It's never easy to call time on a band, especially when you have had huge success and lived out the ultimate rock star lifestyle.
But for Klaxons, after 10 years, three albums and travelling around the world a few times, they decided to go their separate ways.
For one third of the band, James Righton, life has changed completely since the band started.
He's married to actress Keira Knightley, has a daughter and says he generally lives a much calmer life than the heady days of life as a member of Klaxons.
He's now launched Shock Machine, which is basically him with a touring band.
He says he definitely didn't want to use his own name.
"It was tough to end a band that you've been in for 10 years," he says.
"It just felt like a really good point to say, 'Let's take a break for a minute and see what else we can do' and I felt I needed to do other things."
Klaxons achieved a lot.
Somewhere on the internet you can find the most excited and happy group of people to ever win the Mercury Prize.
It's not easy to find but it's definitely worth the hunt.
In 2007, they beat Amy Winehouse to take the prize for their debut album Myths of The Near Future.
In their defence, they didn't think they had a hope in hell of winning, so were making the most of the wine on the table.
What ensued was arguably the most memorable Mercury Prize win ever and an hilarious post-win interview with BBC Radio presenter Jo Whiley, which is also hard to track down.
"I don't think it is possible for anyone to have as much fun at the Mercury Prize," James says.
"I think we broke a record for the best fun ever had."
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The band were living the dream.
Three mates from New Cross, winning the most sought after prize in music and then getting on stage with Rihanna at the Brits for a mash-up of their track Golden Skans and Umbrella.
"I remember she walked across the room like a star, walked in with her entourage," he remembers.
"It was everything you could imagine about one of those big stars but she was also really sweet, lovely and great to work with. It is very surreal to think about it and she's doing alright I hear."
That video is a bit easier to access.
James Righton's time with Klaxons has led to some fruitful friendships.
After toying with the idea of opening a microbrewery, he realised music was all he wanted to do and enlisted the help of his friend, the producer James Ford.
He's behind albums from Florence and The Machine, Foals, Arctic Monkeys and Mumford and Sons. A stronger line-up than any other producer can boast at the moment.
So off they went to the south of France.
"We spent four weeks just drinking lots of Rosé wine, playing lots of ping pong and recording and after four weeks it was all done.
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"I was one third of Klaxons so it is always going to sound like me," he explains of the familiar synthy sound found of Shock Machine.
"I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that have lyrics you can sing along to.
"I've tried to make a lot of them as unpredictable as possible, take the listener on a journey."
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He's already played a few festivals and there are more live dates to come. You might recognise a couple of members of his band too.
"It feels like a new band for me, it's all new, starting again on my own, I've got a band together," he explains.
"I've got Anna who was in Metronomy, Ed who is in Friendly Fires playing bass - I am only borrowing them though."
Klaxons were known for their love of neon and metallic fabrics for their onstage outfits.
That seems to be firmly in the past.
"My daughter would laugh at me. I might be a bit more conservative dress-wise, no neon and no tin foil, no Mad Max."
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