Underworld (band)

Did not have a US Top 40 single (highest position was #69 for "Stand Up" in 1989). In 2003, the band cautiously reformed in order to work on a new record, and a single called "All I Want" was released in October 2004. As Underworld (mark III, without Emerson):. Pellow succeeded in kicking his habit and returned to the public eye in 2001 with a solo album. As Underworld (mark II, electronic):. Pellow quit the band and went into rehab to battle a debilitating heroin addiction, while Cunningham resigned acrimoniously. As Underworld (mark I, funk rock):. During the rest of the 1990s the band maintained a strong Uk following although success in the singles charts became more sporadic.

As Freur:. In the official UK best-selling singles list issued in 2002, it was placed 11th. This band has been regarded by some as one of the pioneers of the modern electronic movement. The song was from the soundtrack to the film Four Weddings and a Funeral. III and recorded a new album, A Hundred Days Off, which was released to general approval. Only Pellow's insistence on deletion (he was bored of its chart domination and overheard people complaining about it) prevented the song from equalling and then breaking the record for the longest-standing Number 1 single, held by Bryan Adams. They dubbed the project Underworld Mk. In 1994 Wet Wet Wet had their biggest hit with a cover version of the Troggs single "Love is All Around" which was a huge international success and spent 15 weeks at Number 1 in the British charts.

Hyde and Smith decided to continue, once again, as a duo. In total, five singles were released from it. After the release and promotion of Everything, Everything Emerson decided to leave Underworld to focus on his solo projects and record label. The single proved something of a saviour, as they previous two releases from the album had failed in the singles charts, although the album sold well. Called Everything, Everything, the project was said to capture the live Underworld very faithfully. In 1992 the band released a third album called High On The Happy Side which produced the Number 1 hit single "Goodnight Girl" - the only self-penned Number 1 single they would have. Despite these problems, Underworld embarked on a spirited and well-received tour which resulted in a live CD and DVD drawn from several dates on the tour. At the end of 1989, Pellow appeared on the Band Aid II charity single.

After the release of the album a large number of mixes of the album tracks seemed to surface on singles, magazine promotional CDs and similar ephemeral formats perhaps indicating the number of revisions the tracks had gone through to get to point where they were acceptable to all three. The album was well-received, relying more on strings and other classical arrangements, while Pellow's vocals were always regarded as one of the best of the era. After the release of Beaucoup Fish in 1998, Hyde declared in his interviews that he had sorted out earlier problems with alcoholism but all the members admitted that the sessions had been fraught with problems, with the individual members working in their own studios and only communicating via mixes of the raw material passed back and forth on DAT. The following year the band released their second album Holding Back The River, which was also a success and produced the hit single "Sweet Surrender". I but the original Hyde/Smith dance material was lyric-free as was most of the electronic music emerging from the aftermath of acid house. In the same year, an album was released of their spell in the USA prior to hitting the big time, callled The Memphis Sessions. Hyde had been the lead singer in Underworld Mk. Another Beatles song, "She's Leaving Home", was equally-billed on the flip side, performed by Billy Bragg.

The signature Hyde lyrics were in place: poetic, hypnotic and whispered; mixing conventional songwriting with the use of found material from overheard conversations, answerphone recordings and the like. In 1988 Wet Wet Wet scored their first Number 1 hit with a cover version of the Beatles song "With a Little Help from My Friends" recorded for the charity Childline, run by Esther Rantzen. Their first album, dubnobasswithmyheadman, was considered more accessible than the group's earlier material and crossed a large spectrum of dance music. They also supported Lionel Richie on his UK tour. The addition of Emerson completed Underworld's dance/rock fusion and seemed to moderate some of hardfloor elements in the original duo's work. That year the band released their first album Popped In Souled Out which also became a hit and produced three more hit singles including, "Sweet Little Mystery", "Temptation", and "Angel Eyes". The trio were also known by the names Lemon Interrupt and Steppin' Razor, when they remixed such varying acts as Shakespeare's Sister, Saint Etienne, Bjork and Simply Red. The band scored their first hit in 1987 with their first single "Wishing I was Lucky" which reached number six in the UK charts.

Probably best known for their 1996 floorfilling hit "Born Slippy", featured in the movie Trainspotting, Underworld is comprised of Karl Hyde, Rick Smith and, up until 2001, DJ Darren Emerson. The band members were:. It emerged from the ashes of the electropop group Freur in the early 1980s, ventured briefly into electro-rock-funk in the late 1980s, and has produced danceable electronic music since then. Wet Wet Wet were formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1986. Underworld is the name of an electronic band popular during the 1990s. Wet Wet Wet were a successful Scottish pop band of the 1980s and 1990s and scored a number of hits in the British charts, and around the world. 2003 "Born Slippy Nuxx" #27. Graeme Duffin - guitar (not an official member, but always given prominent billing by the rest of the band).

2003 "Dinosaur Adventure 3D" #34. Neil Mitchell - keyboards. 2002 "Two Months Off" #12. Graeme Clark - bass. 2000 "Cowgirl" #24. Tommy Cunningham - drums. 1999 "King of Snake" #17. Marti Pellow (real name Mark McLaughlin) - vocals.

1999 "Jumbo" #21. 1999 "Push Upstairs" #12. 1996 "Pearl's Girl" (re-issue) #22. 1996 "Born Slippy" #2.

1996 "Pearl's Girl" #24. Underworld 1992-2002 (2003) (Hits Album). A Hundred Days Off (2002) #16 UK, #122 US. Everything, Everything (live) (2000) #22 UK, #192 US.

Beaucoup Fish (1999) #3 UK, #93 US. Second Toughest In The Infants (1996) #9 UK. Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993) #12 UK. Change The Weather (1989).

Underneath The Radar (1988) #139 US. Get Us Out Of Here (1985). Doot Doot (1983).