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Fine Young Cannibals
Fine Young Cannibals is a pop artist from Birmingham, England, UK formed in 1984. 10 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Birmingham, England, UK · Best pop albums
- 10
- Releases
- 1985–2020
- Active years
- 1984
- Formed
Artist
Fine Young Cannibals is a pop artist from Birmingham, England, UK formed in 1984. 10 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Pop · Birmingham, England, UK · Best pop albums
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Fine Young Cannibals
1985 · 10 tracks
Fine Young Cannibals were a short-lived British band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both formerly of The Beat), and singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their 1988 album, The Raw and the Cooked, topped the UK and US Album charts, and contained their two Billboard Hot 100 number ones: "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing". In 1990 the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group, and Best British Album (for The Raw and the Cooked). Their name came from the 1960 film All the Fine Young Cannibals starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. The group was formed in 1984 in Birmingham after the dissolution of The Beat, with whom Cox and Steele previously played. The duo of Steel and Cox spent eight months listening to over 500 cassettes of potential singers before settling on Gift. They had difficulty obtaining a record contract but when a video of their song "Johnny Come Home" appeared on British TV show The Tube, recording contract offers flowed in immediately. The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1985, spawning two UK hit singles, "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" featuring addi…
