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Half Man Half Biscuit are an English rock band, formed in 1984 in Birkenhead, Merseyside.Known for their satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs, the band comprises lead singer and guitarist Nigel Blackwell, bassist and singer Neil Crossley, drummer Carl Henry, and guitarist Karl Benson.
McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt was released in 1991 by British rock band Half Man Half Biscuit as their third original album (their preceding album having been a compilation). It was the first album released after the band had reformed in 1990. The title and album sleeve picture are both taken from a Ripping Yarns episode entitled "Golden ...
In a sense, Sleaford Mods belong to a long British post-punk tradition of bands like the Fall and Half Man Half Biscuit, with cerebral, political speak-singing over minimalist grooves.
Half Man Half Biscuit discography; Studio albums: 15: EPs: 5: ... This is the discography of English rock band Half Man Half Biscuit. Albums. Studio albums. Title
This Leaden Pall is the fourth album by the English rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 1993. The album cover features a bleak overdeveloped picture of the now demolished Hale Wood pub in Halewood, Merseyside. In 2001 it was voted the 93rd best LP sleeve of all time in Q magazine. [4]
As is usual with Half Man Half Biscuit, the songs contain multiple cultural references, often obscure. Those identified include: "The Trumpton Riots" imagines a violent civil insurrection in Trumpton, a fictional town inhabited by stop-motion characters which featured in BBC TV children's programmes of 1966–69; the song also mentions several of the best-known characters in those programmes.
Achtung Bono is the tenth album by UK indie rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released in 2005. [4]In 2010, a Facebook campaign was mounted with the aim of saving BBC 6 Music from threatened closure and, as a sign of protest, to get "Joy Division Oven Gloves" from Achtung Bono to No. 6 in the UK Singles Chart on 12 April 2010.
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