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  • The Housemartins
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  • The Housemartins
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  • Norman_Cook
  • The_Beautiful_South
Subject
  • Musical groups established in 1983
  • English rock music groups
  • Brit Award winners
  • Musical groups disestablished in 1988
  • British indie pop groups
  • Music in Kingston upon Hull
abstract
  • English alternative rock group, active from 1983 to 1988.The original line up of the group had Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Ted Key & Hugh Whitaker. Ted Key was replaced by Norman Cook after the band's first single. Hugh Whitaker was replaced by the ex-Velvetones drummer David Hemingway in 1987.Norman Cook and Paul Heaton went on to form Beats International and The Beautiful South respectively, after the demise of the group.
dbo:abstract
  • The Housemartins were an English alternative rock band formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins' lyrics were a mixture of Marxist politics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton's beliefs at the time (the back cover of London 0 Hull 4 contained the message, %22Take Jesus – Take Marx – Take Hope%22). The group's cover version of the Isley Brothers' Caravan of Love was a UK Number 1 single in December 1986.
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  • House Martins
  • Housemartins
  • The House Martins
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  • 56d97fa4cc2ddd0c0f6bcefe
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  • 1988
schema:foundingDate
  • 1983
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wsb:allMusic_page
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  • 5473
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wsb:deezer_page
wsb:discogs_id
  • 245780
wsb:iTunes_page
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wsb:name_without_accent
  • The Housemartins
wsb:rateYourMusic_page
wsb:record_label
  • Go! Discs
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wsb:wikia_page
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  • Indie Rock
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