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Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Friday 11 April 2008 00:00 BST
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While at first it appears a bold statement of chav aggression the band's name is in fact a reference to TV's very own David Brent. While uploading their music onto MySpace, bandmates Joe and Dan realised they needed a name for their profile. They both decided that they would use the first thing they saw on TV. When they switched on Ricky Gervais spoke the words, "does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?". Joe and Dan settled on this with the happy coincidence being the fact that Ricky Gervais, like the band was from Reading.

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