Lightyear (band)

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Lightyear
Lightyear performing at the Leeds Festival, Bramham Park in 2006 The band members from L–R: Neil Draycott, Ben Ashton and Mark Wood
Background information
Origin	Derby, Derbyshire, England
Genres	Ska punk
Years active	1997–2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2017–present
Labels	Household Name
Members	Chas Palmer-Williams Neil Draycott Neil 'Nelb' Cowie Mark Wood Ben Ashton Jim Harrison Lee Robotham Kraig Winterbottom Richard Barling

Lightyear is a seven-piece British ska punk band formed in Derby, England, in 1997. They were part of a UK music scene that mixed ska punk with other genres including funk, indie-rock and hip-hop.^[1] The band signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and released two full-length albums before splitting in 2003. Since 2006 the band have had a number of reunions.