caption current_members website years_active label article_title background genre image origin name
we beat the system daniel burlace mason jonathan gray martin dagg jon sandwith david http://www.myspace.com/webeatthesystemuk 2009 & ndash ; present unsigned - alternative winners of live and unsigned 2010 we beat the system
 group_or_band alternative rock indie rock webeatthesystem.jpg sunderland , england we beat the system
we beat the system

we beat the system are a five-piece english , alternative rock band from sunderland .
formed in 2009 , the group consists of daniel mason -lrb- lead singer and keyboard -rrb- , jonathan gray -lrb- guitar -rrb- , martin dagg -lrb- guitar -rrb- , jon sandwith -lrb- bass guitar -rrb- and david burlace -lrb- drums and percussion -rrb- .
the band has been tipped by the bbc as having a `` promising future ahead of them '' after winning the best alternative act category in the live and unsigned 2010 competition at the o2 arena in london - the united kingdom 's largest national music competition for unsigned bands .
the members of `` we beat the system '' met while attending `` venerable bede church of england school '' in sunderland and formed the band in october 2009 .
they have since supported the automatic , frankie & the heartstrings , chapel club , `` flashguns '' , dutch uncles and `` wilder '' .
after winning live and unsigned , the band was invited to play at sunderland 's 2010 spilt festival .
the band has since played at newcastle 's 2011 evolution festival and is currently recording with `` let 's buy happiness '' guitarist james hall .
the sound of the band has been described as alternative/post-punk revival , similar to bands such as editors , white lies , radiohead and early u2 .
