Audio Bullys are an English
electronic music project, originally consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale. The group were once managed by the DJ and presenter
George Lamb
George Martin Lamb (born 20 December 1979) is an English radio and television presenter, currently presenting ''Football Tonight'' on BT Sport. In 2012, Lamb presented the Channel 4 game show ''The Bank Job''. Lamb is the son of actor Larry Lam ...
.
Franks and Dinsdale released their debut album ''
Ego War
''Ego War'' is the debut album by British electronic duo Audio Bullys, released on 3 June 2003 by Source Records.
Promotion
"We Don't Care" is featured on the Teen Wolf Soundtrack and series 3 of Fresh Meat. "We Don't Care" was the first sin ...
'' in 2003, and two years later followed up with ''
Generation'', which featured a collaboration with
Suggs and keyboardist
Mike Barson of
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on the track "This Road" and a collaboration with Suggs and Madness saxophonist
Lee Thompson on the subsequent track "Struck by the Sound". Their 2005 hit "
Shot You Down
"Shot You Down" is a song by English electronic music project Audio Bullys featuring vocal samples from American singer Nancy Sinatra from her cover of the 1966 song "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". It became a 3 hit in the United Kingdom in ...
", which
sampled the
Nancy Sinatra version of the song "
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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", reached number 3 in the
UK Singles Chart.
Their third album ''
Higher Than the Eiffel
''Higher Than the Eiffel'' is a 2010 album by the English electronic group Audio Bullys. It is their third studio album, released on 29 March 2010 and features the lead single "Only Man". The band collaborated with Madness (band), Madness frontma ...
'', released on 29 March 2010, featured another collaboration with Suggs and Barson on the track "Twist Me Up", with Suggs' daughter Viva providing backing vocals on the track "Smiling Faces".
On 18 February 2012, it was announced through the group's official Facebook page that Dinsdale had left the group. Franks has now been joined by James Chaffey and they perform live as Audio Bullys, with new material to be released in the near future.
On 5 September 2016 a collaboration with Surge entitled "It Was A Very Good Year" was released through
Spinnin' Records.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
* ''
Back to Mine: Audio Bullys'' (2003)
Singles
References
External links
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Astralwerks artists
English electronic music duos
English dance music groups
Big beat groups
Musical groups established in 2001