From the albums sleeve notes to 'I'm In Trouble Again': Life in a pop group is all sugary sweet and primary colours; Chumbawamba rehearsals really do have a Norman Rockwell niceness to them. We ring up our record company and the tell us what sort of thing the kids are listening to these days, so that we can construct our pleasing and melodic tunes with one ear to the markerplace. Then at lunchtime we jump into the band van (much like The Monkees) and drive down to McDonalsd for a Happy Meal. Sometimes we like to listen to the music being played in the restaurant, taki… read more
From the albums sleeve notes to 'I'm In Trouble Again': Life in a pop group is all sugary sweet and primary colours; Chumbawamba rehea… read more
From the albums sleeve notes to 'I'm In Trouble Again': Life in a pop group is all sugary sweet and primary colours; Chumbawamba rehearsals really do have a Norman Rockwel… read more
Chumbawamba was an English musical group formed in 1982 in the Leeds squatting community. They have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music. Their vocal anarchist politics exhibit an irreverent attitude toward authority; the band have been forthright in their syndicalist, pacifist, communist, mutlicultural, and feminist social stances. The band are best known for their song “Tubthumping.” Other singles have included “Amnesia,” “Enough Is Enough” (with MC Fusion), “Timebomb,” “Top of the World (Ole, Ole, Ole),”… read more
Chumbawamba was an English musical group formed in 1982 in the Leeds squatting community. They have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, wor… read more
Chumbawamba was an English musical group formed in 1982 in the Leeds squatting community. They have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music. Their vocal anarchis… read more