I have a playlist called 'songs to rob a bank to' and spotify recommended CYATBAI?
i didn't listen to their other stuff but I loved the song and listened to it so much that spotify still notified me when DCC came out, which I listened to and became obsessed with immediately
What a banger that song is though, it’s probably lame but I actually cried its so powerful at the end!! Spotify is one subscription I’ll never question when it comes to budgeting - it’s always recommending the best jams
When Muse had them as their support act for their EU shows in march 2016. I looked them up on youtube when that was announced and sort of immediately liked it, before I had gone through all the songs on youtube my mum (who had heard me listen to the music) made me order the debut album online and by the time the Muse concert happened I knew all the songs by heart and was practically more excited about seeing NBT than Muse hahahaha.
It was in 2021, during my final year of high school. I was listening to a random rock playlist in Spotify going to school and listened to If I Get High, I found it great, and later in the day, I searched for the guitar tabs.
Then, when I was taking a bath a week later, again, I was listening to a random rock playlist in Spotify, and it played Last Orders. I was almost enchanted by the music and looked up for the artist, and it was NBT again.
Finally, I listened to Sorry (the acoustic version) in an acoustic random rock playlist in Spotify, liked the song, looked up for the artist, and it was yet AGAIN NBT
At that point I just said f*ck it, I'm listening to your entire discography.
3 albums and 2 EPs later (at the time), and I found my new favorite band of all time :)
I LOVE THIS. They’re undeniably different from any other band. You can hear the influences but nothing beats NBT in terms of pure flawless skill. Also, excellent first 3 to ever hear 👌🏻
First heard Itch just through some random spotify playlist in 2016, didn't pay much attention. Then in December 2017 saw them live opening for Muse, it was my first time hearing them since hearing Itch those few times, and they fucking blew me away tbh. Hooked ever since.
It was in 2017. I was just exploring different stuff on Spotify when their cover on "I need a hero" came on. I was intrigued and immediately in love. Then I listened to some of their other songs. Banger after banger. No song was the same. Since then I've had multiple periods of my life where I just didn't listen to anything else but them.
How did I not know that cover was a thing?! Thank you for bringing it to my attention!
They did a great cover of Flowers last year which is out there on YouTube somewhere as well. They can basically do no wrong.
I'd been vaguely aware of them for a while without paying them close attention - until I heard Unperson via the Forza Horizon 5 soundtrack. Which led me to Moral Panic, which led me down the rabbit hole, which leads to Leeds. Bring on July!
This was my path as well! Unperson…Moral Panic…then the rest.
A few years ago, I had asked friends for good upbeat songs to exercise to and one friend suggested Unperson. The same friend also suggested a Royal Blood song so I got two new bands to obsess over!
Unless NBT come to the Pacific Northwest, I doubt I’ll ever see them live though. Royal Blood has come to PNW and I have seen them! Loved them!
NO NO NO NEGATIVITY WITH THAT PNW COMMENT 🥹 I saw em 4 times on their US tour, nowhere near the PNW really. But my friend spoke to Phil and Price and said they'll hit the PNW on PT 2 of the US tour! Whenever that is. Where in the PNW are you?
It will! I was meant to go and see them at Wembley Arena last year but couldn't make it. Leeds is a lot closer than London so hopefully I won't have a problem this time 🤞🏼
They’ve never played a proper gig in Leeds as far as I’m aware (they’ve done a couple of acoustic sets which were amazing but I don’t think they’ve played any venues for a full gig) so I’m SO EXCITED!!! And it’ll be summer! And outside!!! Oh I’m so hyped! As ya can tell by the picture, I made my partner wait til it came back on then take a picture 😂😂😂😂
Same here. Heard Trip Switch on FIFA and loved it so looked it up. Remembered the band name from Muse support gigs so that spurred me onto to listen to a few more. I remember having heard Wake Up Call from somewhere before, and then after that I was hooked
I first heard Particles YEARS ago, and I loved the song. I had it on repeat a lot. But never explored more in their discography.
Then I got recommended Futureproof by Spotify in one of my playlist and the rest is history. I went backwards and listened from their first album to Moral Panic. Then I got to see them for the first time last year.
They're fantastic and very fun live.
Wake up call was on the game NHL 17 and i loved it then the next years version had Amsterdam and i bought the first 2 albums after that and it escalated from there
I saw the kid from Breaking Bad in the thumbnail for If I Get High and was intrigued. They've been my faves ever since. 7 years later and I'm finally seeing my boys live!
I did the opposite - I was scrolling through NBT videos on YouTube and was like 'WTF WALTER JR?!' I didn't actually watch breaking bad until 2021 or so, i believe. Which is around the same time I started listening to NBT which is a WILD coincidence
I thought for the longest time the kid from breaking bad was the singer for nothing but thieves… I only know that song and I saw him in the music video. I’ve even told countless people when watching breaking bad, “he’s a singer of a really cool band!” I’m so embarrassed.
My YouTube algorithm recommended the orchestral Abbey Road live recording of "Impossible," so this must have been sometime in 2022, months after its release.
I've (38F) been a huge rock fan in my teens and early twenties. But for most of the rock bands I've loved 20 years ago, their music felt stuck in a time capsule that hasn'r moved along with the times. I found myself listening to old songs all over again, or new songs that sounded like copycats of old songs.
So by 2020 I've mostly given up on rock and moved on to other genres that felt more like where I am today. My playlist was dominated by R&B and jazz influenced singer-songwriter pop--not quite Top 40, and many are more elaborate than the typical Guy/Girl With Guitar kind of music, but reflected my picky taste for more complex musicianship.
I'm not sure how "Impossible" ended up on my algorithm, and initially I wasn't overly interested. But one day I gave it a chance and I was blown away. I am a sucker for a good piece of orchestra rock. Though what stuck with me the most was:
"Damn, this guy can sing!"
Before this, my favourite male rock vocalists are the likes of Billy Corgan, Maynard James Keenan, Anthony Kiedis, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Zach de la Rocha, Robert Smith, Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl. Which are all indisputable rock gods with incredible showmanship and songwriting prowess that have moved my soul and millions of fellow fans.
