13 Facts About Lostprophets

Lostprophets were a Welsh rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze.

Lostprophets released five studio albums: The Fake Sound of Progress, Start Something, Liberation Transmission, The Betrayed, and Weapons .

Lostprophets cancelled all tour dates and disbanded in October 2013, before the end of Watkins's trial.

Lostprophets formed by Ian Watkins and Lee Gaze after their previous band Fleshbind disbanded.

Lostprophets featured on a bill consisting of more traditionally punk oriented acts.

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Lostprophets has opened up his own practice-studio for young people to start bands.

Lostprophets played at the Full Ponty festival in Wales on 26 May 2007.

On 9 April, Lostprophets announced that they had signed to Fearless Records and would release Weapons in the United States on 19 June 2012.

Lostprophets played select shows in Vans Warped Tour 2012, playing from 12 July through 5 August.

On 1 October 2013, Lostprophets announced that they were disbanding "after nearly a year of coming to terms with our heartache".

In December 2015, media reported that Lostprophets had released a new single, "I Knew You Were Trouble", which was delivered to the streaming website Spotify, but the recording was actually the original version by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

In November 2016, it was reported that Watkins' Twitter account had become active again, new clips of music had surfaced via two SoundCloud accounts that were reportedly attributed to him and that Lostprophets' website had been changed to a single page that described them as "The Straight Edge British Metal Band".

Lostprophets were most commonly termed nu metal and alternative metal.