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Inspiral Carpets
| NAME: |
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Inspiral
Carpets |
| MEMBERS: |
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Clint Boon, Tom Hingley,
Graham Lambert, Craig Gill, Martyn Walsh |
| HIGHEST CHART SINGLE: |
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Dragging Me Down |
| ESSENTIAL TUNE: |
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This Is How It Feels |
| ESSENTIAL ALBUM: |
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Their debut 'smash' -
Life - BUY
NOW! |
| FASCINATING FACT: |
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Noel Gallagher used to
be a roadie for the Inspirals |
| BAGGY RATING: |
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Hhhmmmm - cool as f**k
I suppose! |
SOME WRITING ON THE BAND:
The middle aged people
of Northern England must have been outraged. Just popped
out for a cup of T and a purple rinse and what's this
- some deliquent teenager wearing an offensive T-shirt
of the highest order. What is the world coming to. Why
would anyone wear something featuring a cartoon cow and
the slogan Cool As F**k??!!
No doubt Mary Whitehouse received many
a call about the phenomena that was the Inspirals legendary
T-shirt. It was a top article of clothing but the reason
so many people bought them was because the Inspiral Carpets
were a top band.
Their early releases went out on the aptly
named Cow! records and each one was a stormer dominated
by the driving-soaring keyboards of one of Madchester's
most affable characters - Clint Boon.
From the Plane Crash and the Train Surfing
EP to the two and a half minutes of madness that is Find
Out Why. By the time the anthemic Move was released the
record buying public and the record company executives
were sitting up and taking notice.
Hence the bidding war for their services
that was eventually won by Mute Records.
Their debut single on the label did not
disappoint. 'This Is How It Feels' tells a story of loneliness
that struck a chord with a wider audience than their hardcore
fans and made it safely into the top twenty and secured
them their first performance on Top of the Pops. The other
day I heard it on a radio show and it still sounds ace.
The single was from the band's debut album,
Life, which also rode high in the charts as the band cemented
their place as on one of the leading lights of the Manchester
scene.
In my eyes it was probably their high
point but unlike so many of their contemporaries they
survived the Madchester backlash and went on to produce
some really good albums and a stack of top quality singles
- Dragging Me Down, Saturn 5, Two Worlds Collide, Bitches
Brew etc etc etc - buy their Greatest Hits if you want
proof!
When they did eventually split, it didn't
halt the creative juices of Master Clint Boon. The keyboardist
went on to form the Clint Boon Experience and the band
has recorded two top albums - the first of which includes
an absolutely belting single called White No Sugar.
In 2001, Clint celebrated the tenth anniversary
of the Inspirals headlining Reading Festival by playing
This Is How It Feels with his new band. You only had to
look at the reaction of the crowd to see how much the
Inspiral Carpets still mean to people.
And by the way, if you ever get
the chance to see Clint Boon DJ - go along - I'm sure
you'll enjoy an entertaining evening!
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