But I wouldn't call any of these men angelic singers. I doubt I'd be half as big a fan of any of them if it were purely for the sound of their voice, and weren't for their band and the creative synergy they bring to the music.
Angelic male voices are quite rare in rock. Yes, there's Jeff Buckley, Freddie Mercury and Daniel Johns who IMO have impeccable golden pipes. But these are more the exception rather than the rule, the former two are RIP, and the latter is permanently estranged from his band.
So Conor Mason instantly stood out for me. For many months, when I was craving a good rock song, I'd replay that Abbey Road video of "Impossible" and think to myself what a 2020s masterpiece it is.
I don't know why I didn't descend the NBT rabbit hole right then. I guess I was preoccupied with other artists like Yebba, Jacob Collier, Jon Batiste and Tash Sultana, and NBT felt too much like an outlier.
I guess for awhile I kinda assumed that "Impossible" was NBT's only good song out of a catalogue of basic 2020s rock songs that sound like the basic 2020s rock songs I'd heard up to then and didn't bother remembering because they were so forgettable.
Fast forward to early 2023, my best friend of 30 years, the one I used to bake with as kids, came over to my house to learn how to bake an apple pie from scratch after I told her I made one for my dad's birthday and what a disaster it turned out to be.
It took us 6 hours to make ours, so naturally playing some music was in order. I happen to be the one with better curated playlists. To my surprise, my playlist that my friend was most interested in listening to was my rock one. So we had a good time being pumped up with that good rock energy.
She decided to update her own playlists after that and asked me for artists to look out for. I said, "You should check out Nothing But Thieves! They have this delightful song called 'Impossible.'"
So she streamed "This Is Nothing But Thieves" on Spotify, and that's when I finally listened to their other songs for the first time. "Good band!" she said. Damn right, this is more than just a good band--it's the perfect band I didn't know was missing from my playlist!
In the coming months I started streaming "Moral Panic" on repeat and got excited to learn that the band is preparing to release the DCC album.
It was early during the release of DCC that I started becoming infatuated with the band.
Around that time, my long troubled marriage hit an unprecedented low when my husband pulled a two-month silent treatment on me preceded with very cruel words.
It took me that crisis to set my eyes on goals for exiting the marriage and a desperation to feel like my normal self again. The DCC album gave voice to a lot of the devastation I was going through while also giving me music to dance to that changed the way I walk in the world.
When I learned about the band's past mental health campaigns during the "Broken Machine" era, and Conor's own mental health battles that informed much of the music we love the band for, I descended deep into the rabbit hole.
I watched almost every interview and live video I could possibly find of the band, and read about them on every corner of the internet where I'd find them. One of the things I read was about a certain 2023 concert review where Conor made Phil do a shoey--drinking beer out of a shoe, for those unfamiliar with the term.
Days after reading that, I received a DM from someone who had noticed my recurring comments in this subreddit, called me a megafan and mentioned that they watched NBT live at that particular city.
"Was this the one where Phil did a shoey?"
"Yes it was, I was cheering so loud!"
Our conversation kinda snowballed from there and I found myself a new best friend.
We dreamed that "next year" or whenever it might work out, we'll meet each other IRL and attend a NBT concert together.
It's not gonna happen this year, as NBT just did a short notice date announcement for my friend's part of the world.
But after a very long wait, the band also announced a festival date for my city in August! I can't wait to get my hands on tickets. Am currently in the middle of recruitment for a new job that would be a financial game changer for me--fingers crossed for an offer because I really am looking forward to buy tickets for this festival.
So yeah, TL;DR NBT has been one of the most impactful bands I've ever followed in recent years, if not ever.
Not only do I genuinely enjoy their music and have the biggest voice crush on Conor: they've given me strength and perspective as I weather a crisis, taught me life lessons that changed the way I relate to others and myself, strengthened my bond with an existing friend, and led me to new ones that have made a difference in my life.
At their concert!
My sister had been a fan for a while and she didn't want to go alone so I went with her. I knew a few songs just because she played them all the time, they were stuck in my head but I didn't know ANYTHING about them and I wasn't even into that genre at the time. It was in 2015 and I haven't stopped listening to their musice since. Still not as much of a hardcore fan
as she is but I loooove their music so much!
2016. My mom gave me her working tablet and I downloaded my spotify and started to listen to a random playlist when "Graveyard Whistling" started to play
Very recently I think it was the r/singing sub and someone mentioned Connor’s vocals in the live version of Impossible. I have been hooked ever since :)
2016, Trip Switch on an internet radio station out of California. Looked them up on Spotify and then YouTube, and that was it. Hooked. First live show in Cleveland that July.
I have, and will continue to see them live every chance I get. Never connected to a band and their music like this.
2016 I think? I was bored one day watching random music videos on YouTube. I came across Wake Up Call and I really enjoyed it so I went and listened to the rest of their music. I loved their other songs too and I thought they were really cool and talented. They’ve been my favourite band ever since and always will be!
I'm sure this is going to be one of the weirder stories on here, but I am a K-pop fan, it's almost all I listen to tbh, and when one of my now favourite bands, Xdinary Heroes, was debuting, they covered Drown by BMTH (whom I also love, and they were insane live this year) and [Impossible by Nothing But Thieves](https://youtu.be/x58UYlY7hNM?si=siNuC3oXBj-IDgEo) on Super Junior's Idol vs Idol, and I just loved it!
Jooyeon, the bassist, and Jungsu, the keyboardist on the left, in particular have the perfect voices for a song like that, and so I went and listened to the original ☺️
I went to the same school as some of the members yoooo. Saw the lead singer perform Naïve by the Kooks during a wednesday assembly. Granted I was in year 7 and they were year 12 at the time. Heard about them first making waves quite early cos of all that. So glad to see them so successful fr.
Late 2015 or early 2016, I had heard Trip Switch and then they opened for Muse (not that I was able to see that tour as I’m American) but it all started there.
Rick Beato mentioned them on a top ten run down, where he really liked "Welcome to the DCC" and I been a fan since.
