Pendulum
Pendulum are a band from Perth, Australia, bringing drum and bass together with rock and metal through records, live shows and DJ sets.
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- From
- Perth, Western Australia
- Formed
- 2002
- Founders
- Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen and Paul “El Hornet” Harding
- Breakout
- “Vault” (2003), followed by debut album Hold Your Colour (2005)
- Chart milestone
- Immersion reached No. 1 in the UK; In Silico reached No. 2
Mini bio
How it started.
Pendulum formed in Perth in 2002 when Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen teamed up with DJ Paul “El Hornet” Harding. Swire and McGrillen had played in the band Xygen before turning to electronic music. Their early track “Vault” helped open the door to the UK drum and bass scene.
Finding their sound.
The move to the UK brought them closer to the scene that inspired them. Hold Your Colour arrived in 2005, followed by In Silico in 2008 and Immersion in 2010. Their music brought guitar riffs and vocals into drum and bass, and Immersion became a UK No. 1 album.
A new chapter.
The Elemental EP in 2021 and Anima in 2023 helped shape their next chapter. In 2025 they released Inertia, their first full studio album in 15 years. Rob Swire and Owen Charles produced the record at the band’s London studio, with guests including WARGASM, AWOLNATION and Bullet For My Valentine.
On stage and behind the decks.
Pendulum also perform DJ sets alongside their live band shows. El Hornet led those sets after the move to the UK; the official DJ biography now describes members alternating or appearing as a trio.
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Awards
Quotes
I was basically testing how far we could push Pendulum.Rob Swire, Mushroom Music’s Inertia release announcement
On finding the direction for Inertia, released 22 August 2025. Source: https://mailchi.mp/mushroomgroup.com/media-release-pendulum-release-new-album-inertia
Trivia
- Gareth McGrillen told the Daily Bruin that the name Pendulum was drawn out of a hat.
- Before Pendulum, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen played in Xygen alongside future electronic artist ShockOne.
- Swire told Double J that a computer crash wiped out years of work before he made “Vault”.
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