Roughton Reynolds, known as Rou. He was born on January 16, 1986 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Responsible for the lyrics and themes of the songs. Besides being the lead singer of Enter Shikari, we can also hear him playing: the guitar in Radiate, the piano in Dear Future Historians and the trumpet in Interlude.
In his spare time he uses various social media. His joyful work can be admired mainly in the app Vine.
Rou owns a clothing company called Step Up. The company is trying to use a human torso as a billboard for positive social messages. Offered products are organic, fair trade, not cause CO2 emissions.
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In addition of using a wide range of instruments, Rou is also creating electronic music. The effect can be admired mainly in works Enter Shikari. Rou also works under the name Rout. He released EP Nourishment, the income from which is intended to support ActionAid. Nourishment features samples from ActionAid's project work in Ghana. |
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One of the side projects Rou is JBM, where he is a guitarist. The band plays a mix of hardcore, metal and grime.
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In 2014 years Rou gave lecture about the social value of music at London's Z-Day - a global awareness day organized by The Zeitgeist Movement. Year later in Poland, fans had the chance to watch the lecture in our native language.
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