Editing Super Furry Animals (section)

===1990–1993: Formation===
Super Furry Animals formed in [[Cardiff]] in 1993 after being part of various other bands in Wales: [[Gruff Rhys]] and [[Dafydd Ieuan]] had played together in [[Ffa Coffi Pawb]], whilst [[Huw Bunford]] and [[Guto Pryce]] were previously members of U Thant. Actor [[Rhys Ifans]] joined them as lead vocalist, and started to perform initially in a techno style before becoming more rock-orientated. Ifans would shortly leave however once his acting career took off, with Rhys stepping in on lead vocals. After [[Cian Ciaran]] (Ieuan's younger brother) joined the band after being part of electronic outfit Wwzz, they signed to [[Ankst]], a prolific Welsh [[Indie rock|indie]] label, in 1995.

The name of the band came from T-shirts being printed by Rhys' sister. She was making Super Furry Animals T-shirts for the fashion and music collective Acid Casuals (variants of whose name have appeared throughout Super Furry Animals' career – for example, in their song "The Placid Casual", their record label [[Placid Casual]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superfurry.org/biog.php |title=Sfa – Timeline |publisher=Superfurry.org |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref> The band has also made reference to [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Elvis Costello]], and [[Wynton Marsalis]] as major influences in their work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superfurry.org/biog.php |title=Sfa – Influences |publisher=Superfurry.org |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>