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Pop Will Eat Itself
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Stourbridge, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1986 – 1996)
Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or the Poppies) was a band formed in Stourbridge, United Kingdom with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country.
An early version of the band formed in 1981 under the name From Eden; members included Clint Mansell, Adam Mole, Chris Fradgley, Malcolm Treece and Miles Hunt (Treece and Hunt went on to form The Wonder Stuff). After changing their name to Wild and Wandering for a while and recruiting Richard March and Graham Crabb (Graham being the only respondant to replace the ‘piss poor’ Miles Hunt on drums), they eventually became Pop Will Eat Itself in 1986, taking the name from a quote in an NME article about band Jamie Wednesday (later to become better known as Carter USM). Pop eating itself suggested that popular music continues to recycle ideas.
The band honed their songwriting skills with a string of catchy two-minute pop songs released on EPs both as Wild and Wandering and Pop Will Eat Itself. With the help of DJ John Peel, these EPs saw some airplay and enjoyed some popularity among university students. After the band feared they had accomplished all they could with their sound, they found new influences in hip hop acts such as the Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Public Enemy. Graham soon dropped the drum sticks for a mic and was replaced by a drum machine called “Dr. Nightmare.” Their style continued to develop with classics such as “There Is No Love Between Us Anymore’ and the anthemic “Def Con One”.
An early version of the band formed in 1981 under the name From Eden; members included Clint Mansell, Adam Mole, Chris Fradgley, Malcolm Treece and Miles Hunt (Treece and Hunt went on to form The Wonder Stuff). After changing their name to Wild and Wandering for a while and recruiting Richard March and Graham Crabb (Graham being the only respondant to replace the ‘piss poor’ Miles Hunt on drums), they eventually became Pop Will Eat Itself in 1986, taking the name from a quote in an NME article about band Jamie Wednesday (later to become better known as Carter USM). Pop eating itself suggested that popular music continues to recycle ideas.
The band honed their songwriting skills with a string of catchy two-minute pop songs released on EPs both as Wild and Wandering and Pop Will Eat Itself. With the help of DJ John Peel, these EPs saw some airplay and enjoyed some popularity among university students. After the band feared they had accomplished all they could with their sound, they found new influences in hip hop acts such as the Beastie Boys, Run DMC and Public Enemy. Graham soon dropped the drum sticks for a mic and was replaced by a drum machine called “Dr. Nightmare.” Their style continued to develop with classics such as “There Is No Love Between Us Anymore’ and the anthemic “Def Con One”.
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Ich Bin Ein Auslander
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Can U Dig It?
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Everything's Cool
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Kick to Kill
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Underbelly
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R.S.V.P.
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Def Con One
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Cape Connection
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Menofearthereaper
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Fatman
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Familus Horribilus
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Home
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Babylon
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Shoutbox
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longball2no1 wrote:
I would love to see Cure For Sanity album played live from start to finish. I can only dream...
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mrvchild wrote:
This is awesome ;o
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Difuzija wrote:
Read it as 'poop' first, funny. [2]
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ll2k1985 wrote:
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Antoine_Faucon wrote:
LOADED !
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gabriel_void wrote:
Read it as 'poop' first, funny.
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psycaffeine wrote:
http://www.lastfm.es/music/Psychotica
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Slimkatmusic wrote:
Saturday night at the Tuffnel park Dome in London and evryone was Bullet proof! 1991 - 1995
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louixx wrote:
Everything Clint Mansell touches turns to gold!
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MadCowDzz wrote:
Riffs? Yeah! Can U dig it?
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dekaddance wrote:
Words are useless, listen to the music
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fumini-fumoko wrote:
I'm looking for PWEI albums. Any links?
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HumanGame wrote:
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nymphomation wrote:
! (How's that?)
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xn0153x wrote:
I should try and leave a blank shout... pwei needs no words!
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AvaEvaIvaOvaUva wrote:
wow I never knew my uncle played in a band with Clint Mansell, thats insane
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KidVector wrote:
It's ridiculous that I've been on last.fm all this time and have never left PWEI a shout! Best band in the world, RIFFS YEAH!
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DominoDub wrote:
I needed a full week for my Ears to work ok again after a Gig in The Tivoli - Dublin way back.
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devilsconcubine wrote:
i forgot how much i love these guys. amazing stuff.
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psycaffeine wrote:
PSYCHOTICA live in Spain and Italy!!!: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=457729711&blogId=477115474
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eLPaiva added Pop Will Eat Itself to eLPaiva’s library. yesterday evening
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syknyk wrote about Pop Will Eat Itself in Alternative Judder Playlist - December 2009. yesterday evening
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redpaprika added Pop Will Eat Itself to the lineup of Pop Will Eat Itself at Hull University. 19 days ago
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