Pendulum is an Australian/British drum and bass group formed in 2002 in Perth, Western Australia by Rob Swire, Gareth Mcgrillen, and Paul Harding. They were inspired to enter drum & bass after hearing Konflict's "Messiah" and developed a distinctive sound mixing hard rock with electronic music. While their early works stuck to drum & bass, later albums like In Silico and Immersion experimented with other genres. Although Pendulum has split up, Rob Swire and Gareth Mcgrillen continue to have success with their electronic dance music duo Knife Party.

1. Pendulum History

2. Back ground
Pendulum is an Australian/British drum andbass group founded in 2002 signed to
reakbeat Kaos, Warner Music UK, Earstorm and Atlantic Records. Pendulum
formed in Perth, Western Australia by Rob Swire, Gareth Mcgrillen, and Paul
Harding. Rob and Gareth also constitute the electro house duo Knife Party. The
group was notable for a distinctive sound, mixing hard rock with electronic music,
and developing to cover a wider range of genres. After hearing Konflict's
"Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the Drum & Bass genre. They
founded Pendulum with Paul Harding, who was a veteran DJ in the Drum & Bass
scene. In 2003 the band relocated to the United Kingdom. While Hold Your
Colour holds true to the Drum & Bass genre, Pendulum have since experimented
with mixing other genres into their work, as can be heard on In Silico
and Immersion.

3. Current
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Although Pendulum have split, there is talks of a return album some time in 2014.
However, there is also the current sucess of Knife Party, an Australian electronic
dance music duo signed to the Eaststorm label. They formed from two members of
the drum and bass band Pendulum, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen. They
currently rank at #25 on DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll. They formed in
2011 and are still currently working together. The music of knife party does not
differ that much from Pendulums sound, as their music covers Electro
house, dubstep, moombahton and drumstep genres.