I saw their gig on Tuesday in Copenhagen and it was amazing
first time get into NBT. at that time it was on a Indonesian music channel that i watch in 2015 and they have like a western music segment and they shown Nothing But Thieves and the song they played was Ban All The Music. and i started to liking it. 2 years later i notice that NBT also featured on the game of NFS Payback
On vacation in Florida and Trip Switch came on the alt rock station I was listening to. That was 2015, and I haven't looked back. Seen them in Cleveland 2017, and hope I can see them again soon!! Odd side note... That station also introduced me to Highly Suspect.... Whom I love as well!
I saw them open for Muse in Sydney! I was a music student at the time and the second I heard Lover, Please Stay I knew I wanted to cover it for an assignment (and I did!). Did a deep dive after that and fell in love
My friend told me about breakcore, and sent me a song called SR20 DET. I had to listen to it since I'm a car nerd and the name is an engine code. A part of the song reminded me of a Gran Turismo menu song, so I began searching for it. I didn't find it, but the results gave me Life's coming in slow. I decided to listen to it and immediately fell in love.
I grew up in Southern California and we would have the local rock station (KROQ) on in the car.
In 2015 they played Trip Switch and I thought it was a pretty good song, so I later went onto iTunes (💀), found the album, and clicked through listening to all the 30 second samples. It decided the whole album would be worth a buy, so the next time we went to target I picked up the CD. (I really sound old, huh? 😆)
We put the CD in the car and then that was that: I fell in LOVE 😍
I went to see Muse live on their Drones tour and NBT pulled off probably the greatest support act performance I've ever seen. From the moment Conor's vocals in Itch and Lover Please Stay just took hold of the entire arena they have been one of my favourite bands.
2017. I was trying to get into more alt music during that time, and then got hooked on “Amsterdam” on one of Spotify playlists. The playlist also got me hooked into Royal Blood, Grandson, and Cleopatrick. I occasionally heard them playing in public places at random times.
Was watching a rugby league game on tv some years ago and they had a highlights clip with I Was Just A Kid as the backing music.
Shazammed it and have been hooked ever since
I got into it last year when I was bored and took this quiz to see my music taste and it was real specific and accurate and gave me artist/band suggestions including NBT and I decided to check them out
I started learning guitar during Covid lockdown in 2020. In early 2021 my guitar teacher and I were looking for a new song for me to learn & he recommended Trip Switch. I downloaded the song and cursed him for making me learn barre cords, but I loved the song so much I downloaded their first album & I was officially down the rabbit hole. I’ve listened to little else but NBT for the last 3 years & was so excited to see them in Sydney last year. This year I’m going to see them in Sydney and Melbourne. I’m hooked!
July 2014. I saw them at Truck Festival and thought they were brilliant, they were playing in Guildford the night I got back from the festival so went along and they were even better. Been hooked ever since.
I remember Trip Switch was featured on one of the FIFA games, possibly 2015. But I didn’t see them again until 2016 (Kentish Town).
I stumbled across Ban All the Music on a long train journey and couldn't rest until I'd listened to everything. Must have been about 6 months before Broken Machine came out
The person I crushed on during my highschool years was a big fan of this group. So he made me listen to it and I became a fan too because it was exactly the style of music I like !
I don't really talk anymore with this person but I still a big fan and put one of my friends into it at my turn 🤸🫶
I think Spotify recommended them to me. It was Summer 2017 and I had Amsterdam and sorry on repeat. I even loved the acoustic version of it. Wasn’t until years later when someone mentioned them that I heard the rest of their discography. I knew I loved these 2 songs but I had no idea I would eventually get super into them.
Had about 10 different people either post photos at their shows/about them over the span of 5 yrs or so, and these were friends I'd met at other shows and we had alot of mutual music interests. But I am one of those really annoying people who HAS to discover music on my own.
Fast forward to the end of 2021 -- I put on the Royal Blood station radio (also another - see above) and Honey Whiskey come on. I remember adding that to my playlist. And then Take This Lonely Heart came on as well. Those 2 songs sat on my playlist for ages. Then I believe it was the end of 2021 when MP came out and MUCH more songs came out and every single time I'd Shazam it and it was ALWAYS THIS SAME BAND. This is the time when I think the special edition of MP came out and that was the first album I listened to fully
Then I became super obsessed over the last few years, obv, and bought tickets to see em the first time way back in March of 2023 for an October show. I saw them 4 times in the US tour (oops)
One day, you think Life’s Coming In Slow so you try to learn a Foreign Language but get gif up thinking “ I’m sick of Talking To Myself”. Not wanting to sound like a Broken Machine, you Overcome your Phobia of imagination and make up a story about deities. Amongst these Gods there’s an Unperson with a Impossible voice like Honey Whiskey, when you hear his voice you think Oh No:: He Said What? And go into a mild Moral Panic because this band ain’t your Number 13, nah they’re FutureProof, they’re Forever & Ever More. Sorry, just need a Soda break. You think, surely this can’t Get Better, but you’re in for a Wake Up Call. This band has you like a Hostage, they’re you’re Painkiller now. Six Billion others agree, and you think Is Everybody Going Crazy? If I Were You, I’d say it’s a Miracle, Baby. And on the seventh day There Was Sun.
I think it was 2016. I was laying in bed at night on my phone, scrolling on YouTube and saw a song of theirs recommended on my home page. It was Honey Whiskey, but what made me click on it was the album cover which I thought looked so cool. Been a fan ever since :)
I was suffering with depression, burn out, and anxiety. I was driving along at work must have been about 2 years ago now, and my music app was set to 'we think you might also like'. Amsterdam came on. I cried so hard. It was the best sound I had ever heard. I listened on repeat with the volume up as far as my puney car speakers would allow. Then I started exploring their back catalogue and found even more gems like is everybody going crazy. I am still yet to see them live, but it is on the bucket list.
Thankfully with NBT's help (and meds and therapy) I am back on the right track and feeling brilliant. I can listen to them now and they remind me of how far I have come mentally. Their music doesn't get old for me. They are one of those bands that can adapt their music to suit the environment and they mean more to me than my friends and family would appreciate (none of them are fans).
