Lcd Soundsystem

By the time he formed LCD Soundsystem in 2002, James Murphy had already lived several lives in New York's music scene, variously working as a DJ, engineer, and producer in addition to co-founding DFA Records.

But Murphy—born in Princeton Junction, NJ, in 1970—didn't find the right vehicle for his alternately hopeful and cantankerous sensibility until LCD Soundsystem.

Initially a solo venture for Murphy before expanding to include regulars like vocalist/keyboardist Nancy Whang and bassist Tyler Pope, the band swiftly attracted acclaim for its thrilling combination of dance-punk grooves and art-rock experimentation, along with the snarky humor that filled songs like 2002's withering \