Lightyear (band)
Lightyear | |
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Lightyear performing at the Leeds Festival, Bramham Park in 2006 The band members from L–R: Neil Draycott, Ben Ashton and Mark Wood | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Derby, Derbyshire, England |
| Genres | Ska punk |
| Years active | 1997–2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017–present |
| Labels | Household Name |
| Members | Chas Palmer-Williams Neil Draycott Neil 'Nelb' Cowie Mark Wood Ben Ashton Jim Harrison Lee Robotham Kraig Winterbottom Richard Barling |
Lightyear is a seven-piece British ska punk band formed in Derby, England, in 1997. They were part of a UK music scene that mixed ska punk with other genres including funk, indie-rock and hip-hop. The band signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and released two full-length albums before splitting in 2003. Since 2006 the band have had a number of reunions.