What is The Maccabees (band)?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = '''The Maccabees''' | image = Maccabees tixgirl.jpg | Background = group_or_band | Origin = {{flagicon|England}} [[Brighton]], [[England]] [[United Kingdom]] | Genre = [[Indie rock]] | Years_active = 2005–present | Label = [[Fiction Records]]<br>[[Fierce Panda Records]] | URL = [http://www.themaccabees.co.uk/ Official website] | Current_members = [[Orlando Weeks]]<br />Hugo White<br />Felix White<br />Rupert Jarvis<br />Robert Dylan Thomas }} '''The Maccabees''' are a [[England|English]] [[Indie (music)|indie]] [[band]] based in [[Brighton]]. They first came from south [[London]]. ==Name== The band thought of the name 'The Maccabees' by opening the [[Bible]] to a random page.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7169685.stm|publisher=BBC Entertainment|title=Talking Shop: The Maccabees|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> Even though the name [[Maccabees|has religious meaning]], lead singer Orlando Weeks said that none of the band are religious in an interview on [[Steve Lamacq]]'s [[BBC Radio 1]] show. ==History== The Maccabees' debut single, 'X-Ray', was released on the [[Promise Records|Promise]] record label on [[28 November]] [[2005]]. It was played a little in the evenings on London radio station [[Xfm London]]. The band got very attentiong until six months later, when they released their second single, 'Latchmere'. The song was about the wave machine at the band's local Latchmere Leisure Centre in [[Battersea]], south London.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=2630 |title=CD Times - the Maccabees |access-date=2008-02-07 |archive-date=2007-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218020153/http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=2630 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was released on [[Fierce Panda Records]] in April 2006. This song was talked about by [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] DJ [[Steve Lamacqu]] and was p