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Chumbawamba
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The Story
Formed1982OriginUnited KingdomGenrepunk rock, post-punk, folk rockLabelOne Little Independent Records, EMI, No MastersMembersLou Watts, Boff Whalley, Dunstan Bruce, Alice Nutter, Jude Abbott, Danbert Nobacon
Chumbawamba were an English band who formed in Burnley in 1982. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1998. Other singles include "Amnesia", "Enough Is Enough", "Timebomb", "Top of the World ", and "Homophobia". Their anarcho-communist political leanings led them to have an irreverent attitude toward authority, and to espouse a variety of political and social causes including animal rights and pacifism and later regarding class struggle, Marxism, feminism, and anti-fascism.
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