Not that long ago really for me, but Radio X in London started playing Welcome to the DCC like twice a day last year when it came out…
Then I listened to some other songs, and went to see them at Wembley in November 2023
2018 my first gf showed me trip switch (I thought it was pretty good) and a few months later my friends sister showed me Amsterdam, and quickly after they became my favorite band.
I was on Omegle one day, talking to random people, met a girl on there, we talked about our interest and music was one of them, I was getting into music at the time and she introduced me to NBT, instantly fell in love with the music. Was a good chat with her, but never saw her again... But hey will always remember her.
This was around 2015
I was in a lot of WhatsApp groups with random people I didn't know. I mostly just read the messages and didn't write anything. But one day I was really bored of the music I was listening to. So I asked for album recommendations and I didn't like most of them, but someone recommended Broken machine. It was instant love <3
My brother used to leave his Fifa game on for houuuuurs on the start menu and they were in the playlist lol. I discovered plenty of good music that way. But man… hearing Trip Switch for the first time on (what I viewed as) shitty game and then searching for more and hearing Itch ? Life changing. This was 2015.
Zelli from Paleface Swiss shared his top 5 releases from 2023 and Dead Club City was on it. Searched the album listened to Overcome and have been a fan of Nothing But Thieves ever since.
They opened for Muse in 2019 and I really enjoyed it. Forgot about them until Moral Panic came out and loved it. Then I forgot about them again until I saw them at a festival in 2022.
Been in love since
I got hooked on trip switch back in 2015, i think. Spotify just led me to it, if i remembere right.
Loved them ever since and on Sunday i’ll see them live for a second time. Can’t wait ♥️
Oh man the pressure to pick just one. If you like a quieter vibe with amazing vocals listen to Lover Please Stay or Honey Whiskey or City Haunts, man I’m just gonna end up listing all the songs, so instead for a quieter indie start listen to Broken Machine album or their first album called Nothing But Thieves. If you like an 80s synth with dystopian alt-rock vibe go for Welcome to the DCC first. If you like jumpy stuff, my favourite song ever is Forever and Ever More. Enjoy!!!
I think they supported Muse once YEARS ago, got hooked since and saw them play at a really tiny venue - Stealth in Nottingham and absolutely fell more in love… just felt so privileged to watch them. and I don’t want to say ‘amateur’ but there is something so nice, watching live music before the band gets huge and has loads of production value and equipment, sounded so real and passionate on a tiny stage. Loved it.
Long story short I watched a drumming documentary and Ben Thatcher from Royal Blood was on it. So I started listening to them, then Spotify recommended NBT and the rest is history.
It was 2017 and I had a massive crush on R.J Mitte (Walt Jr. from Breaking Bad.)
I went on YouTube to look up interviews so I could learn more about him. And I stumbled across “If I Get High” music video which R.J was featured in.
I’ve been hooked on NBT since! And I met them in 2018 when they opened for AWOLNATION, although I look absolutely terrible in the picture I took with them lol.
I was going to a music festival in 2016 called Weenie Roast and they were one of the bands playing. I listened to their music before the show and really liked it so I saw their set. Been a fan ever since!
I was in 8th grade (2018) I heard sorry on the radio, I really liked it and that lead me into a rabbit hole and I discovered the broken machine album. I finally was able to see them live in September now that I'm an adult. They've shaped the way I think about life and music I hope they come back soon to the US.
had a friend recommend a playlist called “getting puthay pounded by iwaizumi hajime” that ended up shaping my music taste entirely, but “sorry” by nbt was in there and it spoke volumes to me. told my brother about the band and the song and he introduced me to a bunch more of their music. my braider also loves nbt so when i asked her if i could play music during a session and put them on she introduced me to even more music by them. been devoutly obsessed since august 2023 but got into them in january 2021
[the playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RBrKOX9As8FlFd7qVvsbN)
A friend got concert tickets to see them and invited me. I loved grandson who was opening for them and fell in love with NBT that night. They’re now my all time favorite band. That was almost 6 years ago now
Itch was being played on the evening Radio 1 shows a lot when it was released as a single (early 2016 I guess) and I decided to check out their other songs.
Little late the the party but I first discovered them when my mom played "Trip Switch" in the car, however I didn't get into them until years later when this summer I had seen they were releasing DCC and decided to give it a listen when it dropped, I hate that I was missing such good music. I'm not emo but this is different somehow
I have a playlist called 'songs to rob a bank to' and spotify recommended CYATBAI? i didn't listen to their other stuff but I loved the song and listened to it so much that spotify still notified me when DCC came out, which I listened to and became obsessed with immediately
What a banger that song is though, it’s probably lame but I actually cried its so powerful at the end!! Spotify is one subscription I’ll never question when it comes to budgeting - it’s always recommending the best jams
THATS the first NBT song you heard?! Fuck, talk about L I F E. C H A N G I N G
honestly!! such a good fucking song
Awesome song. "Can you afford to be an individual?" for those who find abbreviations infuriating.
When Muse had them as their support act for their EU shows in march 2016. I looked them up on youtube when that was announced and sort of immediately liked it, before I had gone through all the songs on youtube my mum (who had heard me listen to the music) made me order the debut album online and by the time the Muse concert happened I knew all the songs by heart and was practically more excited about seeing NBT than Muse hahahaha.
It was in 2021, during my final year of high school. I was listening to a random rock playlist in Spotify going to school and listened to If I Get High, I found it great, and later in the day, I searched for the guitar tabs. Then, when I was taking a bath a week later, again, I was listening to a random rock playlist in Spotify, and it played Last Orders. I was almost enchanted by the music and looked up for the artist, and it was NBT again. Finally, I listened to Sorry (the acoustic version) in an acoustic random rock playlist in Spotify, liked the song, looked up for the artist, and it was yet AGAIN NBT At that point I just said f*ck it, I'm listening to your entire discography. 3 albums and 2 EPs later (at the time), and I found my new favorite band of all time :)
I LOVE THIS. They’re undeniably different from any other band. You can hear the influences but nothing beats NBT in terms of pure flawless skill. Also, excellent first 3 to ever hear 👌🏻
a friend showed me soda
That’s a keeper right there
First heard Itch just through some random spotify playlist in 2016, didn't pay much attention. Then in December 2017 saw them live opening for Muse, it was my first time hearing them since hearing Itch those few times, and they fucking blew me away tbh. Hooked ever since.
