The Auteurs were a British alternative rock band of the 1990s,[2] and a vehicle for songwriter Luke Haines (guitar, piano and vocals).
[3] Formerly a member of the Servants,[4] Haines created the Auteurs with his then-girlfriend Alice Readman on bass guitar,[5] former classmate Glenn Collins on drums,[6] and later added James Banbury on cello.
In interviews at the time Haines claimed he found contemporary techno and house music more interesting than most Britpop bands.
2003 saw him release Das Capital, a collection of re-recorded Auteurs era songs, with a couple of new tracks, apparently intended as closure for that band.
[14] In January 2009, Haines released a book entitled Bad Vibes,[15] which serves dually as an autobiographical account of his years with the Auteurs, and as a record of the Britpop movement of the 1990s.