Black Grape Wikipedia. Black Grape. Black Grape, 1. Background information. Origin. Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Genres. Alternative dance, Britpop, alternative rock, funk rock, Madchester. Years active. 19. Labels. Radioactive, UMCWebsite. Official Facebook page. Members. Shaun Ryder. Kermit. Past members. Ged Lynch. Psycho. Danny Williams. Bez. Black Grape are a rock band from England, featuring former members of Happy Mondays and Ruthless Rap Assassins. Their musical style fuses funk and electronic rock with electronic programming and samples. HistoryeditFormation, first two albums and break up 1. Tanukichi Speed Beats Tanukichi Speed Beats SHARPNELSOUND. The band was formed in 1. Happy Mondays members Shaun Ryder and Bez. It was Ryders first musical project after the disintegration of Happy Mondays due both to his multiple drug addictions and to disagreements about revenues with other band members. The formation of the new band was intended to draw a line between his past life and his new one. Ryder and Bez recruited rappers Paul Kermit Leveridge and Carl Psycho Mc. Carthy, drummer Ged Lynch like Leveridge, a former member of Ruthless Rap Assassins, and guitarist Wags formerly of the Manchester based group the Paris Angels and Oli Dirtycash Dillon on ocarina. Recording of new material started that year, although the group was not under contract. In 1. 99. 5 Black Grape was signed by Radioactive Records an imprint of major label BMG and released its debut album Its Great When Youre Straight. Yeah. The album debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart, and spawned three top 2. The album was certified platinum in the UK in April 1. The third single, Kellys Heroes a song lampooning societys obsession with celebrities and idols that had much to do with Ryders own previous hero worship of people he now saw as wastrels had its opening lyric changed before recording from Dont talk to me about heroes Most of these guys snort cocaine, to Dont talk to me about heroes most of these men sink like subs. Another song on the album, Temazi Party, mocked the then current craze for abusing Temazepam sleeping pills a. Tramazi instead of Temazi to forestall any legal injunction against the albums release. Its Great When Youre Straight. Yeah received critical acclaim in the UK, but the group made little impact in the US. However, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich listed it as his favourite album of 1. The album cover featured a picture of then recently imprisoned terrorist Carlos The Jackal. The subsequent album Stupid Stupid Stupid was less commercially successful, but was certified gold in the UK in January 1. The group split in 1. Ryder fired the rest of the band while touring, starting with Kermit who was suffering from septicaemia and ending with Bez who was unsatisfied with his financial situation. Tcxi2bmQnDjXnyN9K9kByzO4LD0=/fit-in/600x604/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-3009408-1360367394-9758.jpeg.jpg' alt='Radioactive Yeah Rar' title='Radioactive Yeah Rar' />Lynch went on to play drums and percussion on many other musical works, becoming a noted session musician. Reunion 2. 01. 0presenteditOn 1 April 2. Ryder briefly reformed Black Grape with producer Danny Saber and Kermit for a concert as part of the Get Loaded in the Dark gig series at The Coronet in London. In 2. Black Grape signed to Creation Management run by Alan Mc. Gee and Simon Fletcher and announced a reunion tour to coincide with 2. Its Great When Youre Straight. Download Hud Series Collection For Windows 7 Hud Blue. Yeah album. Black Grape recorded and released a song We are England in support of the England national football team for the UEFA Euro 2. DJ Paul Oakenfold and singer Goldie, under the name 4 Lions. It was released by the management label Fletcher Mc. Gee Ltd under license to BMG Rights Management. On 4 May 2. 01. 7, it was announced that the groups next album, Pop Voodoo would be released on 7 July. On the same day, Everything You Know Is Wrong was released. The album was eventually released on 4 August. DiscographyeditStudio albumseditSingleseditYear. Title. Peak chart positions. Album. UK1UKDance1. Play Original Xbox Games On Xbox 360 Slim Without Hard Drive. AUS1. 1SCO1. 2USAlt. Reverend Black Grape95Its Great When Youre Straight. YeahIn the Name of the Father81. Kellys Heroes1. Mitt nye hjemsted Jeg har skrevet en fortelling om en gutt som ikke har det s bra. Han blir mobbet p skolen og familien hans bryr seg ikke srlig mye om han. Fat Neck1. 06Non album singlesEnglands Irie61. Get Higher2. 41. Stupid Stupid Stupid. Marbles4. 63. 94. Nine Lives1. 4Pop VoodooI Wanna Be Like You1. Promotional singlesedit1. Dadi Waz a Badi1. ReferenceseditExternal linksedit.