Chumbawamba () were a British
rock
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band formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "
Tubthumping", which was nominated for
Best British Single at the
1998 Brit Awards
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Performa ...
. Other singles include "
Amnesia
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", "
Enough Is Enough" (with
MC Fusion), "
Timebomb", "
Top of the World (Olé, Olé, Olé)", and "Add Me". The band drew on genres such as
punk rock,
pop
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* ''Pop'' (G ...
, and
folk
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. Their
anarcho-communist political leanings led them to have an irreverent attitude toward authority, and to espouse a variety of political and social causes including
animal rights
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and
pacifism
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(early in their career) and later regarding
class struggle
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,
Marxism
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,
feminism
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,
gay liberation,
pop culture
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
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* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
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, and
anti-fascism
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.
In July 2012, Chumbawamba announced they were splitting up after 30 years. The band was joined by former members and collaborators for three final shows between 31 October and 3 November 2012, one of which was filmed and released as a live
DVD
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.
Band history
Early years
Chumbawamba formed in
Burnley
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in 1982 with an initial line-up of
Allan "Boff" Whalley, Danbert Nobacon (born Nigel Hunter), Midge and Tomi, all four previously members of the band Chimp Eats Banana, shortly afterwards joined by
Lou Watts
Louise "Lou" Watts (born 4 June 1962) is a British musician, perhaps best known for her work as the lead singer of anarcho-punk and later folk band, Chumbawamba.
Born in Burnley, Watts was introduced to the band by friend and member Alice Nutt ...
.
[Glasper, Ian (2006) ''The Day the Country Died: a History of Anarcho-punk 1980–1984'', Cherry Red Books, , pp. 375–384] The band made their live debut in January 1982. Their first vinyl release was a track ("Three Years Later") on the
Crass Records
Crass Records was an independent record label that was set up by the anarchist Punk rock, punk band Crass.
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Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own D ...
compilation album ''
Bullshit Detector 2''.
They were initially inspired musically by bands as diverse as
the Fall,
PiL
Public Image Ltd (abbreviated and stylized as PiL) are an English post-punk band (and incorporated limited company) formed by singer John Lydon (previously known as the singer of Sex Pistols), guitarist Keith Levene, bassist Jah Wobble, and dr ...
,
Wire
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Wire is c ...
, and
Adam and the Ants and politically by the anarchist stance of
Crass
Crass were an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977, who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a way of life, and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the punk s ...
.
Another of the band's early releases was under the name "Skin Disease", parodying the
Oi!
Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads, and other disaffected working-class youth. The movement was p ...
bands of the time so successfully that they were included on ''Back On The Streets'', an Oi! compilation EP put together by ''Sounds'' magazine journalist
Garry Bushell
Garry Bushell (born 13 May 1955) is an English newspaper columnist, rock music journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Cockney Oi! bands GBX and the Gonads. He managed the New York Ci ...
.
By the end of 1982, the band had expanded to include
Alice Nutter (of Ow My Hair's on Fire), and
Dunstan "Dunst" Bruce (of Men in a Suitcase) and were living in a
squat in
Armley,
Leeds
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on Carr Crofts road, with Harry "Daz" Hamer and Mavis "Mave" Dillon joining soon after.
Stalwarts of the
cassette culture
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scene, the band released a number of
tapes
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including ''Be Happy Despite It All'' and ''Raising Heck With Chumbawamba'', and were featured on many compilations. Chumbawamba were at the forefront of the 1980s
anarcho-punk
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movement, frequently playing benefit gigs in squats and small halls for causes such as
animal rights
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, the
anti-war
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movement, and community groups. The band's collective political views are often described as
anarchist
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. They made several songs about the
UK miners' strike, including the cassette ''Common Ground'' and a song dedicated to the
pit village of
Fitzwilliam, which was one of the worst cases of economic decline following the strike.
