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Pop Will Eat Itself

Band, *1986 GB
Electronic and Rock
A.k.a. Clint Mansell, Adam Mole, Graham Crabb, Richard March Vestan Pance Wild & Wandering

In 1986, the line-up of singer and guitarist Clint Mansell, guitarist and keyboardist Adam Mole, bassist Richard March, and drummer Graham Crabb formed as Wild And Wandering in the English town of Stourbridge. After some months and one e.p. they changed their name to Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI) and earned attention from the indie scene for their first e.p., The Poppies Say Grrr! on Chapter 22. At the time they played short, fast, slightly psychedelic punk-pop tunes and went on with that for three more e.p.'s before starting to incorporate house and hip hop beats and samples on Beaver Patrol. By autumn 1987 PWEI released their first album, Box Frenzy, with some tunes leaning towards new wave, some towards hip hop and acid house. A drum machine called Dr. Nightmare was installed and Graham Crabb took the second microphone. After the 12" Def.Con.One PWEI signed a deal with RCA and released Can U Dig It? in 1989, which would be the first of 12 PWEI singles going UK top 40. In the same year their seminal second album This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This! appeared to public and critical acclaim for its witty fusion of rock and electronic music. PWEI opted for an even more electronic, slightly darker and moodier approach on Cure For Sanity, their third album, which appeared in 1990 alongside PWEI's alternative soccer world cup theme, Touched By The Hand Of Cicciolina, a fusion of dub and acid house. Electronics took a backseat on 1992's The Looks Or The Lifestyle, when Fuzz Townshend was brought in as a drummer. PWEI reinvented themselves as grungey groovers and released Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies! as their highlight single. PWEI had been sacked by RCA at the time the single went number 9 in the UK in early 1993. The band signed with Infectious in the UK and Nothing in the US and released R.S.V.P., Ich Bin Ein Auslander, and Everything's Cool as singles in 1993 and 1994. The tunes displayed a development from where they had left towards dark industrial rock. The mixture on their fifth album Dos Dedos Mis Amigos was received well and won the band many new fans. Nonetheless, the band only released the remix album Two Fingers My Friends after that and collapsed upon the departure of Graham Crabb in 1996. Crabb released an album as Golden Claw Musics, Richard March went on to form Bentley Rhythm Ace, Fuzz Townshend went solo, and Clint Mansell has done film soundtracks. In 2005, a reunion tour and new songs were announced, but the reformation fizzled out by the end of the year. In 2010, in the wake of the dissolution of Vile Evils, Graham Crabb announced his intention to reconstitute PWEI. By 2011, Crabb had recruited new band members, and PWEI released a new album, New Noise Designed By A Sadist, and went on tour.

     
Members
PortraitClint Mansell
voc, g *1963 GB
PortraitGraham Crabb
voc *1964 GB
PortraitRichard March
g, key *1964 GB
PortraitJason Bowld
dr
PortraitAdam Mole
g, org *1962 GB
PortraitIan Hoxley
voc
PortraitRichard Townshend
Kerry Hammond
g
PortraitTim Muddiman
b
Davey Bennett
b
Popular Tracks   
Ich Bin Ein Auslander on Dos Dedos Mis Amigos by Pop Will Eat Itself
Def Con One - Doomsday Power Mix on Box Frenzy by Pop Will Eat Itself
Def Con One on This Is The Day... by Pop Will Eat Itself
Wise Up! Sucker - 7" Version on This Is The Day... by Pop Will Eat Itself
Can U Dig It? on 16 Different Flavours Of Hell by Pop Will Eat Itself
Everything's Cool on Dos Dedos Mis Amigos by Pop Will Eat Itself
Bulletproof on 16 Different Flavours Of Hell by Pop Will Eat Itself
Not Now James, We're Busy on This Is The Day... by Pop Will Eat Itself
X, Y & Zee on Cure For Sanity by Pop Will Eat Itself
Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies! on 16 Different Flavours Of Hell by Pop Will Eat Itself

