From wiki:-Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or The Poppies) are an English alternative rock band, originally formed in Stourbridge in 1986, with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as Grebo gurus, their style changed to incorporate sample driven indie and industrial rock. Their highest charting single was 1993's Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!. After initially disbanding in 1996, and having a brief reformation in 2005, they issued their first release in over five years in 2010.
I don't own a lot of their material. Just six of their singles and a greatest hits compilation album released back in 1993. Nevertheless, I always enjoy when of their songs comes round on random play on the i-pod.
They actually notched up twelve Top 40 singles, but outwith the aforementioned Get The Girl....only two of the others got any higher than #23 indicating a very loyal not not enormous fan base.
This was a #32 hit from 1990:-
mp3 : Pop Will Eat Itself - Dance of The Mad... (Feet On Heat Mix)
mp3 : Pop Will Eat Itself - Dance Of The Mad... (7" version)
mp3 : Pop Will Eat Itself - Preaching To The Perverted (Remixed)
Cracking stuff.
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Never really liked their early stuff. Loved their later stuff, especially Karmadrome.
Oh, and two other things:
- "outwith the aforementioned" Eh? Been in court recently or what?
- MCA can be a bit litigious about this era PWEI.
'X, Y and Zee' is a classic. The rest of it, meh.
Meh..? Meh ! How about Def Con One. Wise Up Sucker. Auslander.
What about Cicciolina!
Harumph.
Agree with Webbie, plus I would like to add:
Can You Dig It... PWEIzation... Karmadrome... Get The Girl... etc. As for the early stuff, I loved There Is No Love Between Us Anymore and Beaver Patrol, though they sound pretty dated today.
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Funny to think they started as a c86 band. Within a few years they were part of the so-called Stourbridge scene, which also included Ned's Atomic Dustbin and The Wonderstuff. Bands I associate with a time and place, but still retain a lot of affection for (and vinyl!)
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