Biography:
Half Man Half Biscuit, often abbreviated to "HMHB", are an indie rock band from Birkenhead, England, active sporadically since the 1984, known for its satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group consists of Nigel Blackwell (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Crossley (bass), Ken Hancock (lead guitar), and Carl Henry (drums). Throughout their career they have been signed to Probe Plus records.
The band's first single, The Trumpton Riots, topped the British Independent Chart in 1986
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- Mate Of The Bloke
- 13 Eurogoths Floating In The Dead Sea
- 1966 And All That
- 27 Yards Of Dental Floss
- 4Ad3Dcd
- 99 Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd
- A Country Practice
- A Legend In My Time
- A Lilac Harry Quinn
- A Shropshire Lad
- Adam Boyle Has Cast Lad Rock Aside
- Albert Hammond Bootleg
- Alehouse Futsal
- All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
- Architecture And Morality Ted And Alice
- Arthurs Farm
- Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
- Bad Review
- Baguette Dilemma For The Booker Prize Guy
- Bladderwrack Allowance
- Blood On The Quad
- Blue Badge Abuser
- Bob Wilson
- Bogus Official
- Bottleneck At Capel Curig
- Camra Man
- Carry On Cremating
- Children Of Apocalyptic Techstep
- Christian Rock Concert
- David Wainwrights Feet
- Dead Men Dont Need Season Tickets
- Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal
- Depressed Beyond Tablets
- Descent Of The Stiperstones
- Dickie Davies Eyes
- Doreen
- Dye Ken Ted Moult
- Ecclesiastical Perks
- Emergency Locksmith
- Emerging From Gorse
- Eno Collaboration
- Epiphany
- Even Men With Steel Hearts
- Evening Of Swing Has Been Cancelled
- Every Time A Bell Rings
- Everythings Aor
- Excavating Rita
- Faithlift
- False Grit
- Fear My Wraith
- Fix It So She Dreams Of Me
- Floreat Inertia
- Footprints
- For What Is Chatteris
- Four Skinny Indie Kids
- Fretwork Homework
- Friday Night And The Gates Are Low
- Fuckin Ell Its Fred Titmus
- Get Kramer
- Girlfriends Finished With Him
- Give Us Bubblewrap
- God Gave Us Life
- Goodnight Irene
- Goth On Our Side
- Gubba Lookalikes
- Hair Like Brian May Blues
- Harsh Times In Umberstone Covert
- He Who Would Valium Take
- Hedley Verityesque
- Help Me Rhonda
- I Hate Nerys Hughes From The Heart
- I Left My Heart In Papworth General
- I Love You Because You Look Like Jim Reeves
- I Trog
- I Was A Teenage Armchair Honved Fan
- I Went To A Wedding
- If I Had Possession Over Pancake Day
- Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite
- It Makes The Room Look Bigger
- Itma
- Its Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas
- Jarg Armani
- Joy In Leeuwarden We Are Ready
- Keeping Two Chevrons Apart
- King Of Hi Vis
- Knobheads On Quiz Shows
- Lark Descending
- Left Lyrics In The Practice Room
- Lenfer Cest Les Autres
- Lets Not
- Letters Sent
- Light At The End Of The Tunnleis The Light Of An On Coming Train
- Little In The Way Of Sunshine
- Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes
- Look Dad No Tunes
- Lord Herefords Knob
- M 6 Ster
- Malayan Jelutong
- Man Of Constant Sorrow With A Garage In Constant Use
- Mars Ultras Youll Never Make The Station
- Mathematically Safe
- Mileage Chart
- Mod Diff Vdiff Hard Severe
- Monmore Hares Running
- Moody Chops
- Mr Caves A Window Cleaner Now
- Multitude
- My Outstretched Arms
- National Shite Day
- New York Skiffle
- Nove On The Sly
- Numanoid Hang Glide
- Ode To Joyce
- Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride
- Old Tige
- On Finding The Studio Banjo
- On Passing Lilac Urine
- On Reaching The Wensum
- On The Roids
- Ordinary To Enschede
- Our Tune
- Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis
- Paradise Lost Youre The Reason Why
- Petty Sessions
- Prag Vec At The Melkweg
- Prs Yearbook Quick The Drawbridge
- Quality Janitor
- Ready Steady Goa
- Reasons To Be Miserable Part 10
- Reflections In A Flat
- Renfields Afoot
- Restless Legs
- Rod Hull Is Alive Why
- Rsvp
- Running Order Squabble Fest
- San Antonio Foam Party
- Sealclubbing
- Secret Gig
- See That My Bikes Kept Clean
- Sensitive Outsider
- Shes In Broadstairs
- Soft Verges
- Somethings Rotten In The Back Of Iceland
- Song For Europe
- Song Of Encouragement For The Orme Ascent
- Song To Siren
- Split Single With Happy Lounge Labelmates
- Sponsoring The Moshpits
- Stuck Up A Hornbeam
