Inspiral Carpets
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The Inspiral Carpets are a band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert in 1986.
The Inspiral Carpets emerged, alongside bands like Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, from the Indie scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their sound is based around harmonic (and often psychedelic) keyboards and jangly guitars. The band were propelled to fame after being 'discovered' by the Radio 1 DJ John Peel and had their greatest chart success in the UK with a single entitled 'This is How it Feels', which is a song about loneliness and unemployment.
At the time of their initial success, the band earned some notoriety for their squiggly-eyed cow 'Cool as Fuck' T-shirts. One of their roadies, Noel Gallagher, went on to great success with the band Oasis. The band is named after a clothing store in the Oldham neighbourhood.
They reworked their single "Find Out Why" as the theme tune to the 8:15 from Manchester.
After an amicable split in the mid-nineties they re-formed with their original line-up in 2001. This was backed with the release of a new single, a couple of sold-out tours and a number of new compilation records.
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Band Members
Early Line-up
- Stephen Holt - Vocals
- Graham Lambert - Guitars
- David Swift - Bass
- Clint Boon - Keyboards, vocals
- Craig Gill - Drums
Height of Success Through to Present Day
- Tom Hingley - Vocals
- Graham Lambert - Guitars
- Martyn Walsh - Bass
- Clint Boon - Keyboards, vocals
- Craig Gill - Drums
Discography
Studio albums
- Life (1990) (UK Albums Chart #2)
- The Beast Inside (1991) (UK Albums Chart #5)
- Revenge of the Goldfish (1992) (UK Albums Chart #17)
- Devil Hopping (1994) (UK Albums Chart #10)
Compilations
- The Singles (1995) (UK Albums Chart #17)
- Cool As (2003) (UK Albums Chart #65)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
| UK Singles Chart | US Modern Rock | |||
| 1990 | "Commercial Rain" | N/A | #27 | Life* |
| 1990 | "Move" | #49 | N/A | Life* |
| 1990* | "This is How it Feels" | #14 | #22 | Life |
| 1990 | "She Comes in the Fall" | #27 | N/A | Life |
| 1990 | "Island Head EP" | #21 | N/A | N/A |
| 1991 | "Caravan" | #31 | #15 | Beast Inside |
| 1991 | "Please be Cruel" | #50 | N/A | Beast Inside |
| 1992 | "Dragging Me Down" | #12 | N/A | Revenge of the Goldfish |
| 1992 | "Two Worlds Collide" | #32 | N/A | Revenge of the Goldfish |
| 1992 | "Generations" | #28 | N/A | Revenge of the Goldfish |
| 1992 | "Bitches Brew" | #36 | N/A | Revenge of the Goldfish |
| 1993 | "How it Should Be" | #49 | N/A | N/A |
| 1994 | "Saturn 5" | #20 | N/A | Devil Hopping |
| 1994 | "I Want You" | #18 | N/A | Devil Hopping |
| 1994 | "Uniform" | #51 | N/A | Devil Hopping |
| 1995 | "Joe" | #37 | N/A | The Singles |
| 2003 | "Come Back Tomorrow" | #43 | N/A | Cool As |
* Commercial Rain did not appear on the UK release of Life. This is How it Feels was released in 1991 in the US.
References
- Inspiral Carpets Biography. Mute Records. (Accessed 4 December 2005).