It was in 2017. I was just exploring different stuff on Spotify when their cover on "I need a hero" came on. I was intrigued and immediately in love. Then I listened to some of their other songs. Banger after banger. No song was the same. Since then I've had multiple periods of my life where I just didn't listen to anything else but them.
How did I not know that cover was a thing?! Thank you for bringing it to my attention! They did a great cover of Flowers last year which is out there on YouTube somewhere as well. They can basically do no wrong.
Omg that cover is amazing! They can literally do no wrong. Nothing but bops.
I'd been vaguely aware of them for a while without paying them close attention - until I heard Unperson via the Forza Horizon 5 soundtrack. Which led me to Moral Panic, which led me down the rabbit hole, which leads to Leeds. Bring on July!
This was my path as well! Unperson…Moral Panic…then the rest. A few years ago, I had asked friends for good upbeat songs to exercise to and one friend suggested Unperson. The same friend also suggested a Royal Blood song so I got two new bands to obsess over! Unless NBT come to the Pacific Northwest, I doubt I’ll ever see them live though. Royal Blood has come to PNW and I have seen them! Loved them!
NO NO NO NEGATIVITY WITH THAT PNW COMMENT 🥹 I saw em 4 times on their US tour, nowhere near the PNW really. But my friend spoke to Phil and Price and said they'll hit the PNW on PT 2 of the US tour! Whenever that is. Where in the PNW are you?
No negativity at all! Realistically I’d need Seattle or Portland area to be able to go.
Aaaah I love how different everyone’s story is!! Will Leeds be your first NBT gig then??
It will! I was meant to go and see them at Wembley Arena last year but couldn't make it. Leeds is a lot closer than London so hopefully I won't have a problem this time 🤞🏼
They’ve never played a proper gig in Leeds as far as I’m aware (they’ve done a couple of acoustic sets which were amazing but I don’t think they’ve played any venues for a full gig) so I’m SO EXCITED!!! And it’ll be summer! And outside!!! Oh I’m so hyped! As ya can tell by the picture, I made my partner wait til it came back on then take a picture 😂😂😂😂
Trip Switch was on my Spotify Discover Weekly in 2016 🥹
I heard it on FIFA, back when video game soundtracks were decent.
Same here. Heard Trip Switch on FIFA and loved it so looked it up. Remembered the band name from Muse support gigs so that spurred me onto to listen to a few more. I remember having heard Wake Up Call from somewhere before, and then after that I was hooked
Same! Still my favourite album so far
I first heard Particles YEARS ago, and I loved the song. I had it on repeat a lot. But never explored more in their discography. Then I got recommended Futureproof by Spotify in one of my playlist and the rest is history. I went backwards and listened from their first album to Moral Panic. Then I got to see them for the first time last year. They're fantastic and very fun live.
Wake up call was on the game NHL 17 and i loved it then the next years version had Amsterdam and i bought the first 2 albums after that and it escalated from there
I saw the kid from Breaking Bad in the thumbnail for If I Get High and was intrigued. They've been my faves ever since. 7 years later and I'm finally seeing my boys live!
I did the opposite - I was scrolling through NBT videos on YouTube and was like 'WTF WALTER JR?!' I didn't actually watch breaking bad until 2021 or so, i believe. Which is around the same time I started listening to NBT which is a WILD coincidence
I thought for the longest time the kid from breaking bad was the singer for nothing but thieves… I only know that song and I saw him in the music video. I’ve even told countless people when watching breaking bad, “he’s a singer of a really cool band!” I’m so embarrassed.
My YouTube algorithm recommended the orchestral Abbey Road live recording of "Impossible," so this must have been sometime in 2022, months after its release. I've (38F) been a huge rock fan in my teens and early twenties. But for most of the rock bands I've loved 20 years ago, their music felt stuck in a time capsule that hasn'r moved along with the times. I found myself listening to old songs all over again, or new songs that sounded like copycats of old songs. So by 2020 I've mostly given up on rock and moved on to other genres that felt more like where I am today. My playlist was dominated by R&B and jazz influenced singer-songwriter pop--not quite Top 40, and many are more elaborate than the typical Guy/Girl With Guitar kind of music, but reflected my picky taste for more complex musicianship. I'm not sure how "Impossible" ended up on my algorithm, and initially I wasn't overly interested. But one day I gave it a chance and I was blown away. I am a sucker for a good piece of orchestra rock. Though what stuck with me the most was: "Damn, this guy can sing!" Before this, my favourite male rock vocalists are the likes of Billy Corgan, Maynard James Keenan, Anthony Kiedis, Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Zach de la Rocha, Robert Smith, Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl. Which are all indisputable rock gods with incredible showmanship and songwriting prowess that have moved my soul and millions of fellow fans. But I wouldn't call any of these men angelic singers. I doubt I'd be half as big a fan of any of them if it were purely for the sound of their voice, and weren't for their band and the creative synergy they bring to the music. Angelic male voices are quite rare in rock. Yes, there's Jeff Buckley, Freddie Mercury and Daniel Johns who IMO have impeccable golden pipes. But these are more the exception rather than the rule, the former two are RIP, and the latter is permanently estranged from his band. So Conor Mason instantly stood out for me. For many months, when I was craving a good rock song, I'd replay that Abbey Road video of "Impossible" and think to myself what a 2020s masterpiece it is. I don't know why I didn't descend the NBT rabbit hole right then. I guess I was preoccupied with other artists like Yebba, Jacob Collier, Jon Batiste and Tash Sultana, and NBT felt too much like an outlier. I guess for awhile I kinda assumed that "Impossible" was NBT's only good song out of a catalogue of basic 2020s rock songs that sound like the basic 2020s rock songs I'd heard up to then and didn't bother remembering because they were so forgettable. Fast forward to early 2023, my best friend of 30 years, the one I used to bake with as kids, came over to my house to learn how to bake an apple pie from scratch after I told her I made one for my dad's birthday and what a disaster it turned out to be. It took us 6 hours to make ours, so naturally playing some music was in order. I happen to be the one with better