Pop Will Eat Itself

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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.
Sites:
popwilleatitself.net, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, cherryred.co.uk, pweination.com, popwilleatitself.co.uk
Aliases:
Vestan Pance, Wild & Wandering
Members:
Adam Mole, Clint Mansell, Davey Bennett, Graham Crabb, Jason Bowld, Kerry Hammond, Mary Byker, Richard March, Richard Townshend, Tim Muddiman
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RTD 64 Box Frenzy — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Box Frenzy (Album, Comp) Chapter 22 RTD 64 Germany 1987 Sell This Version
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9742-2-R This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This! — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This! (Album, EP) RCA 9742-2-R US 1989 Sell This Version
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PL 74828 Cure For Sanity — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Cure For Sanity (Album) RCA, RCA PL 74828 Australasia 1990 Sell This Version
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74321 10265 2 The Looks Or The Lifestyle? — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself The Looks Or The Lifestyle? (Album) RCA 74321 10265 2 UK & Europe 1992 Sell This Version
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74321 13343 2 At Weirds Bar And Grill — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself At Weirds Bar And Grill (Album) RCA, Chapter 22 74321 13343 2 UK 1993 Sell This Version
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INFECT 10CD Dos Dedos Mis Amigos — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Dos Dedos Mis Amigos (Album) Infectious Records INFECT 10CD UK 1994 Sell This Version
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INFECT 10LPR Two Fingers My Friends! — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Two Fingers My Friends! (Album, Comp) Infectious Records INFECT 10LPR UK 1995 Sell This Version
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CCEDVD001 Reformation: Carling Academy Birmingham, January 23rd, 2005 — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Reformation: Carling Academy Birmingham, January 23rd, 2005 (Album) Instant Live CCEDVD001 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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CCEIL00033, CCEIL00036 Reformation: Shepherd's Bush Empire, January 25th, 2005 — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Reformation: Shepherd's Bush Empire, January 25th, 2005 ‎(2xCDr, Album) Instant Live, Instant Live CCEIL00033, CCEIL00036 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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CCEIL00030 Reformation: Carling Academy Birmingham, January 22nd, 2005 — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Reformation: Carling Academy Birmingham, January 22nd, 2005 ‎(2xCDr, Album) Instant Live CCEIL00030 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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CCEIL00032 Reformation: Shepherd's Bush Empire, January 24th, 2005 — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Reformation: Shepherd's Bush Empire, January 24th, 2005 ‎(2xCDr, Album) Instant Live CCEIL00032 UK 2005 Sell This Version
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COOKCD545-CDR New Noise Designed By A Sadist — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself New Noise Designed By A Sadist (Album) Cooking Vinyl COOKCD545-CDR UK 2011 Sell This Version
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CDLHN98 On Patrol In The UK 2012 — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself On Patrol In The UK 2012 ‎(2xCDr) Abbey Road Live Here Now CDLHN98 UK 2012 Sell This Version
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BRED569 A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Ora) Cherry Red BRED569 UK 2013 Sell This Version
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CDBRED 569 Dos Dedos Mis Amigos / A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box (The Lost 1996 Album) — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Dos Dedos Mis Amigos / A Lick Of The Old Cassette Box (The Lost 1996 Album) ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album + Exp) Cherry Red CDBRED 569 UK 2013 Sell This Version
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RUMJOINT0005CD3 Anti-Nasty League — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Anti-Nasty League (Album) Not On Label (Pop Will Eat Itself Self-released) RUMJOINT0005CD3 UK & Europe 2015 Sell This Version
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DAN 1 The Poppies Say GRRrrr! — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself The Poppies Say GRRrrr! (EP) Desperate Records DAN 1 UK 1986 Sell This Version
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12 CHAP 9 Poppiecock — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Poppiecock Chapter 22 12 CHAP 9 UK 1986 Sell This Version
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L CHAP 16 Beaver Patrol — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Beaver Patrol (Single) Chapter 22 L CHAP 16 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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12 CHAP 13 Love Missile F1-11 Pop Will Eat Itself Love Missile F1-11 "The Covers E.P." (EP, Single) Chapter 22 12 CHAP 13 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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CHAP 11 Sweet Sweet Pie — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Sweet Sweet Pie (Single) Chapter 22 CHAP 11 UK 1987 Sell This Version
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CLUB CHAP 20 There Is No Love Between Us Anymore — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself There Is No Love Between Us Anymore (Single) Chapter 22 CLUB CHAP 20 UK 1988 Sell This Version
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PWEI 1 Def.Con One — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop.Will.Eat.Itself* Def.Con One (Maxi, Single) Chapter 22 PWEI 1 Italy 1988 Sell This Version
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PK 43023 Very Metal Noise Pollution — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Very Metal Noise Pollution (EP, Single) RCA, Chapter 22 PK 43023 UK 1989 Sell This Version
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PB 42793 Wise Up! Sucker — Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself Wise Up! Sucker (Single) RCA PB 42793 UK & Europe 1989 Sell This Version

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July 12, 2018
edited over 5 years ago
I'm not trying to offend anyone, but who cares about new music from PWEI now that it's 80% new members? I tried listening, it just doesn't work as PWEI. It's a new and different group, they should've come up with a new name rather than trade on the old one. I get it: it makes more money to use the name and backcatalogue of PWEI, but it all feels distinctly hollow and cynical. I wish they'd left it alone.
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