Sky and Trees and Agit-Prop Records
By the mid-1980s Chumbawamba had begun to release material using the
vinyl format on their own
Agit-Prop record label, which had evolved from an earlier project,
Sky and Trees Records. The first release was the ''Revolution''
EP in 1985, which quickly sold out of its initial run, and was re-pressed, reaching No. 4 in the
UK Indie Chart
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, and staying in the chart for 34 weeks.
The first LP, ''
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records
''Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' is the debut studio album by British band Chumbawamba, released in 1986 on Agit-Prop Records. It was released as criticism to Band Aid and Live Aid.
Track listing
All songs written and produc ...
'' (1986), was a critique of the
Live Aid
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concert organised by
Bob Geldof
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, which the band argued was primarily a cosmetic spectacle designed to draw attention away from the real political causes of
world hunger.
The band toured Europe with Dutch band
the Ex, and a collaboration between members of the two bands, under the name "Antidote", led to the release of an EP, ''Destroy Fascism!'', inspired by hardcore punk band
Heresy
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, with whom they had also toured.
Both the Ex and Chumbawamba were released on cassette tape in Poland during this period, when music censorship was entrenched in
Iron Curtain
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nations. The "RED" label, based in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...
in south-west Poland during the late 1980s, only released cassette tapes and, despite the limits enforced by Polish authorities, was able to release Chumbawamba's music, in addition to bands from the USSR, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.
Chumbawamba's second album, ''
Never Mind the Ballots...Here's the Rest of Your Lives'', was released in 1987, coinciding with the general election, and questions the validity of the British democratic system of the time.
The band adopted another moniker, Scab Aid, for the "
Let It Be
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* "Let It Be" (Beatles song), the title song from the album
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* ''Let It Be'' (1970 ...
" song release that parodied a version of the
Beatles
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song recorded by the popstar supergroup
Ferry Aid
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to raise money for victims of the
Zeebrugge ferry disaster
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.
The 1988 album ''
English Rebel Songs 1381–1984
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'', originally released as ''English Rebel Songs 1381–1914'', was a recording of traditional songs.
One Little Indian Records
By the late 1980s and early 1990s, Chumbawamba had begun to absorb influences from
techno music and
rave culture. The band members quit their day jobs to begin concentrating on music full-time as they could now guarantee sales of 10,000 and they moved away from their original anarcho-punk roots, evolving a pop sensibility with releases such as ''
Slap!
''Slap!'' is the fourth studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. A radical redefinition of the band's sound and attitude, the songs now inspires dancing more than moshing, and the lyrics are celebratory as opposed to victimist. The co ...
'' (1990) and the
sample
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-heavy ''
Shhh
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...
'' (1992) (originally intended to be released as ''Jesus H Christ!'', this album had to be withdrawn and re-recorded because of
copyright
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problems). They also toured the United States for the first time in 1990.
When
Jason Donovan
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took ''
The Face
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'' magazine to court that same year for claiming he was lying by denying he was
gay, Chumbawamba responded by printing up hundreds of 'Jason Donovan – Queer As Fuck' T-shirts and giving them away free with the single "
Behave".
After signing to the independent
One Little Indian
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record label, ''
Anarchy
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'' (1994) lyrically remained as politically uncompromising as ever, continuing to address issues such as
homophobia
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(see song "
Homophobia
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", the
music video
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of which features the
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
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), the
Criminal Justice Act
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and the rise of
fascism
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in the UK following the election of
Derek Beackon
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, a
British National Party councillor in south-east London in 1993.
The album was the band's biggest success to date, reaching the
top 30
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in the UK and the singles "Timebomb" and "Enough Is Enough" both entering the low end of the
UK Singles Chart
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. The latter featured
Credit to the Nation's rapper MC Fusion. The live shows to support the album were recorded and went to make up their first live album ''
Showbusiness!
''Showbusiness!'' is a 1994 live album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. It was recorded on the 18 and 19 August 1994 at the Duchess of York in Leeds.
In response to threats from fascists who rang the venue to say they'd turn up mob-handed and ...
'', released in 1995.
One Little Indian also re-released Chumbawamba's back catalogue, which meant that the first three albums were released on
CD for the first time. The first two, ''Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' (1985) and ''Never Mind the Ballots'' (1987), were repackaged as one disc under the title ''First 2''.