curated playlists. To my surprise, my playlist that my friend was most interested in listening to was my rock one. So we had a good time being pumped up with that good rock energy. She decided to update her own playlists after that and asked me for artists to look out for. I said, "You should check out Nothing But Thieves! They have this delightful song called 'Impossible.'" So she streamed "This Is Nothing But Thieves" on Spotify, and that's when I finally listened to their other songs for the first time. "Good band!" she said. Damn right, this is more than just a good band--it's the perfect band I didn't know was missing from my playlist! In the coming months I started streaming "Moral Panic" on repeat and got excited to learn that the band is preparing to release the DCC album. It was early during the release of DCC that I started becoming infatuated with the band. Around that time, my long troubled marriage hit an unprecedented low when my husband pulled a two-month silent treatment on me preceded with very cruel words. It took me that crisis to set my eyes on goals for exiting the marriage and a desperation to feel like my normal self again. The DCC album gave voice to a lot of the devastation I was going through while also giving me music to dance to that changed the way I walk in the world. When I learned about the band's past mental health campaigns during the "Broken Machine" era, and Conor's own mental health battles that informed much of the music we love the band for, I descended deep into the rabbit hole. I watched almost every interview and live video I could possibly find of the band, and read about them on every corner of the internet where I'd find them. One of the things I read was about a certain 2023 concert review where Conor made Phil do a shoey--drinking beer out of a shoe, for those unfamiliar with the term. Days after reading that, I received a DM from someone who had noticed my recurring comments in this subreddit, called me a megafan and mentioned that they watched NBT live at that particular city. "Was this the one where Phil did a shoey?" "Yes it was, I was cheering so loud!" Our conversation kinda snowballed from there and I found myself a new best friend. We dreamed that "next year" or whenever it might work out, we'll meet each other IRL and attend a NBT concert together. It's not gonna happen this year, as NBT just did a short notice date announcement for my friend's part of the world. But after a very long wait, the band also announced a festival date for my city in August! I can't wait to get my hands on tickets. Am currently in the middle of recruitment for a new job that would be a financial game changer for me--fingers crossed for an offer because I really am looking forward to buy tickets for this festival. So yeah, TL;DR NBT has been one of the most impactful bands I've ever followed in recent years, if not ever. Not only do I genuinely enjoy their music and have the biggest voice crush on Conor: they've given me strength and perspective as I weather a crisis, taught me life lessons that changed the way I relate to others and myself, strengthened my bond with an existing friend, and led me to new ones that have made a difference in my life.
At their concert! My sister had been a fan for a while and she didn't want to go alone so I went with her. I knew a few songs just because she played them all the time, they were stuck in my head but I didn't know ANYTHING about them and I wasn't even into that genre at the time. It was in 2015 and I haven't stopped listening to their musice since. Still not as much of a hardcore fan as she is but I loooove their music so much!
Once you bop you just can’t stop. Thank your sister!! 😂
Heard Amsterdam on the radio in 2019. Been a fan since.
An anthem 🙌🏻
2016. My mom gave me her working tablet and I downloaded my spotify and started to listen to a random playlist when "Graveyard Whistling" started to play
Very recently I think it was the r/singing sub and someone mentioned Connor’s vocals in the live version of Impossible. I have been hooked ever since :)
I'm active in r/singing but haven't seen that post! Always keen for a discussion on Conor's pipes and how he does it!
2016, Trip Switch on an internet radio station out of California. Looked them up on Spotify and then YouTube, and that was it. Hooked. First live show in Cleveland that July. I have, and will continue to see them live every chance I get. Never connected to a band and their music like this.
2016 I think? I was bored one day watching random music videos on YouTube. I came across Wake Up Call and I really enjoyed it so I went and listened to the rest of their music. I loved their other songs too and I thought they were really cool and talented. They’ve been my favourite band ever since and always will be!
I'm sure this is going to be one of the weirder stories on here, but I am a K-pop fan, it's almost all I listen to tbh, and when one of my now favourite bands, Xdinary Heroes, was debuting, they covered Drown by BMTH (whom I also love, and they were insane live this year) and [Impossible by Nothing But Thieves](https://youtu.be/x58UYlY7hNM?si=siNuC3oXBj-IDgEo) on Super Junior's Idol vs Idol, and I just loved it! Jooyeon, the bassist, and Jungsu, the keyboardist on the left, in particular have the perfect voices for a song like that, and so I went and listened to the original ☺️
Trip Switch when playing fifa lmao
I went to the same school as some of the members yoooo. Saw the lead singer perform Naïve by the Kooks during a wednesday assembly. Granted I was in year 7 and they were year 12 at the time. Heard about them first making waves quite early cos of all that. So glad to see them so successful fr.
Late 2015 or early 2016, I had heard Trip Switch and then they opened for Muse (not that I was able to see that tour as I’m American) but it all started there.
Rick Beato mentioned them on a top ten run down, where he really liked "Welcome to the DCC" and I been a fan since. I saw their gig on Tuesday in Copenhagen and it was amazing
first time get into NBT. at that time it was on a Indonesian music channel that i watch in 2015 and they have like a western music segment and they shown Nothing But Thieves and the song they played was Ban All The Music. and i started to liking it. 2 years later i notice that NBT also featured on the game of NFS Payback
Jarang2 ketemu orang Indonesia di sini :) Agustus nanti datang?
emang harga tiketnya udah dicantumin?
Baru dicantumin buat paket 3 hariannya. Yg day pass belum tapi katanya bentar lagi.
On vacation in Florida and Trip Switch came on the alt rock station I was listening to. That was 2015, and I haven't looked back. Seen them in Cleveland 2017, and hope I can see them again soon!! Odd side note... That station also introduced me to Highly Suspect.... Whom I love as well!
