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Three quarters of the band that would eventually become Enter Shikari - those three quarters being Rou Reynolds (vocals / electronics), Rob Rolfe (drums) and Chris Batten (bass) – met in primary school. A few years later (2003, to be exact) they were joined by their fourth quarter – more commonly known as Rory Clewlow (guitar) – and actually did become the aforementioned ‘Enter Shikari’. Unlike a majority of musicians in this day and age, Enter Shikari did NOT hang around telling people they were a band whilst really just kicking back and plotting elaborate scams to bring themselves to the attention of the country’s media. Instead they made the oft-forgotten move of actually buying a van, going out, and hitting the road in search of action, adventure and getting some shows under their belts and miles under their wheels. One man… his dog… the other bands… Enter Shikari still played the shows, developing what would become the unique ‘Enter Shikari sound’ along the way. Ahh yes. ...