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.
Here Comes Everyone
The Wonder Stuff Lyrics
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dropped like a tear from my mother's eye.
Mother do you know your son at all?
Looking for the things he'll never ind,
talks too much about suicide,
who can tell what's on his mind?
Here comes everyone.
Live fast, die young,
I'm only joking of course.
I'm gonna ride out of here on a big white horse,
like some poetic whore.
Here comes everyone.
Could you love him?
Would he love you?
Here comes everyone.
The Wonder Stuff's song Here Comes Everyone speaks about loneliness and desperation. The opening line already establishes the theme of isolation with "there is no us, there's only I." This line is followed by a metaphorical image of the singer being a tear from his mother's eye, again emphasizing his perceived disconnectedness from the world. The singer then questions this detachment further, asking if his mother really knows him at all.
The following verses reveal the singer's inner turmoil, making references to suicide and his inability to find what he is looking for. There is an underlying feeling of despair and hopelessness in lines such as "who can tell what's on his mind?" and "looking for the things he'll never find." While the singer jokes about living fast and dying young, it is clear that he feels lost, desperate and alone.
Line by Line Meaning
There is no us, there is only I,
I am alone and individualistic in this world, devoid of any connection with others.
dropped like a tear from my mother's eye.
Born from my mother, I entered this world and began a new life.
Mother do you know your son at all?
Do you understand me, my thoughts and my emotions, mother?
Looking for the things he'll never find,
I am on an endless search for something unattainable and elusive.
talks too much about suicide,
I speak of death and self-harm too often, indicating a deeper internal struggle.
who can tell what's on his mind?
It is difficult to understand and interpret what goes on in my head.
Here comes everyone.
The arrival and presence of others is imminent, despite my feelings of isolation.
Live fast, die young,
Carpe diem - seize the day and live life to the fullest, regardless of consequences.
leave a good looking corpse,
A cultural obsession with beauty even in death, regardless of the quality of a life well-lived.
I'm only joking of course.
I am being facetious and not serious in my previous remarks about death.
I'm gonna ride out of here on a big white horse,
I am going to escape my current reality in a dramatic, romanticized manner.
like some poetic whore.
Comparing myself to a prostitute, who sells themselves for love or money.
Could you love him?
Am I deserving of love and connection?
Would he love you?
Do I have the capability to love others in return?
Here comes everyone.
The arrival of others is still imminent, and my internal struggles continue as they join me in my life journey.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MALCOLM ROY TREECE, MARTIN BELL, MARTIN RICHARD GILKS, MILES STEPHEN HUNT, PAUL CLIFFORD
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