Chumbawamba parted with One Little Indian during the recording of the 1996 album ''
Swingin' with Raymond
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Musical style
The first half (tracks 1–6), entitle ...
'', although they did release one last CD entitled ''Portraits of Anarchists'', which came with copies of
Casey Orr
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's book of the same name.
EMI Records
Chumbawamba signed to
EMI
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in Europe in 1997,
a move that was viewed as controversial by many of their followers. They had been involved with a compilation LP called ''Fuck EMI'' in 1989, and had criticised the label in many of their earlier songs. The anarcho-punk band
Oi Polloi (with whom Chumbawamba had previously toured and worked with on the 'Punk Aid' ''Smash the
Poll Tax
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Head taxes were important sources of revenue for many governments fr ...
''
EP ) released an 'anti-Chumbawamba' EP, ''Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records'' (
Ruptured Ambitions 1998). Chumbawamba argued that EMI had severed the link with weapons manufacturer
Thorn
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a few years previously, and that experience had taught them that, in a capitalist environment, almost every record company operates on capitalist principles: "Our previous record label One Little Indian didn't have the evil symbolic significance of EMI however they were completely motivated by profit." They added that this move brought with it the opportunity to make the band financially viable as well as to communicate their message to a wider audience.
Band politics and mainstream success
In 1997, Chumbawamba scored their biggest chart hit with "
Tubthumping" (UK No. 2, US No. 6), which featured an audio sample of actor
Pete Postlethwaite's performance in the film ''
Brassed Off'' on the album version.
This was followed up in early 1998 with "
Amnesia
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", which reached No. 10 in the UK. During this period Chumbawamba gained some notoriety over several controversial incidents, starting in August 1997 when Nutter was quoted in the British music paper ''
Melody Maker
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'' as saying, "Nothing can change the fact that we like it when cops get killed."
The comment was met with outrage in Britain's tabloid press and was condemned by the
Police Federation of England and Wales
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.
The band resisted pressure from EMI to issue an apology and Nutter only clarified her comment by stating, "If you're working class they won't protect you. When you hear about them, it's in the context of them abusing people, y'know, miscarriages of justice. We don't have a party when cops die, you know we don't."
In January 1998 Nutter appeared on the American political talk show ''
Politically Incorrect'' and advised fans of their music who could not afford to buy their CDs to steal them from large chains such as
HMV
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The first HMV-branded store was opened by the Gramophone Company ...
and
Virgin
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, which prompted Virgin to remove the album from the shelves and start selling it from behind the counter.
A few weeks later, provoked by the
Labour
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* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
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government's refusal to support the
Liverpool Dockworkers' Strike, the band performed "Tubthumping" at the 1998
BRIT Awards with the lyric changed to include "New Labour sold out the dockers, just like they'll sell out the rest of us", and vocalist Danbert Nobacon later poured a jug of water over
UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who was in the audience.
In the late 1990s, the band turned down $1.5 million from
Nike to use the song "Tubthumping" in a
World Cup advertisement.
According to the band, the decision took approximately "30 seconds" to make.
In the
EA Sports soccer game ''
World Cup 98'', the song "Tubthumping" is one of the soundtrack titles.
In 2002,
General Motors
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paid Chumbawamba a sum of either $70,000 or $100,000, to use the song "
Pass It Along" from the ''WYSIWYG'' album, for a
Pontiac Vibe television advertisement in 2002. Chumbawamba gave the money to the anti-
corporate activist groups
Indymedia and
CorpWatch
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Recent Projects
* Crocodyl: Pratap Chatterjee, ...
who used the money to launch an information and environmental campaign against GM.
EMI released the band's first collection album which featured a mixed bag of songs from between 1985 and 1998 under the title ''
Uneasy Listening''.
Also in 1998 came a Japan-only mini album, ''Amnesia'', consisting of
country and western
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style versions of recent hits "Tubthumping" and "Amnesia" alongside earlier songs like "Mouthful of Shit".
