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KLAXONS star JAMES RIGHTON has come up with his own take on OASIS’s famous mission statement, “Mad fer it!” — it’s “Embrace the madness.”
And that is exactly what the band have been doing since becoming one of the hottest new acts around.
They’ve travelled the globe, spreading their psychedelic, rave-fired indie to a dedicated army of fans.
But despite leftfield influences and nocturnal habits, the lads are keen for mainstream success — and even fancy a duet with TAKE THAT.
It was in March 2006 that debut single Gravity’s Rainbow appeared on a seven-inch single and sparked a bidding war from major labels.
And the youngsters admit they weren’t ready. They’d only been a functioning band for a few weeks.
Keyboard player James, 24, and guitarist SIMON TAYLOR-DAVIS, 25, were old school mates from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Frontman JAMIE REYNOLDS — a 27-year-old college drop-out — met Simon through his girlfriend at Nottingham University.
They joined forces and, after moving to London, Klaxons were born in late 2005. Drummer STEFFAN HALPERIN has recently joined the group.
“It all happened so quickly,” says James. “We only had two months before it all started kicking off.”
Ten months after their first single, in January last year, their debut album Myths Of The Near Future was released, but was kept off top spot by NORAH JONES.
James adds: “We always said we wanted to appeal to a large audience. We’re just another band in the great British tradition of nicking stuff from the leftfield, like David Bowie and Roxy Music did.”
And perfectly crafted pop tunes like Golden Skans have grabbed that mainstream audience.
Plaudits have flooded in too, from unlikely quarters — Take That star GARY BARLOW is a huge fan.
James recalls: “Steffan was accosted by MARK OWEN at Glastonbury and he said he liked our set and that Gary loved Golden Skans. We’re on the same label, so maybe we can work together.”
But the perils of non-stop touring, and boozing have taken their toll.
James explains: “There have been times when we’ve had to take a break. We realised last year we couldn’t party so much.”
When Klaxons won the Mercury Prize in September, they looked in a bad way. And now it’s the Brits, where they are up for British Breakthrough and Live Act.
James says: “We’ll try to rein in our tendencies at the Brits but I’m not promising anything.”
The pressures of a follow-up album have weighed heavily and they have scrapped some sessions with producer TONY VISCONTI.
Jamie admits: “If we’d gone straight into the studio, we’d have had a breakdown.”
CARL STROUD
Хочу понюхать. А флакончик напоминает мне русские духи а-ля 80-90-е 
