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The song's name comes from the band's method of creating working titles for songs—giving them people's names. This was the third called "Richard" and the band liked the reference to the king Richard III and the Shakespeare play Richard III in which the king is depicted as a dark and evil character, as it matched the menacing tone of the song. [2]
"Richard III" and "Sun Hits the Sky" appear to end with snippets of other, unreleased songs, that play until fade out. The guitar solo in "Sometimes I Make You Sad" was written during the recording of In It for the Money; it was recorded at half speed then sped up to achieve the mandolin-like sound. [5]
Supergrass is the third studio album by the English alternative rock band Supergrass. It was released in the UK on 20 September 1999 and reached #3. [11] It is often referred to as "the X-ray album", due to the picture on the sleeve. In Australia a free CD was included with some live tracks.
Supergrass returned to Sawmills Studio to co-produce follow up album, In It for the Money (released April 1997), with John Cornfield. [12] The album was a huge success and went platinum in the UK, but confused some fans expecting something similar to I Should Coco. [22] The single, "Richard III", reached number two.
The band played "Richard III" with Ade Edmondson on second guitar. In 2007 and 2008, while Supergrass bandmate Mick Quinn was suffering from broken heel and vertebrae , Danny and Gaz Coombes went on a short tour of the country playing at small venues as the Diamond Hoo Ha Men.
State-of-the-art technology has helped to create an avatar of the voice and face of Britain's Richard III over 500 years after his death in battle.
Watch as King Richard III has been given a Yorkshire accent using state-of-the-art technology. The digital avatar of the medieval king went on display in front of history buffs at York Theatre ...
The Supergrass single "Pumping on Your Stereo" also appears in the advert. Coombes appeared on and produced the single "Wonderful" by Little Fish, which was released in October 2011. [13] In December 2011, Coombes performed his first solo shows at The Rotunda in Oxford [14] and released his debut solo single "Hot Fruit" on 14 March 2012.