current_members years_active label article_title background genre origin name
chas mark wood ben ashton jim harrison richard ` bars ' palmer-williams barling neil draycott neil ` nelb ' cowie 1997 -- 2003 , 2006 , 2007 and 2012 household name records lightyear -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band ska punk derby , derbyshire lightyear
lightyear -lrb- band -rrb-

lightyear were a uk 7-piece ska punk band .
they formed in 1997 in derby , england .
they signed to household name records in 2001 , and the band released two full-length albums via the label .
during their career , lightyear also released a split ep with friends evil macaroni , a ` demo ' and contributed to several international punk compilation cds .
