Inspiral Carpets
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Biography
[Edit]After the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets were arguably the third most popular band to emerge from the late-'80s/early-'90s Madchester scene. Like the Charlatans UK, they weren't quite as innovative as the city's two standard-bearers, relying less on the contemporary dance club beats that became Madchester pop's identifying signature. They did, however, share a fascination with trippy psychedelia, particularly the Farfisa organ-drenched sound of Nuggets-style garage rock from the '60s, which set them apart from their peers. It also enabled them to tinker with their sound once the Madchester fad had passed, and the group continued to score hits right up to their mid-'90s breakup.
Inspiral Carpets were formed in the Greater Manchester town of Oldham by guitarist Graham Lambert — who'd been playing around the area since 1982 — and vocalist Stephen Holt, who soon both recruited drummer, Craig Gill. The group began to settle on a permanent lineup in 1986 when Farfisa organist Clint Boon joined up, before bassist Dave Swift came into the fold the following year. '60s-influenced garage punk-style demo tapes, recorded at Boon's studio, helped to get the band noticed in Manchester, as did local support slots with the Bodines and Spacemen 3. Clever merchandising also helped the band out financially; they sold T-shirts featuring their smoking-cow logo and their slogan "Cool as F*ck," which got them media attention when a student wearing the shirt was arrested for violating obscenity laws. Their first national release came in 1988 with the Plane Crash EP on Playtime Records, but when that label's distributor went out of business later that year, the band set up their own imprint, Cow Records, which was financed mostly by T-shirt sales. The first release on Cow was the 1989 EP Trainsurfing, which got the band even more national attention. At this point, Holt and Swift — not keen on professional careers involving lots of time and travel — decided to leave, and were replaced by vocalist Tom Hingley (ex-Too Much Texas) and bassist Marty Walsh. With their arrival, the band's Madchester-compatible style began to crystallize, as evidenced on the new lineup's first release, the swirling, organ-driven psychedelic tune "Joe" (May 1989). The single caused a stir in the indie underground that only intensified with the follow-ups "Find Out Why" and "Move," and after being courted by several major labels, the band wound up signing with the large London-based indie Mute.
Inspiral Carpets' debut album, Life, was released in the spring of 1990. Their first single for Mute, "This Is How It Feels," hit the British Top 20 and landed them a TV appearance on Top of the Pops; the follow-up, "She Comes in the Fall," reached the Top 30. The band recorded sessions with DJ John Peel and appeared at that year's Reading Festival, helping make Life a sizable hit. After releasing the Island Head EP late in the year, the band completed its next full-length, the darker The Beast Inside, which appeared in the spring of 1991. For the supporting tour, the band hired future Oasis mastermind Noel Gallagher as a roadie. Inspiral Carpets scored their biggest chart hit in the spring of 1992 with "Dragging Me Down," which appeared on their third album, Revenge of the Goldfish, released later that fall. Although it produced three more Top 40 singles and got the band a bigger overseas audience, the album was issued when the Manchester scene's moment was perceived to have passed. Next, the group returned to a more basic garage/psychedelic sound for 1994's Devil Hopping. It was generally well received, with the singles "Saturn 5" and "I Want You" (the latter a duet with the Fall's Mark E. Smith, who did not appear on the album version) returning them to the Top 20. In late 1995, Mute released a compilation called The Singles, and soon after, it was announced that label and band were parting ways. Inspiral Carpets split not long after; Boon formed the Clint Boon Experience, while Hingley formed a group called the Lovers with Jerry Kelly of the Lotus Eaters. Hingley went solo in late 2000, issuing the acoustic album Keep Britain Untidy.
After an eight-year hiatus, the band re-formed for two well-received sold-out tours in 2003, and this reappearance also brought the appropriately titled single, "Come Back Tomorrow," a recording culled from a 1995 session. Also issued that year was the three-disc compilation Cool As, which brought together all of the band's singles and promo videos to date, plus a selection of B-sides. A DVD of an April 2003 show, Live at Brixton Academy, appeared in early 2004. Although Inspiral Carpets continued to be a going concern over the next few years, its members also furthered their careers outside the band, with Gill founding Manchester Music Tours, Lambert pursuing concert promotion, Boon DJing on XFM Manchester, Walsh providing music marketing advice, and Hingley teaching performance art. The years 2007 and 2008 brought further tours after the release of a digital-only rarities compilation, Keep the Circle.
