Pop Will Eat Itself

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Pop Will Eat Itself

Pop Will Eat Itself is an English musical group. It was officially founded under this name in Stourbridge in 1986 , but had been active since 1981 under the name From Eden .

description

The group initially called itself From Eden , changed names several times and finally sent three identical demo recordings under different band names to three different record companies. For the name Pop wants Eat Itself , the group received feedback that although no record deal was offered, the band name would be liked. The band name is inspired by an article by David Quantick in the New Musical Express about the band Jamie Wednesday , in which it was noted that pop music is always reusing its ideas and that ultimately “pop eats itself” ( pop will eat itself ).

The group's style has varied over the years from early alternative rock and Beastie Boys influences to techno to industrial and big beat . Particularly in the early years, they were characterized by the extensive use of music and speech samples from many areas of the media landscape , which also explains the name of the band. However, due to stricter requirements imposed by the rights holders on this content, the proportion of samples used has steadily declined since the mid-1990s.

In 1995 one of the two main songwriters and front men, Graham Crabb, left the band. In 1996, shortly before the end of the recordings for a sixth studio album, the whole band finally broke up. In 2005 there was a brief reunion with the full line-up of 1994.
Since around 2010 the group has been active again with a new line-up, with Crabb as the only original member. In 2011 she released a new studio album to mark the 25th anniversary of its founding, which is partly based on material for the original sixth studio album and on newer material from 2005. In May 2015 the band released another album, which is only available through the band's own merchandising.

Clint Mansell , the former second main songwriter and front man of the band, is now active as a film music composer (including " Requiem for a Dream ", " Moon ").

Trent Reznor wrote Pop Will Eat Itself an important influence on his project Nine Inch Nails and took the group to his label Nothing Records under contract.

The group owns extensive and creative merchandise that goes back to The Designers Republic . Some pieces are exhibited in the Design Museum London .

Discography

Studio albums

  • Box Frenzy (1987)
  • This Is the Day… This Is the Hour… This Is This! (1989)
  • Cure for Sanity (1990) (expanded re-release 1991)
  • The Looks or the Lifestyle? (1992)
  • Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (1994)
  • New Noise Designed by a Sadist (2011)
  • Anti Nasty League (2015)

Compilations, remixes, live albums

  • Now for a Feast! (1988) (compilation of old material before Box Frenzy )
  • Weird's Bar and Grill (Live) (1993)
  • 16 Different Flavors of Hell (Best of) (1993)
  • Two Fingers My Friends! (1995) (remixes of Dos Dedos Mis Amigos )
  • Wise Up Suckers (BMG best of) (1996)
  • The Radio 1 Sessions 1986-87 (1997)
  • PWEI Product 1986-1994 (anthology) (2002)
  • Reformation: Nottingham Rock City 01/20/05 (2005)
  • Reformation: Birmingham Carling Academy 01/22/05 (2005)
  • Reformation: Birmingham Carling Academy 01/23/05 (2005)
  • Reformation: London Shepherds Bush Empire 01/24/05 (2005)
  • Reformation: London Shepherds Bush Empire 1/25/05 (2005)
  • The Best Of (2008)

EPs

  • 2000 Light Ales from Home (1986)
  • The Poppies Say GRRrrr! (1986)
  • Poppiecock (1986)
  • Very Metal Noise Pollution (1989)
  • Amalgamation (1994)

Singles

  • Sweet Sweet Pie (1987)
  • Love Missile F1-11 (1987)
  • Beaver Patrol (1987)
  • There Is No Love between Us Anymore (1988)
  • Def. Con. One (1988)
  • Can U Dig It? (1989)
  • Wise Up! Sucker (1989)
  • Touched by the Hand of Cicciolina (1990)
  • Dance of the Mad (1990)
  • XY & Zee (1991)
  • 92 ° F (1991)
  • Karmadrome / Eat Me Drink Me Love Me Kill Me (1992)
  • Bulletproof! (1992)
  • Get the girl! Kill the Baddies! (1993)
  • RSVP / Familus Horribilus (1993)
  • I'm A Foreigner (1994)
  • Everything's Cool (1994)
  • Ax of Men 2010 (2010)
  • Chaos & Mayhem (2011)
  • Disguise (2012)

Videos

  • Unspoilt by Progress VHS (1991)
  • Reformation: Birmingham Carling Academy 01/23/05 DVD (2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Darling: What's in a Name: The book of Bands , Xlibris, 2000, ISBN 9780595096299 , p. 51
  2. ↑ Dave Wilson: Rock Formations: Categorical Answers to How Band Names were Formed , Kennebunkport 2005, Cidermill Books, ISBN 978-0974848358 , p. 41