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| THE WONDER STUFF |
| Wolverhampton, GB | | * 3/1986 |
Miles Hunt - voc,g
Malcolm Treece - g,voc
Andres Karu
Mark McCarthy
Erica Nockalls
Former Members:
Rob Jones (bg, 3/86-12/89); Paul Clifford (bg, 3/90-7/94)
James Taylor (kb, 1989 g.a.); Pete Whittaker (kb, cca 1993-7/94)
Martin Gilks (ds, 3/86-7/94)
Martin Bell (viol, 1989 g.a., 1991-7/94)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | The Eight-Legged Groove Machine | 8/1988 | Polydor | | 18 | | | 2. | Hup | 10/1989 | Polydor | | 5 | | | 3. | Never Loved Elvis | 28.05.1991 | Polydor | | 3 | | | 4. | Construction For The Modern Idiot
produced by: Pat Collier | 04.10.1993 | Far Out/Polydor | | 4 | | | 5. | If The Beatles Had Read Hunter | 26.09.1994 | Far Out/Polydor |  | 8 | | | 6. | The Wonder Stuff Live In Manchester | 17.07.1995 | Windsong |  | 74 | | | 7. | Cursed With Insincerity | 21.05.2001 | | | | | | 8. | Welcome to the Cheapseats: Greatest Hits | 29.06.2004 | Music Club International | | | | | 9. | Escape from Rubbish Island | 22.03.2005 | Artist Direct | | | | | 10. | Suspended By Stars | 2/2006 | Independent | | | | | 11. | Live
(2CD) | 04.02.2008 | IRL | | | | | 12. | Oh No It's... The Wonder Stuff | 02.04.2013 | IRL | | | | | 13. | 30 Goes Around The Sun | 18.03.2016 | IRL | | 38 | | | 14. | Better Being Lucky | 11/2019 | | | | |
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Miles Hunt:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Common Threads Live | 15.03.1999 | | | | | | 2. | Miles Across America | ? | Gig | | | | | 3. | By The Time I Get To Jersey | ? | Gig | | | | | 4. | Hairy On The Inside | ? | Gig | | | | | 5. | The Miles Hunt Club
credited to: The Miles Hunt Club | 27.08.2002 | Eagle | | | | | 6. | Interloper Live 2006 | 23.10.2006 | | | | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | A Wonderful Day / Down Here / It's Not True / Like A Merry Go Round | 2/1987 | Far Out | | | | 2. | Unbearable / Ten Trenches Deep
12" + I Am A Monster / Frank | 8/1987 | Far Out | | | | 3. | Give Give Give Me More More More / A Song Without An End
12",CD + Meaner Than Mean / See The Free World | 4/1988 | Polydor | 72 | | | 4. | A Wish Away / Jealousy
12",CD + Happy-Sad / Goodbye Fatman | 7/1988 | Polydor | 43 | | | 5. | It's Your Money I'm After, Baby / Astley In The Noose / Ooh, She Said / Rave From The Grave | 9/1988 | Polydor | 40 | | | 6. | Who Wants To Be A Disco King? / Unbearable (live)
12",CD + Ten Trenches Deep (live) / No For The 13th Time (live) | 2/1989 | Polydor | 28 | | | 7. | Don't Let Me Down, Gently / It Was Me | 9/1989 | Polydor | 16 | | | 8. | Golden Green / Get Together
12",CD + Gimme Some Truth | 11/1989 | Polydor | 33 | | | 9. | Circlesquare / Our New Song
12",CD + Circlesquare (paranoia mix) | 4/1990 | Polydor | 20 | | | 10. | The Size Of A Cow / Radio Ass Kiss (live)
12",CD + Give Give Give Me More More More (live) | 4/1991 | Polydor | 3 | | | 11. | Caught In My Shadow / Gimme Some Truth | 5/1991 | Polydor | 4 | | | 12. | Sleep Alone / El Hermano De Frank
12",CD + The Takin' Is Easy | 8/1991 | Polydor | 43 | | | 13. | Dizzy
& Vic Reeves | 10/1991 | Sense | 1 | | | 14. | Welcome To The Cheap Seats EP
(Welcome To The Cheap Seats / Me, My Mum, My Dad And My Brother / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / That's Entertainment)
CD2: Welcome To The Cheap Seats (naked mix) / Caught In My Shadow (bare mix) / Circlesque (butt naked mix) / Can't Shape Up Again | 1/1992 | Far Out/Polydor | 8 | | | 15. | On The Ropes EP
