Genre: Indie Rock Post Punk
Website: www.thecribs.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/thecribs

 

 

 

The Cribs are an English 4-piece indie rock band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band consist of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were joined by ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr who was made a formal member of the group since 2008.

The band, who first became active on the concert circuit in 2002, were initially tied to other like-minded UK bands of that time, most notably The Libertines, by a British music press that were looking for a ‘British rearguard’ to the wave of popular US indie rock bands of the time. Along with the aforementioned The Libertines, The Cribs are seen as highly influential on the current wave of British Indie bands. In 2008, Q Magazine described the band as “The biggest cult band in the UK”.

In April 2011, the band announced it had been amicably agreed that Johnny Marr would leave to join The Healers and work on a solo album, and the brothers have reverted to being a 3-piece, and are working on new material.

Source: Wikipedia