned. A brother has left the family home, though he shall never leave the family. We extend to him our love and wish him the best, and hope all of you can join us in lending him your support for the future.


However Hammond is credited as playing bass on two of Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own is the third album from contemporary rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It reached #33 in the UK album charts, despite not having the major label backing afforded to the band's first two albums.-Track listing:#"Damage" - 3:43...

s eleven tracks; "Damage" and "What Have You Gone And Done".

Make This Your Own

After many setbacks including a change in record label, and the loss of Didz Hammond, the band's third album was significantly delayed. It was finally released on 22 January 2007 and entitled Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own
Make This Your Own is the third album from contemporary rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It reached #33 in the UK album charts, despite not having the major label backing afforded to the band's first two albums.-Track listing:#"Damage" - 3:43...

. It included the singles "Damage
Damage (single)
"Damage" was a free download single released by contemporary rock band The Cooper Temple Clause in May 2006. The first single from the band's third album, Make This Your Own, it was also sold in CD format at the band's concerts, in hand-sprayed CD sleeves...

", "Homo Sapiens
Homo Sapiens (song)
"Homo Sapiens" is the first proper single release from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own released on 22 January 2007. A promotional blank CD-R and sleeve with artwork were given out to fans at gigs on the band's 2006 UK tour...

", "Waiting Game" and "Head
Head (The Cooper Temple Clause song)
Head is a track from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own. It was released as a five track extended play in April 2007, as what became the band's final studio release....

". The album saw Fisher and Bellamy having a greater role in vocals, and featured fewer electronic influences than the previous album.

The Split

The band announced they had split up in late April 2007, following Fisher's decision to leave. The band had been due to headline the AKG Unsigned Heroes gig at London's KOKO in Camden
Camden Town
-Economy:In recent years, entertainment-related businesses and a Holiday Inn have moved into the area. A number of retail and food chain outlets have replaced independent shops driven out by high rents and redevelopment. Restaurants have thrived, with the variety of culinary traditions found in...

 later in the same week. During the week prior to the official split, the band had been scheduled to perform at Underworld
Camden Underworld
The Camden Underworld is a music venue in Camden Town, London, England. The venue itself is a part of the World's End pub, being situated in the basement of the building.- History :...

 and Dingwalls
Dingwalls
Dingwalls is a venue adjacent to Camden Lock in London, England. It houses bars, cafes, clubs . The building itself is one of many industrial Victorian buildings that were put to new use in the 20th century. The original owner of the building, T.E...

 as part of the Camden Crawl. These two appearances were cancelled, however, with the band citing exhaustion as the reason. It is not clear whether the split was also a factor in the cancellations. The following post was made on the band's website, announcing the split:
In a joint statement the rest of the band paid tribute to Fisher, stating that "Dan has left the family home, but he has not left the family".

Influences

The Cooper Temple Clause had been associated by some with the revival of prog-rock, although their influences also included the post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...

 style of At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In was an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, considered part of the post-hardcore genre and active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene...

, as well as the typical 1990s-era Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...

 sound of bands such as Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

 and Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...

. Additionally, the band had been increasingly incorporating electronic music into their sound and cited Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...

 as a major influence, and their debut album was compared favourably to Mansun
Mansun
Mansun were an English alternative rock band formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone. The band broke up in May 2003....

's Six.

The Cooper Temple Clause used and experimented with many different instruments, forming a unique part of their sound.

Members

  • Tom Bellamy
    Tom Bellamy
    Thomas Rhys Bellamy is the multi-instrumentalist responsible for contributing guitar, bass, synthesizer, keyboard, trumpet, programming, samples, melodica, harmonica, percussion, toy piano, bowed guitar, decks, FX/beats, vocals and lyrics in the band The Cooper Temple Clause...

     - Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Trumpet, Programming, Samples, Melodica, Harmonica, Percussion, Toy Piano, Bow, Decks, FX/Beats, Vocals and Lyrics.
  • Daniel Fisher
    Daniel Fisher
    Daniel Fisher may refer to:* Daniel Fisher of The Cooper Temple Clause*Daniel Fisher...

     - Guitar, Bass, Vocals and Lyrics.
  • Ben Gautrey
    Ben Gautrey
    Benedict 'Ben' Gautrey is a former member of the English band The Cooper Temple Clause. He played both guitar and occasionally bass or keyboard and was responsible for the lead vocals in the band.Gautrey now manages and plays for Ashridge Park FC...

      - Lead vocals, Guitar, Bass and Keyboard.
  • Jon Harper
    Jon Harper
    Jonathan Daniel Harper is a session musician and started his musical career as the drummer for Reading-based British Alternative rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause...

     - Drums, Percussion and Backing vocals. He has endorsements with Gretsch Drums
    Gretsch Drums
    Gretsch Drums is a leading drum manufacturing company, based in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Their motto is "That Great Gretsch Sound!"- History :...

    , Zildjian Cymbals, Pro-mark
    Pro-Mark
    Pro-Mark is a Houston, Texas-based American drumstick company owned by founder Herb Brochstein. It is a widely known stick company generally played in drum set, drum and bugle corps and concert bands.-History:...

     drumsticks, Roland V-Drums
    Roland V-Drums
    V-Drum is a trademarked umbrella term for a variety of electronic drums, drum brain modules, and related electronic percussion product manufactured and trademarked by Roland Corporation....

     and Protection Racket cases. After the Cooper Temple Clause split he became a session drummer in the Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS) when Adriano Cintra
    Adriano Cintra
    Adriano Ferreira Cintra is a Brazilian multi-instrumentist and producer, also known as an underground and club celebrity in his hometown. He was guitarist and singer for the garage rock power trio Thee Butchers' Orchestra, and among his many projects and bands are Ultrasom and Caxabaxa. He was...

     took the place of Iracema Trevisan
    Iracema Trevisan
    Iracema Trevisan Carneiro , also known as Ira, was the bassist for Brazilian indie-electro band CSS....

     as bassist, after she left in March 2008. In November 2009 Harper joined the Chris Corner
    Chris Corner
    Chris Corner is an English musician and songwriter. He was a founding member of the band Sneaker Pimps and is now active with the IAMX solo project.He has been living in Berlin since 2006, where he has set up his new IAMX studio for music and visual work....

