“Once, we would probably have felt this was too big a sample to use (the line 'I’m mad as hell and I ain’t going to take it no more' from El Coco’s ‘I’m Mad as Hell’). But the excitement of playing it live and the release of the music after the vocal was an amazing moment. Even though we're not the kind of artists who will be very explicit in what they're feeling, the record was made in a time when, every day, you had constant national discussion and arguments going on. Even though we’re speaking through a sample, another sentiment from another time, when we made… read more
“Once, we would probably have felt this was too big a sample to use (the line 'I’m mad as hell and I ain’t going to take it no more' from E…read more
“Once, we would probably have felt this was too big a sample to use (the line 'I’m mad as hell and I ain’t going to take it no more' from El Coco’s ‘I’m Mad as Hell’). But the … read more
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture. After attracting Virgin Records, the duo achieved further success with second album Dig Your Own Hole (1997), which topped the UK charts. In the UK, they have had six No. 1 albums and 13 top-20 singles, including two chart-toppers. Their name came about in 1995 after they dropped their original moniker the Dust B…read more