(On The Ropes / Professional Disturber Of The Peace / Hank & John / Whites) | 13.09.1993 | Far Out/Polydor | 10 | | | 16. | Full Of Life (Happy Now) / Burger Standing / A Curious, Weird And Ugly Scene / Closer To Fine | 15.11.1993 | Far Out/Polydor | 25 | | | | CD2: Full Of Life (dignity mix) / Change Every Ligh Bulb (dub mix) / I Wish Them All Dead (dub mix) | 22.11.1993 | Far Out/Polydor | | | | 17. | Hot Love Now! / Just Helicopters / I Think I Must've Had Something Really Useful To Say / Room 512, All The News That's Fit To Print
CD2: Hot Love Now! (cardinal error mix) Unrest Song / Flour Babies / The Tipperary Triangle | 14.03.1994 | Far Out | 17 | | | 18. | Unbearable / Inside You / Hit By A Car
CD2 + Ten Trenches Deep / I Am A Monster / Frank | 30.08.1994 | Far Out/Polydor | 16 | |
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Miles Hunt:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Life's Great ... EP | ? | Gig | | |
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Videos:
1. Eleven Appalling Videos: Their Greatest Hits - 1990, Channel 5
2. Welcome To The Cheap Seats - 10.2.1992, Polygram Music Video
3. Greatest Hits Finally Live - 26.9.1994, PolyGram Video, live, 120 min
4. Oh Yeah It's The Wonder Stuff - 27.1.2014, IRL
WWW Links:
http://www.thewonderstuff.com
http://www.wonderstuff.co.uk
Various:
disbanded 12/1989
reunited 1/1990
disbanded 7/1994
reunited 2000
reunited 2004
Compilation Appearances:
"Coz I Luv You" on compilation "Ruby Tracks The NME's Roaring Forty" (11/92, Forty/NME)
Miles Hunt:
appeared on the SP:
Eat: Bleed Me White (24.5.93, Polydor, track "How Does It Feel")
Press References:
| Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1988 | 11 | | 21 | Melodie ze světa | | | 1991 | 11 | | 14 | | profile | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1992 | 5 | 01.02.1992 | 24 | | | | 1992 | 11 | 14.03.1992 | 5 | News | | | 1992 | 12 | 21.03.1992 | 18 | Live | gig review | | 1992 | 15 | 11.04.1992 | 5 | News | | | 1992 | 51 | 19.12.1992 | 36 | Review Of 1992 | | | 1993 | 6 | 06.02.1993 | 5 | News | | | 1993 | 29 | 17.07.1993 | 2 | News | | | 1993 | 32 | 07.08.1993 | 3 | News | | | 1993 | 35 | 28.08.1993 | 5 | News | | | 1993 | 37 | 11.09.1993 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 39 | 25.09.1993 | 4 | News | | | 1993 | 40 | 02.10.1993 | 37 | Albums | album review | | 1993 | 41 | 09.10.1993 | 22 | Live | gig review | | 1993 | 43 | 23.10.1993 | 7 | | | | 1993 | 45 | 06.11.1993 | 3 | News | | | 1993 | 46 | 13.11.1993 | 31 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 50 | 11.12.1993 | 34 | Info Freako | | | 1994 | 9 | 05.03.1994 | 4 | News | | | 1994 | 10 | 12.03.1994 | 12 | | | | 1994 | 12 | 26.03.1994 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 15 | 16.04.1994 | 14 | live | gig review | | 1994 | 20 | 21.05.1994 | 3 | News | | | 1994 | 21 | 28.05.1994 | 2 | News | | | 1994 | 29 | 23.07.1994 | 38 | Phoenix Festival '94 | | | 1994 | 33 | 20.08.1994 | 4 | News | | | 1994 | 35 | 03.09.1994 | 44 | Singles | single review | | 1994 | 37 | 24.09.1994 | 4 | News | | | 1994 | 38 | 01.10.1994 | 40 | Albums | album review | | 1995 | 16 | 22.04.1995 | 5 | News | | | 1995 | 28 | 15.07.1995 | 3 | News | | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1992 | 5 | 09.03.1992 | 12 | | profile | | 1993 | 23 | 01.12.1993 | 30 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 25 | 20.12.1994 | 9 | | profile | | 1995 | 14 | 18.07.1995 | 28 | Recenze - Video | | | 2006 | 7 | | 65 | Recenze DVD | | | Rock 88 | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | | 7 | | 14 | | album review | | | 7 | | 15 | | |
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