     (ex-Sneaker Pimps
    Sneaker Pimps
    Sneaker Pimps were a British trip-hop band formed in Hartlepool, England in 1994. They are best known for their first album Becoming X and particularly the singles "6 Underground", "Spin Spin Sugar", and "Tesko Suicide" from the same album...

    ) project IAMX as a member of the live band for a session that lasted until July 2010. Harper is also a tutor and lecturer at the Bristol Institute of Modern Music.
  • Kieran Mahon - Keyboard, Piano, Synthesizer, Organ, Hammond Organ, Farfisa, Guitar, Bass and Backing vocals. Since leaving the band, Mahon completed an undergraduate degree in at Queen Mary, University of London
    Queen Mary, University of London
    Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...

    , and is currently completing an Architectural History MA at University College London
    University College London
    University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...

    .
  • Didz Hammond
    Didz Hammond
    David Jonathan Hammond , better known as Didz Hammond, is an English bassist. He was the bassist and backing vocalist in The Cooper Temple Clause , and in Carl Barât's Dirty Pretty Things...

     - Bass, Synthesizer, Samples, Vocoder, Guitar and Vocals. (left in 2005)

Singles and EPs

Date Title (UK Singles Chart placing)
July 2000 "Crayon Demos"
March 2001 "The Hardware EP
The Hardware EP
The Hardware EP is the first EP Cooper Temple Clause had as a signed band, under Morning Records, released on 19 March 2001. It had a limited run of 1000 copies of a 2 boxed 7"s, with each song on each side of the vinyl.-Track listing:...

"
March 2001 "Way Out West
Way Out West (single)
The "Way Out West" single by The Cooper Temple Clause was sent out to the first 1500 people to join the band's mailing list, with both songs being exclusive acoustic versions, though the songs also appear on the bonus disc of See This Through And Leave....

"
June 2001 "The Warfare EP
The Warfare EP
The Warfare EP is the second EP by British based band, The Cooper Temple Clause, released on 18 June 2001.It was released as a 2X7" box, similar to The Hardware EP, a CD promo and a CD single under the name "Panzer Attack", since it didn't qualify as an EP because it was one song short.-2 x 7"...

"
July 2001 "The Hardware EP + The Warfare EP
The Hardware EP + The Warfare EP
The Hardware EP + The Warfare EP is The Cooper Temple Clause's first two UK EPs put together, minus the "Panzer Attack" live track, for the band's first international release, and the first without a Morning Records catalogue number.-Track listing:*UK CD...

"
September 2001 "Let's Kill Music
Let's Kill Music
"Let's Kill Music" is the first widely available Cooper Temple Clause single, entering at #41 in the UK Singles Chart, and the first to have a promo video.-Track listings:CD1# Let's Kill Music# Panzer Attack CD2# Let's Kill Music...

" (#41)
January 2002 "Film-Maker" / "Been Training Dogs
Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs
"Film-Maker // Been Training Dogs" is a 2002 double A-side single by The Cooper Temple Clause. It peaked at number twenty on the UK Singles Chart....

" (#20)
May 2002 "Who Needs Enemies?
Who Needs Enemies?
"Who Needs Enemies?" is the third and final single released from The Cooper Temple Clause's debut album, See This Through and Leave. It peaked at number twenty-two on the UK Singles Chart.-Music video:...

" (#22)
September 2002 "A.I.M."
September 2003 "Promises, Promises" (#19)
November 2003 "Blind Pilots
Blind Pilots
"Blind Pilots" is the second and final single to be taken from The Cooper Temple Clause's second album, Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose.-DVD:DVD Audio , DVD Video # Blind Pilots...

" (#37)
May 2006 "Damage
Damage (single)
"Damage" was a free download single released by contemporary rock band The Cooper Temple Clause in May 2006. The first single from the band's third album, Make This Your Own, it was also sold in CD format at the band's concerts, in hand-sprayed CD sleeves...

"
October 2006 "Homo Sapiens" (#36)
January 2007 "Waiting Game
Waiting Game (single)
"Waiting Game" was the second single release from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own and reached #41 in the UK singles chart...

" (#41)
April 2007 "Head
Head (The Cooper Temple Clause song)
Head is a track from The Cooper Temple Clause's third album Make This Your Own. It was released as a five track extended play in April 2007, as what became the band's final studio release....

"

Albums

  • See This Through and Leave
    See This Through and Leave
    See This Through and Leave is the debut album by The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released as a CD, a limited edition double CD, an international CD, and a 7" boxed set, along with two promo CDs....

     (2002) #28
  • Kick Up The Fire, And Let The Flames Break Loose
    Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose
    Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose is the second album from the British based band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It was released on CD and vinyl, including a limited edition with bonus DVD, a Japanese edition and an album sampler...

     (2003) #5
  • Make This Your Own
    Make This Your Own
    Make This Your Own is the third album from contemporary rock band, The Cooper Temple Clause.It reached #33 in the UK album charts, despite not having the major label backing afforded to the band's first two albums.-Track listing:#"Damage" - 3:43...

    (2007) #33

External links

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