As a millennium present, Chumbawamba sent out a limited edition single to everyone on their mailing list. The song was a shoop-shoop-style ballad, "
Tony Blair
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", which read like a heartbroken letter to an ex-lover who had broken all his promises. The band would send another free single out two years later, this time a re-worked version of
the Beatles
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' song "
Her Majesty
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" to coincide with the
Queen
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's Golden Jubilee, with lyrics denouncing royalty.
Chumbawamba released the album ''
WYSIWYG
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'' in 2000, which included a cover of the early
Bee Gees
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song "
New York Mining Disaster". The single "
She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy
"She's Got All the Friends That Money Can Buy" is the first single released from Chumbawamba's album WYSIWYG. The song's lyrics describe a wealthy socialite who's benefited from her parents' wealth. Upon its release, the song received mixed review ...
" was backed by "Passenger List For Doomed Flight 1721", a song that listed all of the people that the band would like to see "disappear". The list of unfortunates included Tony Blair,
Ally McBeal and
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
. Chumbawamba parted from EMI in 2001. The band later said that they got what they wanted from the deal with EMI: "we released some great records, we travelled all over the world, appeared on all these TV programmes, and we made loads of money, a lot of which we gave away or ploughed into worthwhile causes".
To celebrate their 20 years together, the band made a
documentary film
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based on footage that they had recorded over the past two decades. Originally intended to be simply a compilation of their videos, the result was entitled ''Well Done, Now Sod off''. The title was taken from an early review of a Chumbawamba record and the film included both lovers and haters of the band.
Mutt Records
Chumbawamba formed Mutt Records, their own record label, in 2002. It released their albums ''
Readymades'' (2002), ''
Revenger's Tragedy
''The Revenger's Tragedy'' is an English-language Jacobean revenge tragedy which was performed in 1606, and published in 1607 by George Eld. It was long attributed to Cyril Tourneur, but "The consensus candidate for authorship of ''The Reven ...
'' (2003 soundtrack), and ''
Un'' (2004).
No Masters Records
No Masters
No Masters is a British record label, based in the north of England, specialising in folk with a political edge.
The label was founded in 1990 by John Tams and Jim Boyes. Originally working as singer, John Tams is now famous as an actor in the ...
Records released Chumbawamba's ''
A Singsong and a Scrap
''A Singsong and a Scrap'' is the 12th studio album by Chumbawamba released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album '' Un'' and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting a ...
'' in 2005.
In 2007, Chumbawamba played at the
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
. In early 2007, the band announced via their website that a new album was in the works, stating that "the new album will be acoustic and probably won't sound like ''A Singsong and a Scrap''".
The result was ''
The Boy Bands Have Won'', released on 3 March 2008 in the UK and 14 March in mainland Europe. The record contained 25 tracks, some of them full-length songs, some of them no more than a minute long and was again acoustic folk in style. The album features the
Oysterband,
Roy Bailey and
Barry Coope
Coope Boyes and Simpson was an English vocal folk trio, formed around 1990. Their sound was rich and often had unusual vocal harmonies.
The group comprised singers Barry Coope, Jim Boyes (formerly of Swan Arcade) and Lester Simpson, and almost a ...
amongst others.
In late 2009 Chumbawamba toured northern England in their self-penned pantomime, a comedy musical entitled ''Riot, Rebellion & Bloody Insurrection'' with the Red Ladder Theatre Company. In late February 2010 they released their 15th album, titled ''
ABCDEFG''.
In September 2011, past and present band members protested when the
UK Independence Party
The UK Independence Party (UKIP; ) is a Eurosceptic, right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. The party reached its greatest level of success in the mid-2010s, when it gained two members of Parliament and was the largest par ...
used "Tubthumping" at their annual conference.
Charity work
Chumbawamba is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and participated in a Radio PSA for them.
