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Birkenhead, Liverpool, United Kingdom (mid-1980s – present)
Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to “HMHB”, is a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group consists of Nigel Blackwell (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Crossley (bass), Ken Hancock (lead guitar), and Carl Henry (drums). Throughout their career they have been signed to Probe Plus records.
The band’s first single,
The Trumpton Riots, topped the British Independent Chart in 1986, and they went on to perform a set at the Glastonbury Festival, rapidly becoming tipped as the ‘next big thing’. Their sound at the time was very much in the post-punk tradition, with similarities to Josef K or The Fall. After the first record, someone in the band learnt to tune a guitar, which some feel removed something of the particular character of the music. So, as their second single “Dickie Davies Eyes” entered the national top 40, lead singer Nigel Blackwell announced his retirement claiming that rock and roll success had led to him missing too much daytime television. 1986 saw the release of a compilation album and Nigel’s return to the dole.
The band reformed in 1990, beginning to tour and give interviews. Their third album, McIntyre, Treadmore And Davitt, showed a move forwards in terms of musical technique, and a wider musical palette. Since then, the band have produced a new album every two or three years, and remain a much loved fixture on the British music scene.
The band’s first single,
The Trumpton Riots, topped the British Independent Chart in 1986, and they went on to perform a set at the Glastonbury Festival, rapidly becoming tipped as the ‘next big thing’. Their sound at the time was very much in the post-punk tradition, with similarities to Josef K or The Fall. After the first record, someone in the band learnt to tune a guitar, which some feel removed something of the particular character of the music. So, as their second single “Dickie Davies Eyes” entered the national top 40, lead singer Nigel Blackwell announced his retirement claiming that rock and roll success had led to him missing too much daytime television. 1986 saw the release of a compilation album and Nigel’s return to the dole.The band reformed in 1990, beginning to tour and give interviews. Their third album, McIntyre, Treadmore And Davitt, showed a move forwards in terms of musical technique, and a wider musical palette. Since then, the band have produced a new album every two or three years, and remain a much loved fixture on the British music scene.
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Cammell Laird Social Club
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Road
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Achtung Bono
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Shoutbox
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PartGreyBeard wrote:
Barking mad from Birkenhead
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spoonunit wrote:
Can someone explain to me how & why foreigners actually GET Half Man Half Biscuit? How would they understand the 'Tea-time smell of the estate', for example?
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Scouse Mouse wrote:
@vegetubleman - it's from "A Country Practice"
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Caribou wrote:
Runrig with special guest Mike Peters
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nega_ wrote:
what is chatteris if u're not there
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vegetubleman wrote:
splut123 I don't know where the quote about weather forecasters comes from but you've just had me crying in me lager nigel is the fuckin poet laureate he's fuckin earned it i hope he lives for ever
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ProtexBlue wrote:
If you're gonna quote from the Book of Revelation, don't keep calling it the Book of Revelations. There's no 's' its the Book Of Revelation as Revealed to St. John the Divine.
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nickinko wrote:
Go home! Your mum's got cake!
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Pynkfloyd wrote:
I stick me big nose in, when I go out. Sealed off car park, what's it all about? I like an altercation with a member of staff - "That was a ten pound note!"
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Freelove_ wrote:
Join my group: Post-Punk.
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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
mmm...*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥
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nickinko wrote:
The Christmas party arsehole who hitherto had blurred my conception of man as Nature's final word...
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lepers_cock wrote:
poets
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ProtexBlue wrote:
CND? CND? We're not going on after Chas 'n' Dave!
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redrag2abull wrote:
...Oh darling, sugar, honey...when it was nice and sunny...and when I had some money...we'd go and see Echo & the Bunny...men...
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yosh2008 wrote:
Facebook mum, youtube dad...
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Lurholm wrote:
That's not how I would spell "hawaiian"!
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SvartaRosen wrote:
zajebista kurwa nazwa :]
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5Lighters wrote:
some of you might be interested: http://www.last.fm/group/Tranmere+Rovers+Supporters
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music_4evah wrote:
used to heard u a lot at 80s... All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit was one of the most funny ideas that i heard this times, with something dada and trash, low fi creative...greetings guys, we live togheter. xxx
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Dec
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Half Man Half Biscuit
The Boardwalk, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Jan
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Half Man Half Biscuit
The Assembly, Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
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Mar
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Half Man Half Biscuit
The Junction, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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and 1 other person added Half Man Half Biscuit to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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nickinko wrote about Half Man Half Biscuit in 50 Favourite Albums 2000-2009. yesterday afternoon
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retardstregnth, wswaine, iamthearrison and 2 other people added Half Man Half Biscuit to their libraries. Tuesday evening
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laura11 tagged Half Man Half Biscuit with ‘british’. Sunday afternoon
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chewi1990, AmiraMillie, sampully and 20 other people added Half Man Half Biscuit to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
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Blitzkriegbaby tagged Half Man Half Biscuit with new wave and post-punk. 12 days ago
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MelissaLake, hebski, mtenaglia and 14 other people added Half Man Half Biscuit to their libraries. 13 days ago
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VaultBoy tagged Half Man Half Biscuit with indie pop, indie and post-punk. 24 days ago
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ThomasOShea, pfwhiting, ZippyNL and 5 other people added Half Man Half Biscuit to their libraries. 24 days ago
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rjw added Half Man Half Biscuit to the lineup of Half Man Half Biscuit at The Junction. last month
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