Inspiral Carpets

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Manchester, United Kingdom (1983 – 1995, 2001 – present)

The Manchester-based Inspiral Carpets were formed in 1983, and emerged alongside bands like The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, from the indie scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their sound is based around harmonic (and often psychedelic) keyboards and jangly guitars. The band were propelled to fame after being ‘discovered’ by the Radio 1 DJ John Peel and had their greatest chart success in the UK with a single entitled

This Is How It Feels, which is a song about loneliness and unemployment.

At the time of their initial success, the band earned some notoriety for their squiggly-eyed cow ‘Cool as Fuck’ T-shirts; a student at Oxford Polytechnic was prosecuted on obscenity charges for wearing one. One of their roadies, Noel Gallagher, went on to great success with the band Oasis. The band is named after an Inspiral Carpets tour poster which included the venue Swindon Oasis.

They reworked their single

Find Out Why as the theme tune to early 90’s kids TV show ‘The 8:15 From Manchester’. Another release

I Want You was used by Sony to advertise their in-car entertainment systems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcYRKYl2EB4; an early example of advertising agencies co-opting and promoting non-mainstream music to add kudos to mainstream brands(a trend that has increased significantly).

After an amicable split in the 1995 they re-formed with their original line-up in 2001. This was backed with the release of a new single, a couple of sold-out tours and a number of new compilation records.

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stusid1984 wrote:
last month

Good Band

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longball2no1 wrote:
September 2009

Still great live.

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mackypaige wrote:
September 2009

Check out the review from Pitchfork on The Stone Roses leacy edition CD. they gave it a perfect 10!The Stone Roses just came out with a legacy edition of their self-titles CD. Check out this review from Pitchfork that gave it a perfect 10! http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13449-the-stone-roses/

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zeno_izen wrote:
September 2009

Not the drmmer's fault tho :/

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zeno_izen wrote:
September 2009

I always thought these guys were pretty third rate.

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Wavegirlxx wrote:
September 2009

Im only 11! Disney s the only decent kids proggramme on the tv, I do listen to my Dads stuff and joy devision , the smiths and so on!

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oasisaint wrote:
August 2009

possibly the worst band name in the world... but a good band :) Agreed.

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juddlinski wrote:
August 2009

If the singer had got a haircut to cover his ears up they'd have been miles bigger.

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RachelAPP wrote:
June 2009

Check out my Britpop crossword and let me know what you think!

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e-stone wrote:
June 2009

my first concert. 9:30 club in washington dc, sometime in the spring of '91

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GunsNRoses13 wrote:
June 2009

Amazing sound, great band

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ficti0n123 wrote:
June 2009

Maybe cause she is very young.

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El_Kabano wrote:
May 2009

Ковры!

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demoissster wrote:
May 2009

omg she's craig's daughter and listens to that disney crap. how's that even possible?

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Wavegirlxx wrote:
May 2009

Craig the drummer, is my dad! great band!!

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mirceapanait wrote:
May 2009

animals meet stone roses....great mancs :P

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Boosh1988 wrote:
May 2009

possibly the worst band name in the world... but a good band :)

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tjd9 wrote:
April 2009

Listening to Inspiral Carpets again after so many years makes me wonder why I didn't listen to them more way back when.

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sallycinnamon_ wrote:
March 2009

so this is how it feels to be city... i mean lonely!!

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khambrel13 wrote:
March 2009

"Life" is such an amazing album. it's a shame more sepos don't know that. for me, it was an important component to my early 90s listening pleasure

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