2006-09-06 22:23:47 · 21 answers · asked by haysee34 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Yes, those other people above me are correct. The Housemartins had their first hits in the mid-eighties (when I was a teenager). They split up in 1987 and two of them went on to form the Beautiful South, while another went on to become Fatboy Slim.
2006-09-06 22:31:39 · answer #1 · answered by Aphrodite Jones 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housemartins
2006-09-06 22:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by jockey26saints 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housemartins
2006-09-06 22:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by The Exorcist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housemartins.
2006-09-07 03:13:16 · answer #4 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
100% the Housemartins as the band was formed in 1983 by Paul Heaton (vocals), Stan Cullimore (guitar), Ted Key (bass) and Chris Lang (drums). The band's membership changed quite a lot over the years. Ted Key was replaced by Norman Cook — AKA Fatboy Slim — and drummer Chris Lang was replaced by Hugh Whitaker, former drummer with The Gargoyles, who in turn was replaced with Dave Hemingway.
They often referred to themselves as "the 4th best band in Hull," referring to Kingston upon Hull, the city in England where they formed in 1983. (The three bands that were "better" were Red Guitars, Everything but the Girl, and The Gargoyles.)
In 1986, the band broke through with the single "Happy Hour", which reached No.3 in the UK charts. At the end of the same year, they had a No.1 single with a cover version of Isley Jasper Isley's "Caravan of Love".
They released three albums: London 0 Hull 4, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, and the greatest hits Now That's What I Call Quite Good.
The Housemartins lyrics were an odd mixture of Marxist politics and born-again Christianity, reflecting Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time.
The band split in 1988, but the members have since remained friends and worked on each other's projects. Norman Cook has enjoyed significant success with both Beats International and then as Fatboy Slim, while Heaton, Hemingway and roadie Sean Welch all went onto form the other band in your question "The Beautiful South".
2006-09-06 22:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
housemartins belive they started in the late 70's
2006-09-06 22:28:35 · answer #6 · answered by 8Ball 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was the housemartins he was lead singer then left and formed beautiful south
2006-09-06 22:37:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housemartins......
2006-09-06 22:26:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the mighty Housemartins! Didn't "Happy Hour" make you want to tap your feet a lot?
2006-09-06 22:31:58 · answer #9 · answered by Sam O'Shanter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
housemartins were first then they split and divided and the beautiful south and beats international were formed and then finally norman cook went solo
2006-09-06 22:33:12 · answer #10 · answered by esteban 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