Sunday Brunch. Think they played Trip Switch
An Instagram ad that had Honey Whiskey in the background 😭
I saw them open for Muse in Sydney! I was a music student at the time and the second I heard Lover, Please Stay I knew I wanted to cover it for an assignment (and I did!). Did a deep dive after that and fell in love
I use to get all my music on YouTube and they came up in my recommended one day
My friend told me about breakcore, and sent me a song called SR20 DET. I had to listen to it since I'm a car nerd and the name is an engine code. A part of the song reminded me of a Gran Turismo menu song, so I began searching for it. I didn't find it, but the results gave me Life's coming in slow. I decided to listen to it and immediately fell in love.
I grew up in Southern California and we would have the local rock station (KROQ) on in the car. In 2015 they played Trip Switch and I thought it was a pretty good song, so I later went onto iTunes (💀), found the album, and clicked through listening to all the 30 second samples. It decided the whole album would be worth a buy, so the next time we went to target I picked up the CD. (I really sound old, huh? 😆) We put the CD in the car and then that was that: I fell in LOVE 😍
I went to see Muse live on their Drones tour and NBT pulled off probably the greatest support act performance I've ever seen. From the moment Conor's vocals in Itch and Lover Please Stay just took hold of the entire arena they have been one of my favourite bands.
2017. I was trying to get into more alt music during that time, and then got hooked on “Amsterdam” on one of Spotify playlists. The playlist also got me hooked into Royal Blood, Grandson, and Cleopatrick. I occasionally heard them playing in public places at random times.
Was watching a rugby league game on tv some years ago and they had a highlights clip with I Was Just A Kid as the backing music. Shazammed it and have been hooked ever since
I got into it last year when I was bored and took this quiz to see my music taste and it was real specific and accurate and gave me artist/band suggestions including NBT and I decided to check them out
I started learning guitar during Covid lockdown in 2020. In early 2021 my guitar teacher and I were looking for a new song for me to learn & he recommended Trip Switch. I downloaded the song and cursed him for making me learn barre cords, but I loved the song so much I downloaded their first album & I was officially down the rabbit hole. I’ve listened to little else but NBT for the last 3 years & was so excited to see them in Sydney last year. This year I’m going to see them in Sydney and Melbourne. I’m hooked!
July 2014. I saw them at Truck Festival and thought they were brilliant, they were playing in Guildford the night I got back from the festival so went along and they were even better. Been hooked ever since. I remember Trip Switch was featured on one of the FIFA games, possibly 2015. But I didn’t see them again until 2016 (Kentish Town).
I stumbled across Ban All the Music on a long train journey and couldn't rest until I'd listened to everything. Must have been about 6 months before Broken Machine came out
I auditioned. *boom tish*
The person I crushed on during my highschool years was a big fan of this group. So he made me listen to it and I became a fan too because it was exactly the style of music I like ! I don't really talk anymore with this person but I still a big fan and put one of my friends into it at my turn 🤸🫶
I think Spotify recommended them to me. It was Summer 2017 and I had Amsterdam and sorry on repeat. I even loved the acoustic version of it. Wasn’t until years later when someone mentioned them that I heard the rest of their discography. I knew I loved these 2 songs but I had no idea I would eventually get super into them.
Had about 10 different people either post photos at their shows/about them over the span of 5 yrs or so, and these were friends I'd met at other shows and we had alot of mutual music interests. But I am one of those really annoying people who HAS to discover music on my own. Fast forward to the end of 2021 -- I put on the Royal Blood station radio (also another - see above) and Honey Whiskey come on. I remember adding that to my playlist. And then Take This Lonely Heart came on as well. Those 2 songs sat on my playlist for ages. Then I believe it was the end of 2021 when MP came out and MUCH more songs came out and every single time I'd Shazam it and it was ALWAYS THIS SAME BAND. This is the time when I think the special edition of MP came out and that was the first album I listened to fully Then I became super obsessed over the last few years, obv, and bought tickets to see em the first time way back in March of 2023 for an October show. I saw them 4 times in the US tour (oops)
Never heard of it, explain the plot to a newbie
One day, you think Life’s Coming In Slow so you try to learn a Foreign Language but get gif up thinking “ I’m sick of Talking To Myself”. Not wanting to sound like a Broken Machine, you Overcome your Phobia of imagination and make up a story about deities. Amongst these Gods there’s an Unperson with a Impossible voice like Honey Whiskey, when you hear his voice you think Oh No:: He Said What? And go into a mild Moral Panic because this band ain’t your Number 13, nah they’re FutureProof, they’re Forever & Ever More. Sorry, just need a Soda break. You think, surely this can’t Get Better, but you’re in for a Wake Up Call. This band has you like a Hostage, they’re you’re Painkiller now. Six Billion others agree, and you think Is Everybody Going Crazy? If I Were You, I’d say it’s a Miracle, Baby. And on the seventh day There Was Sun.
THERE ARE TYPOS I KNOW
Great explanation, I’m all over it
I think it was 2016. I was laying in bed at night on my phone, scrolling on YouTube and saw a song of theirs recommended on my home page. It was Honey Whiskey, but what made me click on it was the album cover which I thought looked so cool. Been a fan ever since :)
I was suffering with depression, burn out, and anxiety. I was driving along at work must have been about 2 years ago now, and my music app was set to 'we think you might also like'. Amsterdam came on. I cried so hard. It was the best sound I had ever heard. I listened on repeat with the volume up as far as my puney car speakers would allow. Then I started exploring their back catalogue and found even more gems like is everybody going crazy. I am still yet to see them live, but it is on the bucket list. Thankfully with NBT's help (and meds and therapy) I am back on the right track and feeling brilliant. I can listen to them now and they remind me of how far I have come mentally. Their music doesn't get old for me. They are one of those bands that can adapt their music to suit the environment and they mean more to me than my friends and family would appreciate (none of them are fans).
