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Romford, Essex, England (1986 – 1990, 1992 – present)

Underworld are a British group formed in 1986 in Romford, Essex, England, by Karl Hyde (vocals, guitar, production) and Rick Smith (keyboards, production), assisted by Darren Price (keyboards, production) when playing live. They are best known for their unique mix of , , , and sometimes , the vocal parts performed by Hyde as spoken-word streams of consciousness, and for their outstanding live shows. The band gained worldwide fame with Born Slippy .NUXX from Trainspotting soundtrack.

Before Underworld, Hyde and Smith started out in 1979 on The Screen Gemz band while working together in a diner in the city of Cardiff, where both had been studying. In 1983 they recorded two albums for CBS Records with a proto-electroclash new romantic band whose name was a graphic squiggle, later entitled Freur.

In 1986 Hyde and Smith formed Underworld, after disbanding of Freur. They tried a more guitar-oriented funky electropop sound on their two albums released on Sire Records: Underneath the Radar (1987) and Change the Weather (1989). This initial lineup (also called Underworld Mk1) consisted of Karl Hyde, Rick Smith, Alfie Thomas, Bryn Burrows, Baz Allen and Pascal Consoli before sinking back into obscurity and disbanding in 1990.

British DJ Darren Emerson hooked up with Hyde and Smith in 1992 and helped them refine their sound into something more sleek and beat-oriented, yet still shot through with tinges of blues, rock and spoken-word streams of consciousness. After several releases on Junior Boy’s Own as Lemon Interupt, the trio re-adopted the Underworld name in 1992. Two songs from this era are Rez and Spikee.
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  • pamatss

    <3

    18 May 3:03pm Reply

  • omgphone

    AND ITS OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

    6 May 2:25am Reply

  • laryoverkill

    Trainspotting !!!!! <3

    22 Apr 12:54pm Reply

  • Menno75

    I get my kicks on Channel Six!

    18 Apr 6:08am Reply

  • unddercharlezz

    Only one thing better than Underworld's music, their live concerts <3

    17 Apr 4:22am Reply

  • Registeel

    MMM skyscraper I LOVE YOU!!!!!

    14 Apr 10:42pm Reply

  • The_Star_Rover

    8 ball, Born Slippy, Beatiful Burnout and many others.... so awesome!

    7 Apr 7:32pm Reply

  • DShamen

    Quite simply the greatest techno outfit of all time... their live performances eclipse those of other quality live dance acts, even the likes of Orbital, The Prodigy etc. Then adding to this that Dubnobasswithmyheadman and Second Toughest are two of the finest dance albums of all-time and they're a clear winner :)

    2 Apr 4:21pm Reply

  • holmsgaard

    Trainspotting sequel in the making... Underworld should deliver the soundtrack to this as well!

    20 Mar 8:40am Reply

  • Shy-Guy

    NOT!

    5 Mar 3:08pm Reply

  • NickWire77

    what Skibane said...

    16 Feb 4:09pm Reply

  • ojigbe

    Rez (Bassnectar remix) good!!!

    14 Feb 10:15am Reply

  • dandyboy73

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    9 Feb 1:53am Reply

  • underworldd7

    Scrible

    20 Jan 2:08am Reply

  • ptyers

    Just brilliant.

    19 Jan 10:10pm Reply

  • Skibane

    a hundred days off may not be their BEST work, but it certainly has the most replay value

    19 Jan 3:21pm Reply

  • freakfx

    I respectfully disagree. In my opinion "Dubnobasswithmyheadman" is their best album, and one the best electronic albums ever :)

    6 Jan 12:31am Reply

  • Parking_Lots

    After 6 years of listening to this Great Band I finally realized that "A Hundred Days Off" is their best work!!! (x4)

    3 Jan 10:54pm Reply

  • unddercharlezz

    After 6 years of listening to this Great Band I finally realized that "A Hundred Days Off" is their best work!!! (x3)

    1 Jan 3:00am Reply

  • davidCANTORpro

    Lo mejor!!

    30 Dec 2012 Reply
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