- Styx Gig Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A
- Surging Out Of Convalescence
- Swerving The Checkatrade
- Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years
- Terminus
- The Announcement
- The Ballad Of Climie Fisher
- The Bane Of Constance
- The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman
- The Best Things In Life
- The Coroners Footnote
- The King Of Rome
- The Len Ganley Stance
- The Referees Alphabet
- The Trumpton Riots
- The Unfortunate Gwatkin
- Thems The Vagaries
- There Stands The Glass
- Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes
- This Leaden Pall
- This Ones For Now
- Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not
- Time Flies By When Youre The Driver Of A Train
- Tommy Walshs Eco House
- Tonight Matthew Im Going To Be With Jesus
- Took Problem Chimp To The Ideal Home Show
- Totnes Bickering Fair
- Tour Jacket With Detachable Sleeves
- Turn A Blind Eye
- Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off
- Twenty Four Hour Garage People
- Twydales Lament
- Tyrolean Knockabout
- Uffington Wassail
- Urge For Offal
- Used To Be In Evil Gazebo
- Vatican Broadside
- Venus In Flares
- Westward Ho Massive Letdown
- What Made Colombia Famous
- When The Evening Sun Goes Down
- Whit Week Malarkey
- Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian
- Worried Man Blues
- Yipps My Baby Got The
- Youre Hard
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse 1]
Bb
The wonderful dexterity of Hannu Mikkula
Bb
Makes me want to shake hands with the whole of Finland
Bb
But the horrible sincerity of Miriam Stoppard
Bb
Makes me want to go out and commit mass murder.
[Chorus]
Am Em Am
I rang Jane Scott for a genuine friend,
Em Am
She was otherwise engaged so I looked round the bend
Em Am
I saw the wheels of nihilism rolling my way
Em Am
And now I live life in the bus lane
Em Am
Yeah, I live life in the bus lane.
[Verse 2]
Bb
The halcyonic dynamo that lit up my childhood
Bb
Made me feel secure on the roads in winter
Bb
But the nauseating bashfulness of early Diana
Bb
Made me want to set fire to commemorative tea towels.
[Chorus 2]
Am Em Am
I walked across the road with a peach in my hand
Em Am
A hammer hit my head and I couldn't understand
Em Am
Behind me stood a maniac laughing at me saying
Em Am
“I like to watch the adverts
Em Am
Yeah, I saw it in the adverts.
[Interlude]
C F G Dm
You fold your grandma’s neck and smother her in custard
C F C
As a contribution to your folio
F G Dm
And the very next morning you take her into college
C F C
And the tutor with the beard and the polio
F G Dm
Says “Well yeah it’s got potential and it could well be essential
C F C Bb
But it should be more dramatic if you know what I mean”.
[Coda]
Fm Am D
Have you tuned in to Radio Dada, every Friday evening at six in the morning?
Bb Fm Am D Bb
Scan the airwaves for Radio Dada – it goes something like this…..
Bb
The wonderful dexterity of Hannu Mikkula
Bb
Makes me want to shake hands with the whole of Finland
Bb
But the horrible sincerity of Miriam Stoppard
Bb
Makes me want to go out and commit mass murder.
[Chorus]
Am Em Am
I rang Jane Scott for a genuine friend,
Em Am
She was otherwise engaged so I looked round the bend
Em Am
I saw the wheels of nihilism rolling my way
Em Am
And now I live life in the bus lane
Em Am
Yeah, I live life in the bus lane.
[Verse 2]
Bb
The halcyonic dynamo that lit up my childhood
Bb
Made me feel secure on the roads in winter
Bb
But the nauseating bashfulness of early Diana
Bb
Made me want to set fire to commemorative tea towels.
[Chorus 2]
Am Em Am
I walked across the road with a peach in my hand
Em Am
A hammer hit my head and I couldn't understand
Em Am
Behind me stood a maniac laughing at me saying
Em Am
“I like to watch the adverts
Em Am
Yeah, I saw it in the adverts.
[Interlude]
C F G Dm
You fold your grandma’s neck and smother her in custard
C F C
As a contribution to your folio
F G Dm
And the very next morning you take her into college
C F C
And the tutor with the beard and the polio
F G Dm
Says “Well yeah it’s got potential and it could well be essential
C F C Bb
But it should be more dramatic if you know what I mean”.
[Coda]
Fm Am D
Have you tuned in to Radio Dada, every Friday evening at six in the morning?
Bb Fm Am D Bb
Scan the airwaves for Radio Dada – it goes something like this…..
Halsey
Halvdan Sivertse (...)
Hamilton
Hamilton Leithau (...)
Hamilton Leithau (...)
Hank Green
Hank Snow
Hank Williams
Hank Williams Ii (...)
Hank Williams Jr