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| spinoffs = [[No Devotion]], Lowlives
| spinoff_of = Fleshbind
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Lostprophets released five studio albums: ''[[The Fake Sound of Progress]]'' (2000),<!-- Please do not change to 2001. Its original release was in 2000. Its remaster release was 2001. --> ''[[Start Something]]'' (2004), ''[[Liberation Transmission]]'' (2006), ''[[The Betrayed (Lostprophets album)|The Betrayed]]'' (2010), and ''[[Weapons (album)|Weapons]]'' (2012). They sold 3.5 million albums worldwide, achieving two top-ten singles on the [[UK Singles Chart]] ("[[Last Train Home (Lostprophets song)|Last Train Home]]" and "[[Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)|Rooftops]]"), a No. 1 single on the US [[Alternative Songs]] chart ("Last Train Home"), and several [[Kerrang! Awards|''Kerrang!'' Awards]] and nominations.
In December 2012, Watkins was charged with multiple sexual offences against minors, infants and animals. Lostprophets cancelled all tour dates and disbanded in October 2013, before the end of Watkins'
==History==
===Early years (1997–2000)===
Lostprophets was formed by Ian Watkins and [[Lee Gaze]] in 1997 in Pontypridd, Wales,<ref name="allmusicbiography">{{cite web |first=David |last=Jeffries |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000208218/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Lostprophets biography |access-date=17 February 2009 |work=AllMusic }}</ref> after their previous band Fleshbind disbanded. They could not find a singer, so Watkins decided he would switch from drums to be the frontman and they recruited Mike Chiplin on drums. Mike Lewis joined a few months later as bassist
Lostprophets started out as part of the fledgling [[South Wales]] scene—playing gigs at venues across Wales including [[T.J.'s]] in [[Newport, Wales|Newport]].<ref name="allmusicbiography"/><ref name="BBC" /> From there, they went on to tour the UK circuit. The band recorded three demos during this time: ''Here comes the Party'', ''Para Todas las Putas Celosas'', which translates from Spanish as "For all the jealous whores", and ''The Fake Sound of Progress''. These were produced by [[Stuart Richardson]],<ref>{{Cite news
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}}</ref> who joined the band as bassist for the latter recording.<ref name="BBC" /> Mike Lewis at this point switched to rhythm guitar. ''The Fake Sound of Progress'' also included the addition of
| title = Lostprophets Family Tree
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===''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (2000–2002)===
{{Main|The Fake Sound of Progress}}
The band's debut album ''[[The Fake Sound of Progress]]'' was released through Visible Noise in November.<ref name="lasttrainhome" /> Recorded in less than two weeks for £4,000<ref name="allmusicbiography"/> the record drew on a wide range of influences. It would be re-released the following year through [[Columbia Records]]. Shortly after the completion of the album,
''The Fake Sound of Progress'' featured many references to 1980s [[pop-culture]]. In addition to the [[Duran Duran]] reference in the band's name, there was an image of Venger from the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' TV series on the album [[sleeve notes]], as well as song titles like "[[Shinobi vs. Dragon Ninja]]" and "Kobrakai". The first song's title was a reference to the video games ''[[Shinobi series|Shinobi]]'' and ''[[Bad Dudes|Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja]]'', while the second was an alternative spelling of [[Cobra Kai]], the name of the karate dojo in the ''[[The Karate Kid (1984 film)|Karate Kid]]'' movies. Another reference is the use of the [[VF-1 Valkyrie]] in Battroid mode from the 1982 [[anime]] ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' as part of the album illustration.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}
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"Burn Burn" was released on 3 November 2003, and was originally scheduled to be closely followed by the release of the album.<ref name="burnburn"/> The release of the album was delayed several times and a headlining tour of the UK, was also postponed during this time. The band rescheduled the cancelled UK shows, with the exception of their scheduled appearance at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, stating in magazine interviews that honouring those commitments would have meant leaving the recording studio while the album was only half completed.<ref name="BBC" />
The album's second single "[[Last Train Home (Lostprophets song)|Last Train Home]]" was released on 27 December 2003, and quickly became a smash hit worldwide. The single became the band's second single to chart in the United States, beating out
