current_members years_active label article_title landscape past_members background genre image origin name
nicholas stephenson bukowski phillip james andrew pearson daniel shack zachery 1998 -- 2005 , 2011-2012 poptones/mercury group -rrb- label type : major music / -lrb- uk -rrb- -lrb- universal music special needs -lrb- band -rrb-
 yes neil odgers allan yuri zhislin jamie mcloughlin tom horsfield jon group_or_band indie rock special_needs , _ 2011.jpg london , england '' ` special needs '' '
special needs -lrb- band -rrb-

special needs -lrb- briefly known as ` the needs ' -rrb- were a five-piece alternative rock group formed in london , england in 1998 .
they disbanded in 2005 , reformed in 2011 with the group 's comeback including a first tour for over six years in november 2011 .
the group disbanded for a second time towards the end of 2012 .
