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Ned's Atomic Dustbin are an guitars and complicated Baggy drum beats. The band was formed while at sixth form college and they recorded their first album while still teenagers. This led to a strong teenage fanbase with a reputation for enjoying Stage Diving and Moshing at their gigs. The band were also noted (and sometimes ridiculed) for their early image which consisted of uniformly crimped hair, short trousers and t shirts. The Neds (as their fans referred to them) were well known for their T shirts and produced over 80 different designs within three years. Towards the end they also branched out into shorts, hats and other merchandise items. HISTORY Ned's Atomic Dustbin quickly gathered a strong fanbase after being noticed by local group The Wonder Stuff who offered a support slot on their 1989 and 1990 UK tours. During 1990, Ned's Atomic Dustbin released two singles "The Ingredients" and "Kill Your Television" which reached numbers 92 and 53 in UK Singles chart, respectively. They released their debut album ''Godfodder'' shortly afterwards and had hits with "Until You Find Out" (#51) and "Happy" (#16) in 1991 . During the next two years, the group toured with, amongst others Mega City Four , Senseless Things and Jesus Jones . During this period they recorded their second album ''Are You Normal'' in 1992 , which was promoted by the singles "Not Sleeping Around" and "Intact". The band spent the next few years on a worldwide tour before recording their final album ''Brainbloodvolume''. The album had a more adult sound than before (because they were, after all, no longer teenagers), together with a more diverse sound including Samplers and keyboards. Their record label released the album in America before the UK, so most fans bought in on import leading to a poor UK chart position when it was eventually released leading to tensions within the band and with the label. The poor chart showing may have also been to do with a changed music scene now fully in the swing of Britpop . The band had one last UK top 40 single with "All I Ask of Myself Is That I Hold Together" in 1995 following an appearance on The Word . The band split in 1995. Singer Jonn Penney formed a new band, Groundswell who had little success. Ned's Atomic Dustbin reformed with a different line up in 2000 , for a show in Dudley . The show was a success and the band have done a Christmas show every year since then, including a four date tour in 2004 where the band performed several new songs. In 2005 they again played a few late-December gigs, and on June 5, 2006, their first new single in 11 years, "Hibernation", was released, it was supported with a weekend concert series being called "Ned-Fest". The Single was not available at regular retailers. It was an online-only single, available as both an online CD purchase as well as downloadable. The video game NCAA Football 2006 for Playstation 2 and Xbox features the song "Kill Your Television". Their song "Grey Cell Green" is featured in the video game Saints Row for the Xbox 360 platform, on "The Rock" radio station. The song "Saturday Night" featured in the movie So I Married An Axe Murderer . The band is currently in rehearsals and in the studio working on more new material. On May 7, 2007 a compilation album was released with the name of "Some Furtive Years - A Ned's Anthology". Furtive refers to their earlier label. This compilation unlike the others features liner notes by John Penney and Matt Chelsin. It offers insight into the background of songs featured on the album. MEMBERS - CLASSIC LINE UP 1989-1995
DISCOGRAPHY Furtive was the band's own label distributed under Sony , which allowed the band to retain a level of independence and control (although which subsidiary of Sony distributed each release depended on which one and where it was bought. In the UK it was Sony Soho Square, Japan Epic , and in the US they were shifted about - first Columbia , then Chaos , then Work .) Albums Singles and EP's Video and DVD EXTERNAL LINKS |
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