Foregone Conclusion

Foregone Conclusion is a rock band fronted by the comedian Ricky Gervais as his character David Brent from UK comedy TV series The Office.

Background

Originally formed in Slough, before Brent began his career in the paper industry, the band was composed of Brent (vocals and rhythm guitar) and Craig 'Mammogram' Monkford (axe man/lead guitar). They were signed to Juxtaposition Records.

Brent was lead singer/songwriter (lyrics man mainly, but the music came, naturally as well) and credited with songs including Spaceman Came Down, The Serpent that Guards the Gates of Hell, Free Love Freeway, Paris Nights (Goodnight Princess) and political reggae song Equality Street. Equality Street was re-recorded with rapper and comedian Dom Johnson for the 2013 Comic Relief.^[1]

Foregone Conclusion were once supported by (in Brent's words) what was then a little-known Scottish outfit called Texas.

Comeback

On 18 September 2013 it was announced on Gervais's Twitter that Foregone Conclusion would be reforming and appearing for two shows at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, UK.^[2] Tickets went on sale on 1 October 2013, selling out in under one minute.^[3][4] This was followed in May 2014 by a UK tour including two sold out nights at Hammersmith Apollo.^[5]

The current line up of Foregone Conclusion features Andy Burrows (formerly of Razorlight) on drums, Steve Clarke (formerly DumDums) on bass, Stuart Baxter Wilkinson (formerly DumDums) on guitar and Michael Clarke (formerly Clarksville) on keyboards.

Brothers Michael and Steve Clarke, along with Stuart Wilkinson recently formed the band The Sad Professors

The band are featured in Gervais's movie Life on the Road.

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