In 1998, Chumbawamba contributed to the album released by the Polish
"Never Again" Association
"Never Again" Association ( pl, Stowarzyszenie "Nigdy Więcej") is Poland's leading anti-racist organization, based in Warsaw. The organization has its roots in an informal anti-Nazi youth group that was active since 1992. It was formally founded ...
as a part of its Music Against Racism campaign. In 2021 the album was reissued as vinyl record ''One Race – Human Race. Music Against Racism: Part 2''.
Break-up
On 8 July 2012, Chumbawamba announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the year. On their website they opened the statement with "That's it then, it’s the end. With neither a whimper, a bang or a reunion." They stated they would continue with individual efforts, and ended their official statement:
We do, of course, reserve the right to re-emerge as Chumbawamba doing something else entirely (certainly not touring and putting out albums every 2 or 3 years). But frankly, that's not very likely. Thirty years of being snotty, eclectic, funny, contrary and just plain weird. What a privilege, and what a good time we’ve had.
In December 2012, the final UK show, filmed at the
Leeds City Varieties on Halloween night, was released as Chumbawamba's only live DVD, entitled ''Going Going''.
A mail-order EP, ''In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher'', was released on 8 April 2013. The CD had been recorded in 2005 and made available for pre-order on the group's website, to be issued upon the death of
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...
.
After leaving Chumbawamba, vocalist Dunstan Bruce founded Dandy Films, an independent film and video company whose projects have included a "video blog" of
the Levellers
The Levellers were a political movement active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark of Leveller thought was its popul ...
' UK tour during 2010 and
Sham 69
Sham 69 are an English punk rock band that formed in Hersham in Surrey in 1975. They were one of the most successful punk bands in the United Kingdom, achieving five top 20 singles, including "If the Kids Are United" and "Hurry Up Harry". The ...
's tour of China.
In 2012 former Chumbawamba members Dunstan Bruce and Harry Hamer formed a new band, Interrobang?!, with guitarist Stephen Griffin of London-based
Regular Fries
Regular Fries were an English electronica/rock group. Their style was surreal and infused with the space age. Although chart success eluded them they received rave reviews in the music media from ''NME'', ''Rolling Stone'' and ''Loaded (magazin ...
.
In August 2017, Dunstan Bruce, Boff Whalley and Jude Abbott were interviewed on
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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's ''
The One Show
''The One Show'' is a British television magazine and chat show programme. Broadcast live on BBC One weeknights at 7:00 pm, it features topical stories and studio guests. It is currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Jermaine Jenas, and Ronan K ...
'' from the Leeds City Varieties and near their former home celebrating 20 years since the release of "
Tubthumping".
Documentary
On 1 July 2015 Dunstan Bruce started a
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
to fund a documentary titled ''I Get Knocked Down (The Untold Story of Chumbawamba)'' that told the band's entire history from different members' perspective. He surpassed his £40,000 goal. That same year, Chumbawamba was the featured subject on two
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
s produced by
Gimlet Media: ''StartUp'' #16 "The Secret Formula"
and ''Surprisingly Awesome'' #4 "Tubthumping".
Theatre
![I_get_knocked_down_but_i_get_up_again](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/I_get_knocked_down_but_i_get_up_again.jpg)
Former member Alice Nutter has had a number of plays performed at the
Leeds Playhouse
Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...
, where she took a writing course in 2006. In addition, a neon sculpture on the side of the theatre features the lyric "I get knocked down but I get up again" from the band's single "
Tubthumping".
Musical style
Chumbawamba has been described as various genres including,
anarcho-punk
Anarcho-punk (also known as anarchist punk or peace punk) is ideological subgenre of punk rock that promotes anarchism. Some use the term broadly to refer to any punk music with anarchist lyrical content, which may figure in crust punk, hardcor ...
,
pop
Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
,
folk
Folk or Folks may refer to:
Sociology
*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
*** Folk rock
** Folk religion
* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fol ...
,
world
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
,
dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
,
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
,
electronic,
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
,
and
a cappella
''A cappella'' (, also , ; ) music is a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Ren ...
.
Members
The band's membership varied over the years, with the line-up and musical assignments in the early years being especially fluid (members were known to switch instruments between, or even during, gigs). This is a list of principal official members and collaborators, drawn mainly from the credits of their releases since 1985. Short-term members and collaborators are not included.
