Chumbawamba

Chumbawamba is a group of Punk British rock'n'roll made famous in 1997 following the individual Tubthumping .

History

Originating for the majority of them in Burnley (in the north of the England), the members of Chumbawamba met in the neighborhoods of 1979 /1980 in the various concerts Punk of the time or at the university.

For approximately 25 years, Chumbawamba has left many albums often very different from the ones to the others what always caused criticisms sometimes rather hard. Nevertheless, they always remained faithful to a marked ideology very on the left, in a spirit anarchist - Punk.

The most famous album of Chumbawamba remains Tubthumper , left in 1997 on the label EMI and condemned by much because of the concession made to the large recording companies, however it made it possible many people to discover Chumbawamba. To note American pressing a slightly different small pocket and without the initial booklet proposes which takes again many quotations of authors and activists.

Members

The composition of the group evolved/moved with the wire of time. The current line-up (Acoustics):

Lou Watts - song and keyboards
Danbert Nobacon - song and keyboards
BOF Whalley - song and guitar
Neil Ferguson - low (sound engineer in the beginning)
Jude Abbot (since 1996) - song and trumpet

Discography

Pictures Off Starving Children Salt Records (Agitprop Records) 1986
Never Mind The Bundles (Agitprop Records) 1987
Slap! (Agitprop Records) 1990
Homophobia 1994
Anarchy (One Little Indian Records) 1994
Swinging With Raymond (Agitprop Records) 1995
Showbusiness! (Live, One Little Indian Records) 1995
Swingin' With Raymond (One Little Indian Records) 1996
Tubthumper (EMI) 1997
Shhh (Agitprop Records) 1997
English Rebel Songs 1998
Uneasy Listening (Compilation, EMI) 1999
WYSIWYG (EMI) 2000
Readymades (Universal Records) 2002
One (Koch Records) 2004
has Singsong and has Scrap (Edel Records) 2005
Soccer 2006

External bond

Official site.

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