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After Ian Watkins and Mike Lewis broke up with their former band, "Public Disturbance" they formed 'Lozt Prophetz' (a name which later shapped into lostprophets) in 1997, named after a 1988 Duran Duran bootleg. Lee Gaze and Mike Chiplin joined them and Ian left his former drumming position and took over as a lead vocalist. They recorded demos,  first of which was 'Here Comes the Party', followed by 'Para Todas las Putas Celosas'. These demos featured Watkins rapping and are still available around the internet, although the have not been released commercially. After years of touring, and the release of the demo 'fakesoundofprogress' , the label "Visible Noice Records" offered them to record a single. In 1999, bassist Stuart Richardson joined the band. In 2000, the band signed with Visible Noise and they released their first album "The Fake Sound Of Progress" in October 2000. The album earned a US recording contract with Columbia Records, and support slots with Pitchshifter, Linkin Park and the Deftones. By this point, their line up was completed with Jamie Oliver on the decks/keyboards.

After Columbia signed them they remixed their album and toured through the USA. After the touring the boys entered the studio to record their second album. They worked with producer Eric Valentine (Good Charlotte, Queens of the Stone Age). The second album named "Start Something" blew up on the charts and one hit after another rotated through all the radio stations. The album is now platinum in the UK, with five top 20 singles on it.

As of April 2006 the band is prepared to release the next album entitled "Liberation Transmission" with a new drummer in tow after the the June 2005 departure of original drummer Mike Chiplin. The new album was released June 27th with the first single, "Rooftops" out in May. They've recently finished a line of shows in UK including the Give It A Name festival in which they played in front of over 10,000 people.

The new album, Liberation Transmission, entered the UK charts at top position, no.1. The first single from it, Rooftops, reached number 8 in the UK charts. The band kicked off the album launch with a successful UK tour in July, and sold out venues all across Britain. This tour was followed by some summer festivals and the a Autumn tour with HIM in the United States.

For more information on the history of the band, please go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lostprophets

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