Following a rather public split on social media, by the end of February 2011 Hingley was no longer part of the band, and that August it was announced that Holt was returning to front Inspiral Carpets for the first time in 23 years. Sporadic international live shows were announced before the band issued the single "You're So Good for Me" on Record Store Day in April 2012, and they followed this a year later with "Fix Your Smile." In April 2014, Cherry Red Records re-released the Holt-fronted, 1987-recorded demo album Dung 4, which had previously only been available on cassette for a short while in the late '80s. The greater news was the band's decision to expand its reunion to the studio, which meant that the original lineup featuring Stephen Holt recorded their first-ever studio album two decades after forming. This record, naturally called Inspiral Carpets, appeared to strong reviews in the fall of 2014.
Title: Keep the Circle: B-sides and Udder Stuff
Artist: Inspiral Carpets
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: This Is How It Feels - EP
Artist: Inspiral Carpets
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: She Comes in the Fall
Artist: Inspiral Carpets
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Mauerstadt
Artist: Inspiral Carpets, Mark Reeder
Genre: Electronica, New Wave, Post Punk, Synth Pop
Collections
Title: Distant Drums
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: Now! That'S What I Call Music 17
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, House, Acid House, Deep House, Euro House, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Indie Rock, Reggae, Dub, Pop, Pop Rock, Synth Pop, Funk, Hardcore
Title: De Afrekening 50 - 3СD
Genre: Rock, Electronic Rock, Pop
Title: Mos Anthems Indie CD 1
Genre: Electronica, Alternative Dance, Rock, Alternative Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative
Title: Ministry Of Sound Anthems Indie CD1
Genre: Alternative, Indie
Title: The Brit Box
Genre: Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Pop
Title: 101 Indie Classics (Disc 3)
Genre: Indie Rock
Title: 101 Indie Classics (Disc 5)
Genre: Indie Rock
Title: Britpop Anthems
Title: Massive Hits! Nineties (CD3)
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Power Pop, Pop
Title: 101 Indie Classics
Genre: Indie Rock
Title: The World's End (Unofficial Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: NME Presents The 90's (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop
Title: Studio Brussel-Studio Britpop
Genre: Pop
Title: Alternative 80's (CD3)
Genre: Indie Rock, New Wave, Punk, Pop
Title: Massive Hits! (Alternative) (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Massive Hits! (Alternative) (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Greatest Ever! Alternative 80s (CD3)
Genre: Alternative Rock
Title: Greatest Ever - Indie Disco (CD3)
Genre: Indie Pop, Pop, Alternative
Title: Greatest Ever Dad Rock (CD1)
Genre: Gothic Rock, Hard Rock, Glam Punk, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Simply Nineties (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Reggae, Pop, Pop Rock, Dance Pop
Title: Simply Power Ballads (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Rock, New Wave, Power Pop, World Music, Pop, Acoustic, Folk
Title: C88 (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Garage Rock, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Punk Rock
Title: Festival Anthems - The Headliners (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Live Forever - Ministry Of Sound (CD3)
Genre: Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Indie
Title: Driven By The 90s Box Set 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Breakbeat , Garage, Techno, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion, Latin, Synth Pop
Title: Driven By The 90s Box Set 2019 (CD4)
Genre: Breakbeat , Garage, Techno, Dancehall, Reggae Fusion, Latin, Synth Pop
Title: Driven By The 90s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Driven By The 90s (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: NOW 100 Hits Forgotten 90s 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Eurodance, Trance, Rap, Indie Pop, Power Pop, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: 100 Greatest 90s Indie Classics (CD2)
Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: NOW Live Forever: The Anthems (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Ultimate Dad: BMG Company 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Reggae, World Music, Pop, Classical, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest 80s Indie Anthems 2021 (CD2)
Genre: Ethereal Wave, Rock, Alternative Rock, Grunge, Folk Punk, Reggae Fusion, Pop
Title: 100 Greatest 80s Indie Anthems (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative, Indie
Title: Madchester Essentials
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 072 - Alternative
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Vorsprung Dyk Technik: Remixes 92 - 98 (Disc 3)
Artist: Paul Van Dyk
Genre: Electronica, Trance, Progressive Trance, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Many Faces Of Oasis (CD3)
Artist: Oasis
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Punk Rock, Pop