History of Guns are an English cross-genre group combining elements of industrial, punk, electronica, rock, avant-garde and goth who formed in 1996. They self-released three EPs and two albums on their own Liquid Len Records before signing to Line Out Records in November 2006.
Their name comes from the title of one of their earliest songs, written about the Dunblane massacre.
Primarily a studio project, History of Guns have played live sporadically throughout their career including the Whitby Gothic Weekend and both Futurepunk23 and Back To The Futurepunk.
In 2007, their song Your Obedient Servants came in at no.19 in journalist Mick Mercer's list of Top 30 Goth Singles Of All Time.
In April 2008, Line Out Records sponsored the Whitby Gothic Weekend bi-annual football tournament so that teams were competing for the History of Guns - Acedia Challenge Cup.
Their third album ACEDIA was released on 7 July 2008 on Line Out Records and was awarded 9/10 by Rock Sound.
A reaction against the relentless miserablism of Acedia, History Of Guns followed it up with The Spice Girls EP in April 2009. A light-hearted three song investigation into The Spice Girls, including the track Slice Up Your Wife.
Their latest release was Whatever You Do, Don't Turn Up At Twelve, released on Zero State Media / Line Out Records on 21 October 2011.
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