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GLASS Animals is a British rock band that was formed in Oxford in 2010.
It includes singer and songwriter Dave Bayley and three childhood friends.
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Who's in the band Glass Animals?
Dave Bayley
Dave Bayley is the lead singer, writer, and producer of the band Glass Animals.
The son of a Welsh father and Israeli mother, Bayley spent his childhood in Massachusetts and Texas, according to an online bio.
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He would move to Oxford, England - where he would meet his future bandmates - when he was a teen.
"As a medical school student at King's College, Bayley's insomnia led him to write songs on his computer that he shared with his friends, and it wasn't long until they started playing them together," according to All Music.
The members of the band chose the name Glass Animals from random words in the dictionary.
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Joe Seaward
Drummer Joe Seaward suffered critical injuries in a cycling accident in 2018, and it was not clear he would be able to recover as he fought for his life.
“I didn’t know if Joe was going to survive, or recover,” Bayley told The Independent in 2020.
“In a time like that, all you can seem to do is start thinking about the past.”
Seaward had been struck by a truck while riding his bike in Dublin.
The 31-year-old Seaward met Bayley in high school.
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Drew MacFarlane
Drew MacFarlane, who is 32, is the guitarist for Glass Animals.
MacFarlane also moved to the UK from the US, and met Bayley in high school as well.
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He "explores the boundaries of songwriting, contemporary classical composition, and electronic music," according to an online bio.
He grew up surrounded by the Appalachian folk music of his native Virginia.
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Ed Irwin-Singer
The UK-born Irwin-Singer plays the bass and keyboard for Glass Animals.
He is private compared to others in the band and does not speak much to reporters.