Midget are an English
pop-rock
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band from
Stamford,
Lincolnshire
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, England, who formed in 1996. The
trio released the
mini-album
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"Alco-pop" and the albums ''Jukebox'', ''Individual Inconsistent'' and ''The Milgram Experiment''. Two of their
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
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* ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe
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made the
UK Singles Chart
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in 1998 ("All Fall Down" reached No. 57 and "Invisible Balloon" No. 66).
They disbanded in 2001 to work on individual projects, but reformed in 2006. On 18 September 2006, Midget played their first
London
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gig
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* ''Gig'' (Circle Jerks album) (1992)
* ''Gig'' (Northern Pikes album) (1993)
* ''The Gig'', a 1985 film written and directed by Frank D. Gilroy
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in nearly six years at the Social.
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''Alco-Pop'' (1997)
* ''Jukebox'' (1998)
* ''Individual Inconsistent'' (2000)
* ''The Milgram Experiment'' (2004)
References
External links
Official siteOfficial MySpace pageMidget's official fan-site
English pop music groups
English indie rock groups
Music in Lincolnshire
People from Stamford, Lincolnshire
Radar Records artists
Sire Records artists
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