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-based Britpop band, founded by Matt Tedstone, Dave Atherton and Jez Bramwell in 1990. The band had three releases on the Factory Records label: * ''The Camper Van'' ( EP) (FAC 319, 1991) * ''Laugh'' ( album) (FACT 335, 1992) * "Barking Mad" (

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) (FACT 347, 1992) Possibly their greatest claim to fame was being the last band signed by Factory Records before it went bankrupt. At the time of Factory's

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in 1992, test pressings had been made of a second single from the ''Laugh'' album, the title track ''Laugh''. The band continued playing with new guitarist Vulch (Bryan Wilkin), formerly working with Martin Hannett and seeking a new

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for a year. To tie in with their final gig, a second album, ''Once Upon A Time The End'', was issued in 2005, on CD only. In 2018 this was followed by a digital-only album release, ''Extracts of the Next''.

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