Former members
![Chumbawamba](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Chumbawamba.jpg)
*
Boff Whalley – vocals, lead guitar, clarinet
(1982–2012)
*Danbert Nobacon – vocals, rhythm guitar, banjo, ukulele, keyboards
(1982–2004, 2012)
*
Lou Watts
Louise "Lou" Watts (born 4 June 1962) is a British musician, perhaps best known for her work as the lead singer of anarcho-punk and later folk band, Chumbawamba.
Born in Burnley, Watts was introduced to the band by friend and member Alice Nutt ...
– lead vocals, keyboards
(1982–2012)
*
Dunstan Bruce – lead vocals, guitar, turntables, percussion, saxophone
(1982–2004, 2012)
*
Jude Abbott
Chumbawamba () were a British rock band formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the 1998 Brit Awards. Other singles include " Amnesia", " Enou ...
– vocals, recorder, flute, trumpet, flugelhorn
(1996–2012)
*
Alice Nutter – vocals, percussion
(1982–2004, 2012)
*Harry "Daz" Hamer – drums, percussion, guitar, programming, vocals
(1982–2004, 2012)
*Mavis "Mave" Dillon – trumpet, French horn, bass, vocals
(1984–1995)
*Paul Greco – bass, harmonica
(1992–1999, 2012)
*Neil Ferguson – vocals, guitar, bass
(1999–2012)
*
Phil Moody – accordion, vocals
(2007–2012)
Frequent guests
*Neil Ferguson – producer, engineer, guitar, bass, keyboards
(promoted to full band member in 1999)
*Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon – vocals, keyboards, piano, accordion
*
MC Fusion – vocals on ''
Shhh
Shh or Shhh or SHH can refer to:
*''Shh'', a request for silence
Biology
* ''SHH'', sonic hedgehog gene name Films
*'' Sh-h-h-h-h-h'', 1955 American cartoon directed by Tex Avery
* ''Shhh'' (film), 1975 American comedy film starring Rita Moreno
...
'' and ''
Anarchy
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''
*Cobie Laan – vocals, live recording
*Stephen Blood – maracas, French horn
*Jimmy Echo (actually a band member's father impersonating
Elvis
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
) – vocals on some versions of "Timebomb" and "Amnesia"
*
B. J. Cole – slide guitar on ''
WYSIWYG
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''
*Folk vocal trio
Coope, Boyes & Simpson on ''
A Singsong and a Scrap
''A Singsong and a Scrap'' is the 12th studio album by Chumbawamba released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album '' Un'' and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting a ...
'', ''
Get On With It!'' and ''
The Boy Bands Have Won''
*The Charlie Cake Marching Band on ''
The Boy Bands Have Won'' and ''
ABCDEFG''
*Members of
Oysterband on "Goodbye to the Crown", ''
A Singsong and a Scrap
''A Singsong and a Scrap'' is the 12th studio album by Chumbawamba released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album '' Un'' and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting a ...
'', ''
The Boy Bands Have Won'' and ''
ABCDEFG''
*
Roy Bailey and
Robb Johnson
Robb Jenner Johnson (born 25 December 1955) is a British musician and songwriter who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters". He is known for his mix of political satire and wit. He has his own record label, Irregular ...
– guest lead vocals on ''
The Boy Bands Have Won''
* Jo Freya – saxes on ''
The Boy Bands Have Won'' and ''
ABCDEFG''
*
Belinda O'Hooley
Belinda O'Hooley (born 18 July 1971) is a singer-songwriter and pianist from Yorkshire, England. Formerly a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now The Unthanks), she now records and performs as O'Hooley & Tidow with her wife Heidi Tido ...
– piano on ''
ABCDEFG''
* Michelle Plum – vocals on "Sewing Up Crap" on ''
Readymades'' and live vocals/keyboards from 2001–2004
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Discography
*''
Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records
''Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' is the debut studio album by British band Chumbawamba, released in 1986 on Agit-Prop Records. It was released as criticism to Band Aid and Live Aid.
