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Editors are an English rock band, formed in 2002 in Birmingham.

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Editors is a British indie rock/post-punk revival band from Birmingham, England, formed by Tom Smith (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Leetch (bass) Ed Lay (drums) and Chris Urbanowicz (guitar) who met while studying at Staffordshire University, in Stafford, England, United Kingdom during 2002. After Chris' departure in 2012 , Justin Lockey and Elliott Williams joined the band for their live gigs and participated in the recording of the fourth album.

The band were originally known as (The) Pride, before they changed their line-up and became known as Snowfield, becoming a popular unsigned band. They remained with this name until they signed with Kitchenware Records in September 2004. The band's debut single Bullets was released as a limited edition of 500 on Kitchenware Records on January 24, 2005; it quickly gained support from radio stations such as Xfm and BBC 6 Music - where it was the single of the week.

Their debut album, The Back Room, was released on 25 July 2005, to critical acclaim. The band toured out most of 2005, including two jaunts with We Are Scient

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This past spring, Editors found themselves in a “kids’ bedroom” of a recording studio in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, doing what they’ve always done best: playing, in both senses of the term.

“I’ve never met a man with more hunger, capacity and appetite for music than Garrett Lee,” begins frontman and songwriter Tom Smith. “It’s so infectious, his passion. And he’s the same as he always was: constantly playing us new stuff, pulling out record after record – ‘listen to this, it’s the best thing you’ve ever heard… listen to this, it’s the best thing you’ve ever heard…’”

Smith is talking about Garrett “Jacknife” Lee, the Grammy-winning expat Irish producer (U2, Snow Patrol, REM, The Killers, The Cars) who worked with Editors to bring to life the songs on their second album. Released in 2007, An End Has a Start was a straight-in-at-Number-One triumph that featured the band’s first Top Ten single, Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors, and helped earned them a Brit Award nomination for Best British Group.

It seemed apt, then, that, 12 years later, the five-piece would return to Lee for

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Editors (band)

English rock band

For other uses, see Editor (disambiguation) and Edit (disambiguation).

Editors are an English rock band, formed in 2002 in Birmingham. Previously known as Pilot, The Pride and Snowfield, the band currently consists of Tom Smith (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Russell Leetch (bass guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals), Ed Lay (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Justin Lockey (lead guitar), Elliott Williams (keys, synthesizers, guitars, and backing vocals), and Benjamin John Power (composer and producer).

Editors have so far released two platinum studio albums, and seven in total, with several million combined sales. Their debut album The Back Room was released in 2005. It contained the hits "Munich" and "Blood" and the following year received a Mercury Prize nomination.

Their follow-up album An End Has a Start went to number 1 in the UK Album Chart in June 2007 and earned the band a Brit Awards nomination for best British Band. It also spawned another Top 10 hit single, "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors". The band's third album,