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Stourbridge, Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK.
The original line-up was Miles Hunt (whose uncle Bill Hunt was keyboard player with Wizzard), Malcolm Treece, Rob “The Bass Thing” Jones (d. 1993) and Martin Gilks (d. 2006). The group originated from an earlier collaboration with group members of Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI), called From Eden, which had Miles Hunt on the drums.
In 1990, Martin Bell (aka, Fiddlie), an accomplished fiddle and banjo instrumentalist, joined the band and Paul Clifford replaced Rob Jones on the bass after his untimely death.
The band initially split on July 14, 1994 at the Phoenix Festival near Stratford-on-Avon, with Miles Hunt forming Vent 414 and Malc Treece, Martin Gilks and Paul Clifford teaming up with ex-Eat frontman, Ange Dolittle, to form We Know Where You Live.
Following the split of Vent 414, Miles Hunt took to touring an acoustic solo show performing old favourites and new material. During this period, he toured and released an album under banner of The Miles Hunt Club, featuring Stuart Quinnel and Andres Karu (who would later featuring in subsequent line-ups of The Wonder Stuff) as well as Michael Ferentino fom the Amazing Meet Project.
The band later reformed for a few live tours from 2000 onwards including a sell out 5 night residency at The Forum, London. For this incarnation, Stuart Quinnel took over on bass from Paul Clifford.
Their first new album for over a decade, Escape From Rubbish Island, was released in September 2004. The line-up for this album was Hunt and Treece plus Andres Karu and Mark McCarthy (formally of Radical Dance Faction).
The original line-up was Miles Hunt (whose uncle Bill Hunt was keyboard player with Wizzard), Malcolm Treece, Rob “The Bass Thing” Jones (d. 1993) and Martin Gilks (d. 2006). The group originated from an earlier collaboration with group members of Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI), called From Eden, which had Miles Hunt on the drums.
In 1990, Martin Bell (aka, Fiddlie), an accomplished fiddle and banjo instrumentalist, joined the band and Paul Clifford replaced Rob Jones on the bass after his untimely death.
The band initially split on July 14, 1994 at the Phoenix Festival near Stratford-on-Avon, with Miles Hunt forming Vent 414 and Malc Treece, Martin Gilks and Paul Clifford teaming up with ex-Eat frontman, Ange Dolittle, to form We Know Where You Live.
Following the split of Vent 414, Miles Hunt took to touring an acoustic solo show performing old favourites and new material. During this period, he toured and released an album under banner of The Miles Hunt Club, featuring Stuart Quinnel and Andres Karu (who would later featuring in subsequent line-ups of The Wonder Stuff) as well as Michael Ferentino fom the Amazing Meet Project.
The band later reformed for a few live tours from 2000 onwards including a sell out 5 night residency at The Forum, London. For this incarnation, Stuart Quinnel took over on bass from Paul Clifford.
Their first new album for over a decade, Escape From Rubbish Island, was released in September 2004. The line-up for this album was Hunt and Treece plus Andres Karu and Mark McCarthy (formally of Radical Dance Faction).
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Never Loved Elvis
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i dunno WHAT to do... for the breast!!
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Circle square <3
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Astley in The Noose.
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Hup!
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anmre wrote:
Excellent album - stuffieeeeees!!! Good memories whenever I listen to it!!!
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ritesofspring wrote:
The Hup album gig at Shepherds Bush Empire on Saturday night was totally awesome.
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weirdostrango wrote:
What is this stuff?!
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jumbobazman wrote:
Saw Miles and Erica at the Eastney Cellars last night - awesome
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ritesofspring wrote:
Stourbridge massive!
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RedRage wrote:
Stuffies!!!
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JudasInChains wrote:
Absoloutely superb and sadly forgotten by many. 'Here comes everyone' is my favourite. I used to watch that documentay Welcome To The Cheap Seats constantly as a kid. That's where my music obsession first started.
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flashbleu wrote:
I used to absolutely love Circlesquare. What a bitter young man I must have been. Actually, it still sounds great. Miles was always at his best being nasty.
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ToneLeMoan wrote:
Had forgotten how fucking great the Stuff were. Happy days.
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smackie1973 wrote:
We really need to get Size of a Cow off top spot.
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Ginsoakedboy21 wrote:
"they lost it after hup" Pfft Never loved elvis is magnificent. Construction slightly less so but still.... a most magnificent and under-rated band
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ClickLiverpool wrote:
Wonderful Stuff from Wonderstuff http://tinyurl.com/kl2zv5
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dave-boy wrote:
Great set on the Avalon stage at Glastonbury. Erica had a face like a slapped arse though!
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swanaldo wrote:
Saw them tonight. I love Erica.
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BennyT11 wrote:
they lost it after hup but for those first two albums they were gods in my eyes
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Miles & Erica of The Wonder Stuff
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