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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 ...
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]
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.
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.
CSI:Ambleside is the eleventh album by Wirral-based UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit (HMHB), released in April 2008. [4] Critical reception.
Urge for Offal is the thirteenth album by UK Wirral-based rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, released 20 October 2014 on Probe Plus Records. [1] [2] [3] The album reached #68 on the UK album chart. Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit has discussed the album in one of his rare interviews. [4]
The album title is a parody of a phrase associated with The Beatles, "Four lads who shook the world", referring instead to the band's origin in Wirral.; Techstep is a subgenre of drum and bass that was popular in the late 1990s.