As of April 9th, the band are well into the second album, already completing two weeks recording in Lincoln, one week's recording and mixing in NY with Prince Paul - 3 tracks inc 'All the March Hares' are ready. They've also spent two weekends in Monnow Valley and one week in Parr Street with the wonderful (Catatonia) Tommy D.

Introducing the band (left to right):

Richard, Pipes and Neil Walsh are also Chopper Squad.

Here's a mini band biography written by the band towards the end of 1996:

We don't want a bio written by somebody in an office who hasn't even met us.

We don't want to tell you how great the music is or how it speaks for itself. It doesn't.

We come from Manchester but we're not going to bore you with the history or sing from the terraces how the North will rise again. We've got our passports stamped already.

We were asked to write a biography or if needed, make something up. We don't think
that we have to. We've released two singles, though you probably hadn't noticed.

We started in 1994. While other bands spent their dole cheques on demo tapes and rehearsals, we used to book hotel rooms under pseudonyms, listen to tunes through a ghetto blaster, drink brandy all night and smoke, run riot through the corridors annoying
all the neighbours until they kindly threw us out without paying.

We played our first gig in the basement of the Hacienda, November 1995. It was all right. A week later we signed a six album deal with Tony Wilson's Factory label for exactly the same reason that Joy Division and Happy Mondays had done years before. Nobody else wanted us. It is a commitment that we intend to keep.

May 1996: While everyone was scrambling around looking for the new Oasis, we
released "Keep On Tripping On," a classic house record littered with guitars. The music press ignored it. The DJ's didn't. It entered the club chart at number ten. No hard
feelings. We didn't like Kula Shaker much either.

We spent the rest of the Summer making our debut album with legendary Manchester
hip-hop producer Johnny Jay, recording at Monnow Valley, Wales and the infamous Moonraker Studios in Longsight where "Voodoo Ray" and many other Acid House classics were created.

Bored by Manchester's superclubs and its imploding house scene, we put on our own parties in warehouses and lofts in some of the cities less salubrious hangouts. DJ'ing ourselves and mashing up Jungle, Hip-Hop and House with all the funkiest guitar tunes,
we made our own style and a lot of new friends.

The second single, the critically acclaimed double A-side "Blowing Down the Stylus /
Dear Dhinus" took all these influences on board -- a stew of chemical beats, fucked up guitars, Wu Tang Clan attitude and Dylan-esque Iyrics exploded onto the airwaves. John Peel played it to death. Once

We finished up the year playing to a quarter of a million people at the Edinburgh Hogamany Festival. The biggest New Year's Eve party in the world. How did that
happen? The new single's called "Acid House Killed Rock and Roll." Some say it did, some say it didn't. Who gives a fuck? We're not arrogant, we're confident. We don't care
if you're with us or against us, we just hope you enjoy the trip.

Crash and burn, Muthafuckers.

Here's some audio clips! All in mp3 format. For the full versions of these songs please go to your nearest record store! (if you can't find them, look on the net or order them!)

To play them, download WINAMP/MACAMP.

Keep On Tripping On (637k)
Dear Dhinus (776k)
Blowing Down The Stylus (669k)
Sitting On A Cloud (588k)

Here's a small video clip of Sugarcane in mov format taken from MTV

Sugarcane vid clip (704k)

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