Static Distortion Presents: Defeat

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Defeat are Gary Walker and Anthony Matthews, two school friends who have known each other since their early teens. The pair discovered a similar taste in music and started writing songs together while still at secondary school, but it wasn't until Ant was at college that things got started in earnest, and they began writing and gigging sporadically in 1992 under the banner of "Seek Help", until a particularly troublesome gig caused the pair to re-evaluate the project and re-launch it as "Defeat".
Things really got going for the pair mid-way through 2011. Being spurred on losing his mother to cancer, Gary started reworking songs to have a cleaner, harder sound. Also, the mantra of "life is too short" came to the fore as did the determination to make something of "Defeat". Also the advent of technology now meant that the exchange of ideas was no longer limited to a couple of evenings a week jamming ideas at Gary's house.
The first step in re-energising Defeat was entering the track "Outburst" to a Side-line.com compilation competition. The track didn't win the contest, but it opened a door that was to change things...
Early in 2012, head of SDR Steve Fearon contacted the guys expressing an interest, and shortly after, Defeat signed to SDR in the spring of 2012.
At this stage the duo were putting the finishing touches to four tracks that went on to be released as the Outbursts! EP in July 2012. The EP was met by very favourable reviews, and bought the duo to the attention of the UK Industrial scene at large.
A remix compilation followed, with remixes of the tracks "Outburst" and "Parasite" taken from the Outbursts! EP. Their debut album [Seek Help] was released in June 2013, again to very favourable reviews and this summer also saw the duo open the Cybersonik festival in London –their first gig at the (in)famous Slimelight club in London.
As 2014 beckons, the traditionally "difficult" second album looms large on the horizon, but it is a challenge that Defeat will meet head on and at full steam ahead...

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