Housemartins biography of martin

Where Are They Now? The leader of the Housemartins became the lead singer of the Beautiful South. Then in , after 10 studio albums including 2 UK no. Not to be confused with the wayward footballer of almost the same name, Stan made some demos but never got round to releasing any solo material. After opening a vegetarian wholefood shop which was an unmitigated disaster a lifelong veggie, he subsequently became an overnight carnivore!

He even popped up on Celebrity University challenge over Christmas '14 - representing the University Of Hull of course! The artist formally known as Quentin hasn't been a shrinking violet since the demise of the 'Martins. Hull's Fourth Best Band's bassist has had a string of hits in many different guises.

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Norman had been into dance music throughout his time with the band and had DJ'ed regularly going right back to his Redhill College days. After Levi's used 'Turn On Tune In Drop Out' in one of their legendary ad's, Norman found himself in the top 10 again, as the laid back track made number 3 in March After finding time to release a couple of classic singles under the Mighty Dub Katz banner 'Just Another Groove' - a fantastic disco-house hybrid and the latin ska of 'Magic Carpet Ride' on his own Southern Fried House label, Norm metamorphosed into yet another creation, Fatboy Slim.

In , just as house music was disappearing up its own rear end, Norman along with Skint records boss Damien Harris with a little help from the Chemical Brothers spawned the monster we now know as 'big beat'.