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Interpol is a New York City band formed in 1998. Their debut album, entitled "Turn on the Bright Lights" was highly successful. Band members include Paul Banks on vocals and guitar, Carlos Dessler on bass and keyboards, Sam Fogarino on drums, and Daniel Kessler on guitar and background vocals.

The band formed when Daniel Kessler met with Greg, a drummer, on the New York University campus. Kessler later added Carlos D., an ex-guitar player, on the bass, after meeting him in a history class. The line-up was complete after Kessler remembered an old friend he met whilst in Paris. Banks and Kessler ran into each other on the street, after losing touch since Paris, and Banks became lead singer. In 2000, Greg left the band, and Fogarino was added after being found in a local drum store.

The name "Interpol" comes from a past experience of Banks, when a kid would call him "Paul, Paul, Interpol."

Other than the songs released on their debut album, they have composed songs such as "Specialist", "Song Seven", "A Time to be so Small", "Interlude", "Precipitate", and "5".




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