Track listing
All songs written and produc ...
'' (1986)
*''
Never Mind the Ballots'' (1987)
*''
English Rebel Songs 1381-1914
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
'' (1988)
*''
Slap!
''Slap!'' is the fourth studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. A radical redefinition of the band's sound and attitude, the songs now inspires dancing more than moshing, and the lyrics are celebratory as opposed to victimist. The co ...
'' (1990)
*''
Shhh
Shh or Shhh or SHH can refer to:
*''Shh'', a request for silence
Biology
* ''SHH'', sonic hedgehog gene name Films
*'' Sh-h-h-h-h-h'', 1955 American cartoon directed by Tex Avery
* ''Shhh'' (film), 1975 American comedy film starring Rita Moreno
...
'' (1992)
*''
Anarchy
Anarchy is a society without a government. It may also refer to a society or group of people that entirely rejects a set hierarchy. ''Anarchy'' was first used in English in 1539, meaning "an absence of government". Pierre-Joseph Proudhon adopted ...
'' (1994)
*''
Swingin' with Raymond
''Swingin' with Raymond'' is the seventh studio album by anarchist punk band Chumbawamba. The album cover features a photograph of Raymond Mills, whom the band selected for his tattooed hands.
Musical style
The first half (tracks 1–6), entitle ...
'' (1995)
*''
Tubthumper'' (1997)
*''
WYSIWYG
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'' (2000)
*''
Readymades'' (2002)
*''
Revengers Tragedy Soundtrack (2003)
*''
English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
'' (2003)
*''
Un'' (2004)
*''
A Singsong and a Scrap
''A Singsong and a Scrap'' is the 12th studio album by Chumbawamba released in 2005. It shows more folk influence than their previous album '' Un'' and features guest appearances from folk musicians such as Coope Boyes and Simpson, Andy Cutting a ...
'' (2005)
*''
The Boy Bands Have Won'' (2008)
*''
ABCDEFG'' (2010)
Awards and nominations
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, -
! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result
, -
, rowspan=2, 1997
,
Denmark GAFFA Awards
, Chumbawamba
, Foreign New Act
,
, -
, Žebřík Music Awards
, "
Tubthumping"
, Best International Song
,
, -
, rowspan=4, 1998
,
Tokio Hot 100
J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Skytree to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music, covering a wide range of formats. The station is considered the most popular among FM broa ...
Awards
, Chumbawamba
, Best Character
,
, -
,
Hungarian Music Awards
The Hungarian Music Awards have been given to artists in the field of Hungarian music since 1992. The award categories are similar to Grammy Awards in the United States and Brit Awards in the United Kingdom.
The awards were known as the ''Golden ...
, ''
Tubthumper''
, Album of the Year
,
, -
,
MTV Video Music Awards
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, rowspan=4, "
Tubthumping"
,
Best New Artist
,
, -
,
Brit Awards
,
Best British Single
,
, -
, rowspan=2, 1999
, rowspan=2,
BMI Pop Awards
, College Song of the Year
,
, -
, Award-Winning Song
,
See also
*
Anarchism and the arts
Anarchism has long had an association with the arts, particularly with visual art, music and literature. This can be dated back to the start of anarchism as a named political concept, and the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon on the French rea ...
*
Bill Smith (fell runner) for "Stud Marks on the Summit" by Chumbawamba
*
Punk ideology
Punk ideologies are a group of varied social and political beliefs associated with the punk subculture and punk rock. It is primarily concerned with concepts such as mutual aid, against selling out, egalitarianism, humanitarianism, anti-auth ...
*
Animal rights and punk subculture
Animal rights are closely associated with two ideologies of the punk subculture: anarcho-punk and straight edge. This association dates back to the 1980s and has been expressed in areas that include song lyrics, benefit concerts for animal rig ...
References
Further reading
*
Boff Whalley, ''Footnote*'', Pomona Books, 2003, (Boff's
autobiographical account of the band's history)
External links
*
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