Spotify randomly put Futureproof in one of my daily mixes in 2022 and I’ve been obsessed ever since lol
Not that long ago really for me, but Radio X in London started playing Welcome to the DCC like twice a day last year when it came out… Then I listened to some other songs, and went to see them at Wembley in November 2023
You’re so pretty I love your bangs
Sorry, context plz 🤣
Saw them supporting another band in 2018/2019 and was hooked on the spot
Through my siblings 🥰
2018 my first gf showed me trip switch (I thought it was pretty good) and a few months later my friends sister showed me Amsterdam, and quickly after they became my favorite band.
Ban All The Music was a playable song on Guitar Hero Live, loved it so I checked them out and the rest is history.
I was on Omegle one day, talking to random people, met a girl on there, we talked about our interest and music was one of them, I was getting into music at the time and she introduced me to NBT, instantly fell in love with the music. Was a good chat with her, but never saw her again... But hey will always remember her. This was around 2015
I was in a lot of WhatsApp groups with random people I didn't know. I mostly just read the messages and didn't write anything. But one day I was really bored of the music I was listening to. So I asked for album recommendations and I didn't like most of them, but someone recommended Broken machine. It was instant love <3
I jumped the railing past security, and hid in the crowd.
I can’t remember when but they did a like a version of Gangs of youths, that was it for me
Friend introduced me to them a few years ago and I was hooked since ,finally going to go see them live in Vienna in 2 days and I CANT WAIT 🥹🥹🥹
My brother used to leave his Fifa game on for houuuuurs on the start menu and they were in the playlist lol. I discovered plenty of good music that way. But man… hearing Trip Switch for the first time on (what I viewed as) shitty game and then searching for more and hearing Itch ? Life changing. This was 2015.
Zelli from Paleface Swiss shared his top 5 releases from 2023 and Dead Club City was on it. Searched the album listened to Overcome and have been a fan of Nothing But Thieves ever since.
This post lol
You’re welcome
Yeah I never hear of em before but they're really good!
Surely you must have heard of them before this post or what made you come to this corner of Reddit? 😂
The post just got recommended to me yknow? Reddit be recommending the most random subreddits
Really?! Damn haha you’re really welcome then 😂😂 welcome!!
When if I get high music video released YouTube kept recommending it to me, watched it, only time I’ve cried to a song off a first listen
Heard “Itch” on the radio, (2015?) bought the album and paid attention ever since.
My friend posted a video of her at their concert and I liked the song 😍 this was only last year
They opened for Muse in 2019 and I really enjoyed it. Forgot about them until Moral Panic came out and loved it. Then I forgot about them again until I saw them at a festival in 2022. Been in love since
I got hooked on trip switch back in 2015, i think. Spotify just led me to it, if i remembere right. Loved them ever since and on Sunday i’ll see them live for a second time. Can’t wait ♥️
This post was given to me randomly by reddit. I've never heard of this band but love hearing new stuff, so what is a song yall recommend?
Oh man the pressure to pick just one. If you like a quieter vibe with amazing vocals listen to Lover Please Stay or Honey Whiskey or City Haunts, man I’m just gonna end up listing all the songs, so instead for a quieter indie start listen to Broken Machine album or their first album called Nothing But Thieves. If you like an 80s synth with dystopian alt-rock vibe go for Welcome to the DCC first. If you like jumpy stuff, my favourite song ever is Forever and Ever More. Enjoy!!!
I think they supported Muse once YEARS ago, got hooked since and saw them play at a really tiny venue - Stealth in Nottingham and absolutely fell more in love… just felt so privileged to watch them. and I don’t want to say ‘amateur’ but there is something so nice, watching live music before the band gets huge and has loads of production value and equipment, sounded so real and passionate on a tiny stage. Loved it.
Long story short I watched a drumming documentary and Ben Thatcher from Royal Blood was on it. So I started listening to them, then Spotify recommended NBT and the rest is history.
Honey whiskey in like 2017
Saw them open reading in 2015 in the tent!
thought this was a subreddit about people just stealing shit and posting it online at first
uhh i think they were just on a radio on spotify i was listening to. pretty good!
It was 2017 and I had a massive crush on R.J Mitte (Walt Jr. from Breaking Bad.) I went on YouTube to look up interviews so I could learn more about him. And I stumbled across “If I Get High” music video which R.J was featured in. I’ve been hooked on NBT since! And I met them in 2018 when they opened for AWOLNATION, although I look absolutely terrible in the picture I took with them lol.
I was going to a music festival in 2016 called Weenie Roast and they were one of the bands playing. I listened to their music before the show and really liked it so I saw their set. Been a fan ever since!
This sub in my Reddit!!
First heard them on a new alt radio station in my hometown. They played Trip Switch and I was HOOKED. This was in 2015. The rest is history 😍
Well i am from the netherlands and then i heard Amsterdam..
The ford fiesta commercial that had wake up call playing
I was in 8th grade (2018) I heard sorry on the radio, I really liked it and that lead me into a rabbit hole and I discovered the broken machine album. I finally was able to see them live in September now that I'm an adult. They've shaped the way I think about life and music I hope they come back soon to the US.
had a friend recommend a playlist called “getting puthay pounded by iwaizumi hajime” that ended up shaping my music taste entirely, but “sorry” by nbt was in there and it spoke volumes to me. told my brother about the band and the song and he introduced me to a bunch more of their music. my braider also loves nbt so when i asked her if i could play music during a session and put them on she introduced me to even more music by them. been devoutly obsessed since august 2023 but got into them in january 2021 [the playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3RBrKOX9As8FlFd7qVvsbN)
A friend got concert tickets to see them and invited me. I loved grandson who was opening for them and fell in love with NBT that night. They’re now my all time favorite band. That was almost 6 years ago now
Itch was being played on the evening Radio 1 shows a lot when it was released as a single (early 2016 I guess) and I decided to check out their other songs.
Little late the the party but I first discovered them when my mom played "Trip Switch" in the car, however I didn't get into them until years later when this summer I had seen they were releasing DCC and decided to give it a listen when it dropped, I hate that I was missing such good music. I'm not emo but this is different somehow
In like 2017-2018??? when someone used their music for a belly dancing video!