The album was released in the UK on 2 February 2004, and was commercially successful, achieving number four in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and selling over 415,000 copies.<ref name="SalesStartSomething">{{cite web | url=http://fatherandy2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=salesarc&action=display&thread=73036 | title=Album sales | work=Haven Music | access-date=30 April 2012 }}</ref> The album has sold over 687,000 copies in the US alone according to [[Nielsen Soundscan]]<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxYEAAAAMBAJ&q=LOSTPROPHETS+START+SOMETHING+NIELSEN+SOUNDSCAN&pg=PA26 | title=About rock music |date = April 2006| access-date=18 February 2012 }}</ref> although in a 2012 interview with Gigwise Lee Gaze stated it had sold 890,000 copies in the US. Worldwide the album has sold 2.5 million copies according to [[BBC Wales]].<ref name="SalesStart">{{cite web | first=James | last=McLaren | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/genres_artists/rock_pop/about_rock.shtml | title=About rock music | publisher=BBC Wales | access-date=18 February 2009 }}</ref> The critical response from mainstream magazines was mostly positive, though the response from rock publications such as ''Kerrang!'', ''[[Metal Hammer]]'' and ''[[Rock Sound]]'' was sometimes tepid.<ref name="SalesStart"/> To promote the album, they toured North America, Europe and as part of the [[Big Day Out]] festival in Australia and New Zealand. The tour for this record culminated on 21 November 2004, at a sold-out show in [[Cardiff International Arena]].<ref name="purevolume"/><ref name="mtv">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lostprophets/artist.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220085150/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/lostprophets/artist.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2005 |title=Lostprophets |access-date=17 February 2009 |publisher=MTV }}</ref>
===''Liberation Transmission'' (2005–2007)===
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===''Weapons'' (2011–2012)===
{{Main|Weapons (album)}}
In early 2011, the band rented a house in Norfolk that served as their studio while composing a demo and pre-producing for a new album. The band was also featured on British rapper/producer [[Labrinth]]'s album in late 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/labrinth/news/263012-labrinth-nicki-minaj-new-album |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322175553/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/labrinth/news/263012-labrinth-nicki-minaj-new-album |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2011 |title=Labrinth confirms Lostpropehts collab |publisher=MTV |date=21 March 2011 |access-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>
In August 2011, the band went on a short UK tour, with dates in [[Cardiff]], [[Bournemouth]], [[Oxford]] and [[Norwich]], as well as the two [[V Festival]] dates, and an additional appearance at the [[Sziget Festival]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary. During this short tour, the band debuted live a new song from the upcoming album, tentatively titled "[[Bring 'Em Down]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxu5q57qg4k |title=Lostprophets – bring 'em down (live at sziget, budapest 13 August 2011) |date=16 August 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref>
The band's fifth studio album, ''[[Weapons (album)|Weapons]]'', was released through [[Epic Records]] on 2 April 2012, leaving their long-time served record [[Visible Noise]]. Supported by a subsequent tour in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lostprophets Announce Details of New Album|url=http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/lostprophets-announce-details-of-new-album|publisher=Rock Sound|access-date=5 January 2012|date=5 January 2012|archive-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111003731/http://www.rocksound.tv/news/article/lostprophets-announce-details-of-new-album|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Whats-on-leisure/Now-Booking/Mayday-Lostprophets-head-to-Cambridge-23012012.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801035440/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Whats-on-leisure/Now-Booking/Mayday-Lostprophets-head-to-Cambridge-23012012.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 August 2012 | newspaper=[[Cambridge News]] | title=Mayday! Lostprophets head to Cambridge | date=23 January 2012 | access-date=23 January 2012 }}</ref> ''Weapons'' was produced by [[Ken Andrews]] at [[NRG Recording Studios]] in [[Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lostprophets-59-1292237 |title=Lostprophets begin recording new album in Hollywood |work=NME |date=10 May 2011 |access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> The band released a teaser track in anticipation of their new album entitled "Better Off Dead" in January 2012, though it was confirmed the song is not an official single.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/lostprophets-55-1273481| work=NME | title=Lostprophets announce extensive UK and Ireland tour for April – ticket details | date=23 January 2012 | access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref> The band played at Australia's [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] in February 2012 before heading back to the UK for an extensive tour in support of the new album in April and May supported by [[Modestep]]. The band's first official single of the album, "Bring 'em Down", was released on 6 February 2012, after debuting on [[Zane Lowe]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show.