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Band Membership
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Def Comms 86-18Pop Will Eat Itself2018Compil.
We're Taking ControlWarriors Of The Dystotheque Ft. Pop Will Eat Itself2017Album
Watch The Bitch Blow EPPop Will Eat Itself2014Album
A Lick Of The Old Cassette BoxPop Will Eat Itself2013Album
DisguisePop Will Eat Itself2012Album
On Patrol In The UK 2012Pop Will Eat Itself2012Album
Feasting FrenzyPop Will Eat Itself2011Album
Chaos & MayhemPop Will Eat Itself2011Album
New Noise Designed By A SadistPop Will Eat Itself2011Album
4 HitsPop Will Eat Itself2011Album
Axe Of Men 2010Pop Will Eat Itself2010Album
Demon / Axe Of Men 2010Vile Evils Feat. Clint Mansell + Pop Will Eat Itself2010Album
Demon / Axe Of Men 2010 RemixesVile Evils Feat. Clint Mansell + Pop Will Eat Itself2010Album
The CollectionPop Will Eat Itself2009Compil.
The Best Of Pop Will Eat ItselfPop Will Eat Itself2008Compil.
Reformation: Carling Academy Birmingham, January 23rd, 2005Pop Will Eat Itself2005Album
Reformation: Shepherd's Bush Empire, January 24th, 2005Pop Will Eat Itself2005Album
Reformation: Live At The Carling Academy Birmingham, January 23rd, 2005Pop Will Eat Itself2005Album
ReformationPop Will Eat Itself2005Album
PWEI Product 1986-1994Pop Will Eat Itself2002Compil.
The Radio 1 Sessions 1986-7Pop Will Eat Itself1997Album
Wise Up SuckersPop Will Eat Itself1996Compil.
Two Fingers My Friends Tasty Taster!!Pop Will Eat Itself1995Album
Two Fingers My Friends!Pop Will Eat Itself1995Album
5 Song CompilationNine Inch Nails, Pop Will Eat Itself1995Album
UnderbellyPop Will Eat Itself1994Single
Everything's Cool?Pop Will Eat Itself1994Single
AmalgamationPop Will Eat Itself1994Compil.
Ich Bin Ein AuslanderPop Will Eat Itself1994Single
Dos Dedos Mis AmigosPop Will Eat Itself1994Album
RSVPPop Will Eat Itself1994Album
16 Different Flavours Of HellPop Will Eat Itself1993Compil.
R.S.V.P. / Familus HorribilusPop Will Eat Itself1993Single
At Weirds Bar And GrillPop Will Eat Itself1993Album
Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!Pop Will Eat Itself1992Album
I've Always Been A Coward, BabyPop Will Eat Itself1992Single
Karmadrome / Eat Me Drink Me Love Me Kill MePop Will Eat Itself1992Single
Bulletproof!Pop Will Eat Itself1992Album
The Looks Or The Lifestyle?Pop Will Eat Itself1992Album
X Y & ZeePop Will Eat Itself1991Album
Another Man's Rhubarb / 92°Pop Will Eat Itself1991Single
Unspoilt By ProgressPop Will Eat Itself1991Album
92° F / The Incredible PWEI Vs Dirty HarryPop Will Eat Itself1991Single
Cure For SanityPop Will Eat Itself1990Album
Dance Of The MadPop Will Eat Itself1990Single
X Y & ZeePop Will Eat Itself1990Single
Touched By The Hand Of CicciolinaPop Will Eat Itself1990Single
Wise Up! SuckerPop Will Eat Itself1989Single
Very Metal Noise PollutionPop Will Eat Itself1989Album
This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This!Pop Will Eat Itself1989Album
Can U Dig It?Pop Will Eat Itself1989Album
There Is No Love Between Us AnymorePop Will Eat Itself1988Single
Now For A Feast!Pop Will Eat Itself1988Compil.
Def.Con OnePop Will Eat Itself1988Single
Box FrenzyPop Will Eat Itself1987Album
Sweet Sweet PiePop Will Eat Itself1987Album
Go Box Frenzy / Now For A FeastPop Will Eat Itself1987Compil.
Love Missile F1-11Pop Will Eat Itself1987Album
Beaver PatrolPop Will Eat Itself1987Single
PoppiecockPop Will Eat Itself1986Single
The Poppies Say GRRrrr!Pop Will Eat Itself1986Single
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