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The Ropes are an indie rock duo from New York City, composed of vocalist and bassist Sharon Shy and multi-instrumentalist "Toppy". Sharon Shy and Toppy founded The Ropes as a duo in 2005. They briefly began performing with a full band in 2006, but after describing working with other band members as “a living hell,” they chose to officially be a duo in early 2008. The Ropes have toured throughout the US and UK, opening for acts such as Crocodiles, Innerpartysystem,〔The Bravery, Chapel Club and Sunday Girl. They have been compared to The Cure, Interpol,〔 Garbage, Poe,〔 The Knife, and the Velvet Underground, and they cite 1950s French New Wave as an influence. French magazine Les Inrockuptibles named The Ropes as one of their 5 bands to watch. The Ropes released an EP titled ''Cry to the Beat'' in 2007, with drums performed by Blake Fleming from Mars Volta,〔 and on May 6, 2008 released a full length album entitled ''What They Do For Fun.'' Music critic Allan Raible chose ''What They Do For Fun'' as No. 15 on the ABC News 50 Best Albums of 2008. In March 2009 they released their first EP as a duo entitled ''Be My Gun,''〔("Music Video: 'Be My Gun' by The Ropes" ). ''Noise Press''. Retrieved on 2009-03-26〕 followed by another EP that August, ''Clubs in Europe Forever''. They released the ''Love is a Chain Store'' and ''I Miss You Being Gone'' EPs in early 2010. The song "I Miss You Being Gone” was playlisted by Irish radio station Phantom 105.2, and "Love is a Chain Store" was playlisted by NME Radio in March 2010.〔 〕In 2011, the band released the ''Lack of Technology Made Me a Killer'' EP along with a video that was premiered at the 2012 SXSW music and film festival. The single "Lack of Technology Made Me a Killer" was chosen as Song of the Day by KEXP (90.3 FM) of Seattle. In October 2013 they released The Man Who Refused to Be Born EP. 2 more EPs were released in 2014, I Want It All, So I Can Have Nothing and Sadness Is the Rich Man’s Drug. The latest LP from the band is "Post-Entertainment", which was released in the February of 2013. According to an interview The Ropes did with IndieRay, "Post-entertainment is an examination of artist vs. entertainer. They are not one and the same. They are mutually exclusive. In a broader sense, it is an examination of the 'function' that music and art play in life. If art were to win the battle vs. entertainment – you would have Post-entertainment. Currently, one side is decidedly outnumbered." Tricky sampled The Ropes' song "Love is a Chain Store" on the lead single "Does It" from his 2013 album "False Idols." ==Discography== *Kill Her Off single - 2006 *Cry to the Beat EP - 2008 *What They do for Fun LP - May 2008 *Be My Gun EP - March 2009 *Clubs in Europe Forever EP - August 2009 *Love is a Chain Store EP - January 2010 *I Miss You Being Gone EP - February 2010 *Lack of Technology Made Me a Killer EP - October 2011 *Post-entertainment LP - February 2013 *The Man Who Refused to Be Born EP - October 2013 *I Want It All, So I Can Have Nothing EP - May 2014 *Sadness Is the Rich Man's Drug EP - October 2014 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Ropes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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