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Three videos were released from ''Weapons''. On 3 December 2012, Watkins tweeted, "En route to the big smoke to shoot our new musical video". When the band had previously debuted "Bring 'em down" on Zane Lowe's show in February, Watkins stated that the fourth single was to be a "power ballad". However, a finished video was never released.
===Watkins'
On 19 December 2012, Watkins was charged with thirteen sexual offences against children, including the attempted rape of a one-year-old girl.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hall|first=John|title=Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins remanded in custody after appearing in court accused of conspiring to rape one-year-old girl|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/lostprophets-singer-ian-watkins-remanded-in-custody-after-appearing-in-court-accused-of-conspiring-to-rape-oneyearold-girl-8425042.html|work=The Independent|access-date=19 December 2012|location=London|date=19 December 2012}}</ref> Watkins originally denied the charges. The other band members posted a message on their website stating that they were "learning about the details of the investigation along with you" and concluding: "It is a difficult time for us and our families, and we want to thank our fans for their support as we seek answers."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/20796067|title=Lostprophets release statement on Ian Watkins charges|date=20 December 2012|access-date=20 December 2012|work=BBC News}}</ref> They subsequently cancelled all tour dates.<ref>{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Natalie|title=Lostprophets band members in "state of shock" after frontman Ian Watkins accused of plotting to rape a baby|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ian-watkins-lostprophets-band-members-1498559|work=Mirror News|date=20 December 2012 |access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>
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===Aftermath (2014–present)===
{{Main|No Devotion}}
On 25 April 2014, it was confirmed by ex-[[Thursday (band)|Thursday]] frontman [[Geoff Rickly]] that he would be working with the remaining band-members on their new project, from a record label perspective through his own label, Collect Records, as a producer and also joining them as a vocalist. Rickly regarded their new material as having influences from [[Joy Division]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and [[The Cure]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/geoff_rickly_thursday_address_rumors_of_working_with_lostprophets_members |title=Geoff Rickly (Thursday) addresses rumors of working with Lostprophets members|publisher=Alternative Press|last=Crane|first=Matt|date=25 April 2014}}</ref> It was announced the new band would be called [[No Devotion]] and they released their first and second singles, "Stay", and "Eyeshadow", on 1 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teamrock.com/news/2014-07-01/no-devotion-rise-from-ashes-of-lostprophets |title=No Devotion rise from ashes of Lostprophets|
In November 2016, it was reported that Watkins' Twitter account had become active again, new clips of music had surfaced via two SoundCloud accounts ("L'Amour La Morgue" and "Megalelz") that were reportedly attributed to him and that Lostprophets' website had been changed to a single page that described them as "The Straight Edge British Metal Band". The site domain has since become inactive, as of 2023 redirecting to an unrelated dead URL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://clarkgriswoldcollection.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219161150/http://www.
==Musical style and lyrical themes==
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The [[punk rock|punk]] side to the band's music has been noted, again specifically of the [[pop punk|pop variety]].<ref name="Popmatters"/><ref name="IGN"/> The influence of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] on their music is also noted,<ref name="allmusicreview"/> although this varies from song to song.<ref name="Popmatters"/><ref name="Allmusics"/> Their music has been praised as powerful, combining softer melodies with an aggressive edge,<ref name="Allmusics"/> with screamed vocals and catchy riffs,<ref>{{cite web |first=Colin |last=Moriarty |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2004/05/26/start-something |title=Lostprophets - Start Something |publisher=IGN |date=26 May 2004 |access-date=24 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831202307/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/519/519095p1.html |archive-date=31 August 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> while some have also stated it has a derivative, formulaic or forgettable nature.<ref name="allmusicreview"/><ref name="Popmatters"/><ref name="Allmusics"/>
Watkins'
==Band members==
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* [[Ilan Rubin]] – drums, percussion (2006–2008)
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