The Candyskins
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The Candyskins are a rock band
formed in 1989 in Oxfordshire
, England
. Though early members of the 'Oxford Scene', they enjoyed limited commercial success compared to their contemporaries Radiohead
and Supergrass
. They were considered by the British
music press
as one of the seminal early bands of the Brit Pop era. The band
recorded
four studio
album
s over a period of eight years before breaking up in 1998.
, and attending the same local secondary school (Gosford Hill School
) between around 1974 and 1980. The four Islip members of the band had begun working together by the time they left school and various line-ups and name-changes followed during the 1980s, until "The Candyskins" were formed in 1989, with Richard (mini) Brown on bass
and banjo
. After the successful release of the single "Submarine Song" in 1990, the band went into the studio to produce their first full-length album Space I'm In. The album included three singles
: "Submarine Song", "She Blew Me Away" and "You Are Here". Brown left the band before the album was released.
After a year of touring and the replacement of a stand-in bass player with Karl Shale, the band released their second album Fun? on Geffen Records
in 1993. Characteristically, the band attempted to build upon the U.S.
success of Space I'm In with an ironic album featuring songs about football and gardening. The poor selling record
began an elongated legal dispute between the record company and the band, reportedly due to disagreements over songwriting
royalties
.
The album Sunday Morning Fever was released on Ultimate in the UK in 1997, and saw the band enjoy their biggest chart success with the single "Monday Morning" making it into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
. The record company went bankrupt and the band were left in limbo during the recording of their last album Death of a Minor TV Celebrity. The album did not do as well as their previous efforts, despite featuring the single "Feed It" which was one of the central songs on the soundtrack
to the movie
The Waterboy
starring Adam Sandler
.
Notable public performances include:
Farewell gig on New Year's Eve, 2001 at The Zodiac
.
Last night party of The Zodiac in Oxford on 17 May 2007. The event was filmed for a documentary
about the history of the Oxford music scene.
Over two thousand people attended the sold-out show. The also played at the Carling Academy, Oxford, in what was The Zodiac, on the 8 August 2008.
Truck Festival on 26 July 2009, on a bill that included old Oxford friends Supergrass, amongst others. http://www.thisistruck.com/
Kenneth Cope
. Nick Burton is the son of the industrial historian Anthony Burton
.
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
formed in 1989 in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, England
England
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. Though early members of the 'Oxford Scene', they enjoyed limited commercial success compared to their contemporaries Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
and Supergrass
Supergrass
Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
. They were considered by the British
United Kingdom
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music press
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
as one of the seminal early bands of the Brit Pop era. The band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
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four studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s over a period of eight years before breaking up in 1998.
History
The band owes its origins to Mark and Nick Cope, Nick Burton and John Halliday all living in the same village, Islip, OxfordshireIslip, Oxfordshire
Islip is a village and civil parish on the River Ray, just above its confluence with the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England. It is about east of Kidlington and about north of Oxford. This village in Oxfordshire is not related to Islip, New York...
, and attending the same local secondary school (Gosford Hill School
Gosford Hill School
Gosford Hill School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Kidlington, Oxfordshire and a Specialist College of Mathematics and Computing; the first school in Oxfordshire to receive this award...
) between around 1974 and 1980. The four Islip members of the band had begun working together by the time they left school and various line-ups and name-changes followed during the 1980s, until "The Candyskins" were formed in 1989, with Richard (mini) Brown on bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and banjo
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
. After the successful release of the single "Submarine Song" in 1990, the band went into the studio to produce their first full-length album Space I'm In. The album included three singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
: "Submarine Song", "She Blew Me Away" and "You Are Here". Brown left the band before the album was released.
After a year of touring and the replacement of a stand-in bass player with Karl Shale, the band released their second album Fun? on Geffen Records
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
in 1993. Characteristically, the band attempted to build upon the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
success of Space I'm In with an ironic album featuring songs about football and gardening. The poor selling record
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
began an elongated legal dispute between the record company and the band, reportedly due to disagreements over songwriting
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
.
The album Sunday Morning Fever was released on Ultimate in the UK in 1997, and saw the band enjoy their biggest chart success with the single "Monday Morning" making it into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The record company went bankrupt and the band were left in limbo during the recording of their last album Death of a Minor TV Celebrity. The album did not do as well as their previous efforts, despite featuring the single "Feed It" which was one of the central songs on the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
to the movie
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
The Waterboy
The Waterboy
The Waterboy is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk. Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Cowher, Paul Wight, and Rob Schneider have cameos...
starring Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
.
Break-up
The band broke up in 1998 and members now primarily pursue other projects in the music industry. Mark Cope has a new band Nine Stone Cowboy, and has released several singles including "Jesus Doesn't Like Me". Nick Cope writes and records music for children.Reformation
The band have re-united on several occasions since their break-up, fueling rumours that they may one day reform.Notable public performances include:
Farewell gig on New Year's Eve, 2001 at The Zodiac
The Zodiac (club)
The O2 Academy Oxford is a music venue in Oxford, England, which is part of the O2 Academy brand operated by Academy Music Group. Prior to 2009, it was known as the Carling Academy Oxford and before that, as The Zodiac. To many, the club remains "The Zodiac".-The Zodiac:The Zodiac was a club on...
.
Last night party of The Zodiac in Oxford on 17 May 2007. The event was filmed for a documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the history of the Oxford music scene.
Over two thousand people attended the sold-out show. The also played at the Carling Academy, Oxford, in what was The Zodiac, on the 8 August 2008.
Truck Festival on 26 July 2009, on a bill that included old Oxford friends Supergrass, amongst others. http://www.thisistruck.com/
Line-up
- Nick Cope - Vocals
- Nick Burton - Guitar
- Mark Cope - Guitar
- Brett Gordon - Bass
- John Halliday - Drums
Trivia
Nick and Mark Cope are the sons of actorActor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Cope is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk , Jed Stone in Coronation Street and Ray Hilton in Brookside.- Career :...
. Nick Burton is the son of the industrial historian Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton
Anthony Burton is the former bishop of Saskatchewan, and since 2008, the current Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas.He was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, and studied at was educated at University of Toronto, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and...
.
Albums
| Release date | Title | UK chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... position |
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| 1990 | Space I'm In Space I'm In Space I'm In is the debut album from the British rock band The Candyskins. It contains their hit single "Submarine Song" and the title track was an MTV favourite. The recording of the album was financed by Geffen Records, although the first single release was under the Long Beach label... |
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| 1993 | Fun? Fun? Fun? is the second album from the British rock band The Candyskins. It contains their hit single "Wembly". It is the band's last release on a major label, being dropped by Geffen following two years of inactivity after its release... |
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| 1997 | Sunday Morning Fever Sunday Morning Fever Sunday Morning Fever is the third album from the British rock band The Candyskins. It is the band's first release after being dropped by Geffen Records and signing with the indie label, Ultimate, and is their last album with original bassist Karl Shale. The album boasts three singles that all... |
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| 1998 | Death of a Minor TV Celebrity | - |
| 2000 | Live at the Zodiac | - |
Singles
| Release date | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |
| US Modern Rock | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1991 | "Submarine Song" | 9 | - | Space I'm In |
| 1993 | "Wembley" | 12 | - | Fun? |
| 1996 | "Mrs Hoover" | - | 65 | Sunday Morning Fever |
| 1997 | "Monday Morning" | - | 34 | Sunday Morning Fever |
| 1997 | "Hang Myself On You" | - | 65 | Sunday Morning Fever |