The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, in the Black C… Read Full Bio ↴The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK.
The original line-up was Miles Hunt (whose uncle Bill Hunt was keyboard player with Wizzard), Malcolm Treece, Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (d. 1993) and Martin Gilks (d. 2006). The group originated from an earlier collaboration with group members of Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI), called From Eden, which had Miles Hunt on the drums.
In 1990, Martin Bell (aka, Fiddlie), an accomplished fiddle and banjo instrumentalist, joined the band and Paul Clifford replaced Rob Jones on the bass after Jones left the band.
The band initially split on July 14, 1994 at the Phoenix Festival near Stratford-on-Avon, with Miles Hunt forming Vent 414 and Malc Treece, Martin Gilks and Paul Clifford teaming up with ex-Eat frontman, Ange Dolittle, to form We Know Where You Live.
Following the split of Vent 414, Miles Hunt took to touring an acoustic solo show performing old favourites and new material. During this period, he toured and released an album under banner of The Miles Hunt Club, featuring Stuart Quinnel and Andres Karu (who would later featuring in subsequent line-ups of The Wonder Stuff) as well as Michael Ferentino fom the Amazing Meet Project.
The band later reformed for a few live tours from 2000 onwards including a sell out 5 night residency at The Forum, London. For this incarnation, Stuart Quinnel took over on bass from Paul Clifford.
Their first new album for over a decade, Escape From Rubbish Island, was released in September 2004. The line-up for this album was Hunt and Treece plus Andres Karu and Mark McCarthy (formally of Radical Dance Faction).
This line-up (plus Erica Nockalls on violin) continued into 2006 with the release of their new album Suspended By Stars.
Scheduled for 2011 is a tour supporting The Levellers for which the line up has changed again, with Andres Karu being replaced on drums by ex-Pop Will Eat Itself member Fuzz Townshend.
The original line-up was Miles Hunt (whose uncle Bill Hunt was keyboard player with Wizzard), Malcolm Treece, Rob "The Bass Thing" Jones (d. 1993) and Martin Gilks (d. 2006). The group originated from an earlier collaboration with group members of Pop Will Eat Itself (aka PWEI), called From Eden, which had Miles Hunt on the drums.
In 1990, Martin Bell (aka, Fiddlie), an accomplished fiddle and banjo instrumentalist, joined the band and Paul Clifford replaced Rob Jones on the bass after Jones left the band.
The band initially split on July 14, 1994 at the Phoenix Festival near Stratford-on-Avon, with Miles Hunt forming Vent 414 and Malc Treece, Martin Gilks and Paul Clifford teaming up with ex-Eat frontman, Ange Dolittle, to form We Know Where You Live.
Following the split of Vent 414, Miles Hunt took to touring an acoustic solo show performing old favourites and new material. During this period, he toured and released an album under banner of The Miles Hunt Club, featuring Stuart Quinnel and Andres Karu (who would later featuring in subsequent line-ups of The Wonder Stuff) as well as Michael Ferentino fom the Amazing Meet Project.
The band later reformed for a few live tours from 2000 onwards including a sell out 5 night residency at The Forum, London. For this incarnation, Stuart Quinnel took over on bass from Paul Clifford.
Their first new album for over a decade, Escape From Rubbish Island, was released in September 2004. The line-up for this album was Hunt and Treece plus Andres Karu and Mark McCarthy (formally of Radical Dance Faction).
This line-up (plus Erica Nockalls on violin) continued into 2006 with the release of their new album Suspended By Stars.
Scheduled for 2011 is a tour supporting The Levellers for which the line up has changed again, with Andres Karu being replaced on drums by ex-Pop Will Eat Itself member Fuzz Townshend.
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The Wonder Stuff Lyrics
A Wish Away Don't litter my streets With your bad name Don't tell the pe…
Cabin Fever While mom's and dad's are screaming over string beans. It…
Cartoon Boyfriend "There's a worm in my head and a fish in…
Caught In My Shadow Caught in My Shadow Yeah, I'm Caught in My Shadow These …
Change Every Light Bulb Introducing the reverend Hellacious Boom Boom! So good of…
Circlesquare Is that a smile that hangs beneath your nose Or are…
Don't Let Me Down, Gently CHORUS Don't let me down gently If you have to let me…
Donation Make the call, make the call now, make your donation, to …
Full of Life (Happy Now) When you shook that fist Did it feel like you were…
Give Give Give Me More More More Well I hope I make more money than this in…
Golden Green She is golden but she's green At all the things that…
Good Night Though Goodbye So long Well there's a lady that knows All that g…
Here Comes Everyone There is no us, there is only I, dropped like a…
Hot Love Now! We are we are romanced in fascination Sinfully sated in eve…
It's Yer Money I'm After Baby Don''t give me love, oh no none of that stuff cos…
Mission Drive My Mission Drive, is to open up my eyes, and I…
Mother And I I'd like to be what some of the fuss is…
On The Ropes Take these words and stick 'em in your head Now roll…
Piece Of Sky How did you get so very high You got so high…
Play Play, I only ever saw it as play, I didn't think…
Poison I'm gonna kiss your face, And run like thunder. I'm gonna gr…
Radio Ass Kiss [CHORUS] Radio Ass Kiss on the air Say what you like now…
Red Berry Joy Town We knew we'd find you crying On top of dustbin hill Grinning…
Rue The Day I fell into your lonely room today But I forgotten what…
Sing The Absurd If there was drug that'd do me no harm I'd stick…
The Size Of A Cow Don't you think it's funny that nothing's what it seems When…
Unbearable Put paid to what you say Put your money where your…
Welcome To The Cheap Seats Laugh when he jokes, slap him when he chokes. It's time…
Who Wants To Be The Disco King? Who wants to laugh Who wants to sing And who…