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Ryaaan14 · May 6, 2012

I recently started listening to Tubthumping after comparing another album to it, and honestly I cannot believe nothing has come of this band. I knew just about nothing about them when I was listening to them, but looking back it appears they had some history. Re-listening, they were kind of ahead of their time.

Any Euros have some insight here?

Notable tracks from said album (NOT including Tubthumper, fuck that song):
Mary, Mary
Amnesia
Drip Drip Drip

jaxword · May 6, 2012

I guess they couldn't get up again.

brianjones · May 6, 2012

kissing the night away

http://allmusic.com/album/abcdefg-r2073945

these guys have 17 albums.. wtfffffff

daviyoung · May 6, 2012

They threw some water over a member of parliament and disappeared back underground to rewrite the cookbook. Can't remember details, it was a long time ago. They're probably still playing pubs in Camden.

brianjones said:
kissing the night away

It's pissing the night away.

Mistle · May 6, 2012

Whatever happened to the Baha Men?

Kelthink · May 6, 2012

They were (are?) a very political band, which never fits well with the media's cosy music image. Much like Billy Bragg. I liked them a lot more when I found that out.

half a moon · May 6, 2012

1 hit wonder that still makes music

Sylver · May 6, 2012

One-hit wonder.

Jaffaboy · May 6, 2012

Ahead of their time? They're pretty damn 90's if you ask me.

Forkball · May 6, 2012

They took a whiskey drink, they took a vodka drink, then passed out for fifteen years.

Kong Fisso · May 6, 2012

Forkball said:
They took a whiskey drink, they took a vodka drink, then passed out for fifteen years.

yes, but WHERE?

zomgbbqftw · May 6, 2012

They got knocked down, but couldn't get up again.

Fritz · May 6, 2012

Tubthumping is my absolute hate song. It makes me sick just thinking about it.

Dead Man · May 6, 2012

Always makes me sad that people only remember that song, possibly the shittiest thing they ever wrote.

Chumbawamba - Revolution (1985)

Chumbawamba - the day the nazi died

Chumbawamba - Her Majesty

subversus · May 6, 2012

GIVE THE ANARCHIST A CIGARETTE!!!

They are punks, OP. They are not a pop group which needs a constant string of hits.

Machine · May 6, 2012

Shit. Just reading the band's name in the thread title made me think of that godawful song. I really hate that damn song.

dvdjamm · May 6, 2012

Whatever happened to Midnight Oil?

Wubby · May 6, 2012

I read the band name on this thread and I remember I really hated whatever it was that they sang. But for the life of me I can't remember how the song went or what it sounded like. This is one case where I'm definitely not going to satisfy my curiosity.

subversus · May 6, 2012

dvdjamm said:
Whatever happened to Midnight Oil?

dissapeared in the redneck wonderland

linkboy · May 6, 2012

They turned into a folk band. Some of they're newer albums are actually pretty good.

Gazzawa · May 6, 2012

Sylver said:
One-hit wonder.

came to post this.

Blackhead · May 6, 2012

subversus said:
GIVE THE ANARCHIST A CIGARETTE!!!

They are punks, OP. They are not a pop group which needs a constant string of hits.

.

deadmeadow88 · May 6, 2012

dvdjamm said:
Whatever happened to Midnight Oil?

Peter Garrett is an Australian politician now.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PGarrettMP?ob=0&feature=results_main

Dead Man · May 6, 2012

dvdjamm said:
Whatever happened to Midnight Oil?

Had a string of successful albums, retired, and the signer became a federal politician?

user8503492 · May 6, 2012

The real question...
What Happpened to JESUS JONES!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlQqWbp7rY

ItAintEasyBeinCheesy · May 6, 2012

They got knocked down but didn't get back up again.

Captain_Spanky · May 6, 2012

ITT a bunch of people make the same, terrible, joke.

They're still about but moved in a more actuation/folky direction for a while. As mentioned they're still very politically active. Their older stuff is well worth checking too, I love this track

Mouthful Of Shit

Derrick01 · May 6, 2012

They went the way most 90s bands did. Got their 1 popular song and faded away.

subversus · May 6, 2012

Derrick01 said:
They went the way most bands did. Got their 1 popular album and faded away.

fixed for truth

also as punks they never cared about popularity. The same way Nirvana never did.

Dead Man · May 6, 2012

Derrick01 said:
They went the way most 90s bands did. Got their 1 popular song and faded away.

At least read the damn thread man.

Captain_Spanky · May 6, 2012

Derrick01 said:
They went the way most 90s bands did. Got their 1 popular song and faded away.

That's exactly the opposite of what happened. Even wikipedia could tell you that.

itwasTuesday · May 6, 2012

Pissed their career away?

MisterNugNug · May 6, 2012

itwasTuesday said:
Pissed their career away?

We kept them down?

BJK · May 6, 2012

Pkm said:
The real question...
What Happpened to JESUS JONES!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlQqWbp7rY

He watched the world wake up from history....
then took a nap for a few decades.

itwasTuesday · May 6, 2012

CHUMBAWAMBA%2B-%2B(1997)%2B-%2BTubthumper%2B-%2Bfront.JPG

AHHHHHHHHHHH

Hope someone finds a beavis and butthead watching a chumbawamba video online.

snesfreak · May 6, 2012

Pkm said:
The real question...
What Happpened to JESUS JONES!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rlQqWbp7rY

I remember that song.
I wish I didn't.
Also, fucking EMF is in the suggestions.
Unbelievable.

Chichikov · May 6, 2012

Sylver said:
One-hit wonder.

Well, they made one song that became mainstream success, but they existed 15 years before that song and 15 years since it.

You should read about them a bit, they're not what your run of the mill one hit wonders.

Seraphinianus · May 6, 2012

blew my mind when I found out they were actually punk anarchists with a million albums

SMT · May 6, 2012

I remember Chumbawamba was on one of the YTV soundtracks I had, they were pretty good, around the same time as the Pokémon T.V. Series.

FStop7 · May 6, 2012

dvdjamm said:
Whatever happened to Midnight Oil?

The singer is now an MP in Australia.

I love their music, I think it still holds up well.

apocalidiot · May 6, 2012

Derrick01 said:
They went the way most 90s bands did. Got their 1 popular song and faded away.

Do you usually say stupid shit or is a thing you only do on the internet?

alr1ght · May 6, 2012

There's this thing called wikipedia with the answers to all of the world's questions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumbawamba#MUTT_Records

Ryaaan14 · May 6, 2012

alr1ghtstart said:
There's this thing called wikipedia with the answers to all of the world's questions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumbawamba#MUTT_Records

Well I'll be damned. I guess between that and Google we don't really need GAF then, do we? No one cares about silly discussion anyhow.

MattKeil · May 6, 2012

snesfreak said:
I remember that song.
I wish I didn't.
Also, fucking EMF is in the suggestions.
Unbelievable.

Jesus Jones and EMF were pretty much the way people thought popular music was going until Nirvana changed the landscape.

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