Pop Will Eat Itself


Who?

Pop Will Eat Itself/PWEI/The Poppies still have a loyal following. Known for their wit and mockery of the industry around them, they experimented with a range of styles.


There Is No Love Between Us Anymore


Listen
This band had such a evolving musical journey, it's worth getting a hold of a range of their stuff.


Desert Island Disc
All their albums are great in their own style. Dos Dedos Mis Amigos.


Lyrics


Welcome to a state where the politics of hate
Shout loud in the crowd "Watch them beat us all down."
There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood
But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence
Ich Bin Ein Auslander

Fun Facts

  • The Poppies became the first band to appear on Britain's Top of the Pops without being signed to a major label when RCA dumped them right before Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies! became their biggest commercial success.
  • The band has designed around 100 hugely popular t-shirts with outlandish desgns and slogans, such as taking the Pepsi logo and replaced it with PWEI


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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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