Chumbawamba were a British anarcho punk band that formed in Burnley in 1982. In 2012 the band announced they were splitting up after 30 years.
The band constantly shifted in musical style, drawing on genres such as punk rock, pop and folk. Their anarchist or libertarian socialist political stance exhibited an irreverent attitude toward authority and the band have been forthright in their stances on issues including animal rights and pacifism (early in their career) and later regarding class struggle, feminism, gay liberation, pop culture and anti-fascism.
Band members 1982-1988:
Darren James Hamer (Daz) - drums, percussion, vocals
Anne Holden (Alice Nutter) - vocals
Allan Mark Whalley (Boffo) - guitar, clarinet, vocals
David Mills (Mavis Dillon) - bass, trumpet, french horn, vocals
Louise Mary Watts (Lou) - vocals, guitar
Nigel Hunter (Danbert Nobacon) - vocals
Duncan Bruce (Dunst) - percussion, vocals
Tomi - bass, vocals
Midge - drums, vocals
Diane - vocals
Simon Wingham Lanzon (Commonknowledge) – keyboards, voice, accordion, vocals.
"Be Happy! Despite It All..." is a split cassette by Chumbawamba and Passion Killers, released in 1983 on Sky & Trees.
Tracklisting:
1. Chumbawamba - No
2. Chumbawamba - Work
3. Chumbawamba - Animals
4. Chumbawamba - Arthur (Live)
5. Chumbawamba - Manual
6. Chumbawamba - Lies
7. Chumbawamba - Ducks/Baby Waved A Flag
8. Chumbawamba - Shit
9. Chumbawamba - In Texas
10. Chumbawamba - Obscene
11. Chumbawamba - No More War
12. Passion Killers - Ok To Go
13. Passion Killers - Same Old Lies
14. Passion Killers - What Do They Hide
15. Passion Killers - I Won't Fight Your Wars
16. Passion Killers - Going Too Fast
17. Passion Killers - Whose Life Is It Anyway?
18. Passion Killers - Does It Work?
19. Passion Killers - Why?
VBR ~261K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"First 2" by Chumbawamba is a 1992 re-release of "Pictures Of Starving Children Sell Records" and "Never Mind The Ballots" on one single CD on Agit-Prop Records.
Tracks:
1-10 LP Pictures Of Starving Children Sell Records: Starvation, Charity And Rock & Roll Lies & Traditions, released in 1986 on Agit-Prop Records
11-18 LP Never Mind The Ballots... Here's The Rest Of Your Life, released in 1987 on Agit-Prop Records.
Tracklisting:
1. How To Get Your Band On Television
2. British Colonialism & The BBC
3. Commercial Break
4. Unilever
5. More Whitewashing
6. An Interlude: Beginning To Take It Back
7. Dutiful Servants & Political Masters
8. Coca-Colanisation
9. ...And In A Nutshell
10. Invasion
11. Always Tell The Voter What The Voter Wants To Hear
12. Come On Baby (Let's Do The Revolution)
13. The Wasteland
14. Today's Sermon
15. Ah-Men
16. Mr Heseltine Meets His Public
17. The Candidates Find Common Ground
18. ...Here's The Rest Of Your Life
VBR ~263K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Destroy Fascism!" is an 7" EP by Antidote, released in 1987 on Loony Tunes Records.
Antidote is a collaboration between members of Chumbawamba and The Ex.
Tracklisting:
1. We Support All Forms Of Resistance Against This Racist System
2. Education (Part 1)
3. Education (Part 2)
4. Shock! Horror!
5. There's No Need To Vote NF When There Are Twelve Tory Fascists In The Cabinet
6. Remembrance Day
7. K-2 Indian Restaurant
8. Irish Joke
9. We Support All Forms Of Resistance Against This Racist System
VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"English Rebel Songs 1381-1914" by Chumbawamba, released in 1988 as a vinyl 10" album on Agit-Prop Records. The album was reissued in 1994 on One Little Indian.
The album is a collection of "a cappella" English folk songs.
The Cutty Wren is on the CD a second time as the unlisted 12th track.
Tracklisting:
1. The Cutty Wren
2. The Diggers Song
3. Colliers March
4. The Triumph Of General Ludd
5. Chartist Anthem
6. Song On The Times
7. Smashing Of The Van
8. World Turned Upside Down
9. Poverty Knock
10. Idris Strike Song
11. Hanging On The Old Barbed Wire
12. The Cutty Wren
VBR ~264K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
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