

Klaxons in 2007 Klaxons' debut single, ' was released in March 2006 on. Around this time, the band began playing under their new, shortened name of Klaxons. He remains mostly absent from the band's music videos, appearing only in the early video 'Atlantis to Interzone' and briefly in the 2007 re-release of 'Gravity's Rainbow'. Replacement live drummer Steffan Halperin joined in February 2006, with the band announcing him as an official member in an interview in Prefix Magazine in early 2007. Initially the band played with drummer Finnigan Kidd in 2005, until Kidd left to play with fellow New Cross band. They recorded and performed live under their early guise of 'Klaxons (Not Centaurs)', name inspired by 's text and the futurist literature.
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James taught Simon how to play guitar, and with Reynolds' redundancy money they purchased a studio kit.

Righton had been working as a teacher at the time. The trio formed in, London, after meeting through Reynolds' girlfriend. Simon Taylor-Davis and James Righton grew up in, meeting. He dropped out of studying at to work in a record shop, Essential Records in Southampton, before moving to London after being made redundant. History Formation (2005–2006) Jamie Reynolds grew up in and.Their third album, was released on 16 June 2014. Klaxons' second album, was released on 23 August 2010. After playing festivals and headlining tours worldwide (including the ) during late 2006–07, the band started working on their follow-up album in July 2007. Following the release of several on different, as well as the success of previous singles ' and ', the band released their debut album, on 29 January 2007.

