Mallory Knox

Over a span of ten years the Cambridgeshire rock band Mallory Knox unleashed melody-rich punk anthems that produced four studio albums and repeated Top 20 placements on the U.K. charts. Their 2013 debut Signals was followed by a creative high point two years later with Asymmetry, an album that sent the group around the globe and onto major festival stages. After original singer Mike Chapman exited in 2018 the remaining members issued one final self-titled record before closing out their career with a farewell tour that ended in the group’s 2019 disbandment.

The five-piece came together in September 2009 when vocalist Mike Chapman joined guitarists Joe Savins and James Gillett, bassist Sam Douglas, and drummer Dave Rawling. Taking their name from Juliette Lewis’s unhinged character in Natural Born Killers, the musicians discovered a common passion for melodic punk after earlier stints in local acts. They spent many months in seclusion honing their sound before surfacing with the Pilot EP in July 2011. Strong reviews for the EP led to high-profile slots at major British festivals, among them Download in 2012.

Signals arrived at the start of 2013, climbing to number 33 on the Official U.K. Album Chart and topping the Official U.K. Rock Album chart. The band soon signed with Epic Records, a Sony subsidiary, and returned to the studio to shape their 2014 follow-up Asymmetry. Despite early obstacles that included a studio fire, the group wrote and tracked the album in a single intense month; the finished record became their highest-charting release, reaching number 16 in the U.K. Three years later Wired appeared on RCA Records, another Sony imprint, again landing inside the Top 20 and spawning singles such as “Better Off Without You” and “Lucky Me.” With Chapman’s departure Sam Douglas stepped forward as vocalist for the band’s fourth and final album, Mallory Knox, whose supporting tour doubled as a valedictory run before the members parted ways for good in 2019.