Formation and first releases: 1999–2004 Hundred Reasons was formed in
London, England, in 1999. They have cited influences including
Hum,
Cave In,
Stapleton,
Guns N' Roses,
Faith No More,
Orange 9mm,
Far,
Soulwax,
Helmet,
Minor Threat,
Youth of Today,
Fugazi, and
Quicksand. By 2001, they had released three EPs:
EpOne,
EpTwo, and
EpThree, as well as a
split EP with the American
punk rock band
Garrison. The band's debut, full-length album,
Ideas Above Our Station, was released in 2002. It peaked at No. 6 on the
UK Albums Chart, achieved Gold status, with sales of over 118,000 copies, and spawned several
Top 40 hits on the
UK Singles Chart. Their second album,
Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge, was released in 2004. Despite successful tours and achieving Silver status with sales of more than 65,000 copies within four months, Hundred Reasons were dropped by
Sony BMG in June 2004. They re-released a remastered version of
Quick the Word, Sharp the Action in 2009.
Hiatus and reunion shows (2009–2014) After the re-release of
Quick the Word, Sharp the Action, Hundred Reasons went on an extended hiatus. Reflecting on this period in an interview with
NME in 2022, Doran stated: "After
Quick the Word, personally for me that felt like it was going to be it. I'm quite pragmatic and I think it had some good songs on it, but it wasn't what I would call our best record. Things were on a bit of a downward turn, to be open and frank about it. We just ended up, not necessarily dissolving the band but everybody had to go and find other things to do. Those things took over, then weeks turned into months, which turned into years. Larry was building his career as a producer, I was in education and doing stuff like that, Bews was living in America which made rehearsal quite different, and Andy was in another band at the time called Freeze Atlantic." In April 2012, the band announced that they would be performing songs from their first album,
Ideas Above Our Station, at both
Banquet Records' Big Day Out and
2000Trees, and that they had been rejoined by Paul Townsend.
Hell Is for Heroes drummer Joe Birch performed with them that summer." On 8 May, it was revealed that Townsend would not be performing with the band after all. In 2014, Hundred Reasons reunited once more to play the
Sonisphere Festival. ==Band members==