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The 1975 are an English pop rock band originating from Manchester. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel.The band's origins trace to them attending Wilmslow High School in Cheshire and playing together as teenagers in 2002. Gigs organised by a council worker led the band to formally sign as the 1975. Their choice of name was inspired by a Jack Kerouac beat poetry book. They eventually signed a record deal after their success with Dirty Hit and Polydor Records. Following the release of four EPs, their self-titled debut album was released on 2 September 2013, topping the UK Albums Chart on 8 September 2013. Their second album I Like It When You S… more »

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We are right now in the beginning of a climate and ecological crisis
And we need to call it what it is, an emergency
We must acknowledge that we do not have the situation under control
And that we don't have all the solutions yet
Unless those solutions mean that we simply stop doing certain things
We must admit that we are losing this battle
We have to acknowledge that the older generations have failed
All political movements in their present form have failed
But Homo-sapiens have not yet failed

Yes, we are failing, but there is still time to turn everything around
We can still fix this
We still have everything in our own hands
But unless we recognize the overall failures of our current systems
We most probably don't stand a chance

We are facing a disaster of unspoken sufferings 
For enormous amounts of people
And now is not the time for speaking politely 
Or focusing on what we can or cannot say
Now is the time to speak clearly

Solving the climate crisis 
Is the greatest and most complex challenge 
That Homo-sapiens have ever faced
The main solution, however
Is so simple that even a small child can understand it
We have to stop our emissions of greenhouse gases
And either we do that, or we don't

You say that nothing in life is black or white
But that is a lie, a very dangerous lie
Either we prevent a 1.5 degree of warming, or we don't
Either we avoid setting off that irreversible chain reaction 
Beyond human control, or we don't
Either we choose to go on as a civilization, or we don't
That is as black or white as it gets 
Because there are no grey areas when it comes to survival

Now we all have a choice
We can create transformational action 
That will safeguard the living conditions 
For future generations
Or we can continue with our business as usual and fail
That is up to you and me
And yes, we need a system change rather than individual change
But you cannot have one without the other
If you look through history
All the big changes in society have been started
By people at the grassroots level
People like you and me
So, I ask you to please wake up and make the changes required possible
To do your best is no longer good enough
We must all do the seemingly impossible
Today, we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day 
There are no politics to change that
There are no rules to keep that oil in the ground
So, we can no longer save the world by playing by the rules
Because the rules have to be changed
Everything needs to change, and it has to start today
So, everyone out there, it is now time for civil disobedience
It is time to rebel

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