The Housemartins

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band indie pop band musical group

The Housemartins were a British indie pop band from Hull in the 1980s, best known for their socially conscious lyrics and hit singles like "Happy Hour" and "Caravan of Love."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf band ⓘ
indie pop band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeEnd 1988 ⓘ
activeStart 1983 ⓘ
album London 0 Hull 4 ⓘ
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death ⓘ
associatedAct Beats International ⓘ
Fatboy Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Beautiful South ⓘ
basedIn Hull ⓘ
chartSuccess UK Singles Chart hits ⓘ
compilationAlbum Now That's What I Call Quite Good ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
debutAlbum London 0 Hull 4 ⓘ
decadeActive 1980s ⓘ
formedIn Hull ⓘ
genre Christian pop ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ
jangle pop ⓘ
hasFormerMember Hugh Whitaker ⓘ
Ted Key ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
lyricCharacteristic politically aware lyrics ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
member Dave Hemingway ⓘ
Hugh Whitaker ⓘ
Norman Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Heaton ⓘ
Stan Cullimore NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ted Key ⓘ
notableWork Build ⓘ
Caravan of Love ⓘ
Five Get Over Excited ⓘ
Flag Day ⓘ
Happy Hour ⓘ
Me and the Farmer ⓘ
Sheep ⓘ
Think for a Minute! ⓘ
recordLabel Go! Discs ⓘ
secondAlbum The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death ⓘ
single Build ⓘ
Caravan of Love ⓘ
Five Get Over Excited ⓘ
Flag Day ⓘ
Happy Hour ⓘ
Me and the Farmer ⓘ
Sheep ⓘ
Think for a Minute! ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Pizzaman → associatedAct → The Housemartins ⓘ
Fatboy Slim → memberOf → The Housemartins ⓘ
Norman Cook → memberOf → The Housemartins ⓘ
Beats International → predecessor → The Housemartins ⓘ