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One of the most innovative and enduring bands of the britpop era, Mansun were formed in 1995 by founding members Paul Draper, Dominic Chad and Stove King. After being discovered by influential DJ Steve Lamacq, the band would soon find themselves in a record company bidding war which was eventually won by Parlophone due to what Paul called "the strength of their roster of bands before us".

The band's debut album, the sprawling and epic 'Attack of the Grey Lantern' went straight to number one in the UK album charts in its first week of release. After promoting the singles from 'Attack of the Grey Lantern', Mansun toured America whilst Paul wrote tracks for the band's second album, 'Six'.

Preceeded by the chart hit 'Legacy', Mansun's second album was a far cry lyrically and sonically from their debut album. Gone were the stories about Stripper Vicars and rotund people called Fred; instead our attention was now placed on subjects including Taoism, the Catholic Church and the suspicious death of Brian Jones. After charting at an eerie number six in the UK album charts, Mansun toured the record all over Europe and Asia.

Once the promotion for 'Six' had come to an end, Paul and Chad went on a writing trip to Spain to collate lyrics and ideas for the band's third studio album. 'Little Kix' would turn out to be a much more personal and softer album from the previous two records. It was a huge departure from their previous work and included some beautifully structured songs including 'Butterfly (A New Beginning)', 'Until The Next Life' and the chart hit 'I Can Only Disappoint U'.

In 2002, following a short hiatus, the band announced a small tour of the UK to test out new material destined for their fourth studio album. The reaction from their fanbase was overwhelmingly positive and the band were back to doing what they loved best - ROCK!

In May 2003, exactly one year after the beginning of the last tour, an announcement was made by Dominic Chad that the band had called it a day due to artistic differences. The band's fanbase were understandably shocked and upset but never gave up hope of hearing the fourth album material. A petition was set up by fans asking Parlophone to consider releasing the fourth album sessions. News got back to Paul Draper and he set to work on sifting through the songs they had completed.

By late 2004 the fans were rewarded with not just one CD of new Mansun material, but three CDs full of unreleased recordings, home demos and live material. 'Kleptomania' was Paul and Chad's way of saying thank you to all the fans that had stuck by the band over the years.

A final Mansun release entitled 'The Best of Mansun' was put out by Parlophone in 2006. It included all of the band's chart hits and a DVD of rare live material plus a Mansun documentary with previously unseen footage of the band.


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General Info

  • Genre: Alternative / Pop / Rock

    Location UK

    Profile Views: 233162

    Last Login: 3/9/2012

    Member Since 2/7/2007

    Website www.mansun.co.uk

    Record Label Parlophone

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    One of the most innovative and enduring bands of the britpop era, Mansun were formed in 1995 by founding members Paul Draper, Dominic Chad and Stove King. After being discovered by influential DJ Steve Lamacq, the band would soon find themselves in a record company bidding war which was eventually won by Parlophone due to what Paul called "the strength of their roster of bands before us"..... The band's debut album, the sprawling and epic 'Attack of the Grey Lantern' went straight to number one in the UK album charts in its first week of release. After promoting the singles from 'Attack of the Grey Lantern', Mansun toured America whilst Paul wrote tracks for the band's second album, 'Six'..... Preceeded by the chart hit 'Legacy', Mansun's second album was a far cry lyrically and sonically from their debut album. Gone were the stories about Stripper Vicars and rotund people called Fred; instead our attention was now placed on subjects including Taoism, the Catholic Church and the suspicious death of Brian Jones. After charting at an eerie number six in the UK album charts, Mansun toured the record all over Europe and Asia..... Once the promotion for 'Six' had come to an end, Paul and Chad went on a writing trip to Spain to collate lyrics and ideas for the band's third studio album. 'Little Kix' would turn out to be a much more personal and softer album from the previous two records. It was a huge departure from their previous work and included some beautifully structured songs including 'Butterfly (A New Beginning)', 'Until The Next Life' and the chart hit 'I Can Only Disappoint U'..... In 2002, following a short hiatus, the band announced a small tour of the UK to test out new material destined for their fourth studio album. The reaction from their fanbase was overwhelmingly positive and the band were back to doing what they loved best - ROCK!.... In May 2003, exactly one year after the beginning of the last tour, an announcement was made by Dominic Chad that the band had called it a day due to artistic differences. The band's fanbase were understandably shocked and upset but never gave up hope of hearing the fourth album material. A petition was set up by fans asking Parlophone to consider releasing the fourth album sessions. News got back to Paul Draper and he set to work on sifting through the songs they had completed..... By late 2004 the fans were rewarded with not just one CD of new Mansun material, but three CDs full of unreleased recordings, home demos and live material. 'Kleptomania' was Paul and Chad's way of saying thank you to all the fans that had stuck by the band over the years..... A final Mansun release entitled 'The Best of Mansun' was put out by Parlophone in 2006. It included all of the band's chart hits and a DVD of rare live material plus a Mansun documentary with previously unseen footage of the band.......

  • Members

    Paul Draper - Vocals Dominic Chad - Lead guitar Stove King - Bass Andie Rathbone - Drums

  • Influences

  • Sounds Like

Band Members

Paul Draper - Vocals
Dominic Chad - Lead guitar
Stove King - Bass
Andie Rathbone - Drums

Videos

The following videos and other unseen Mansun
footage can be viewed at
www.youtube.com/pauldraperofficial.

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'Legacy' promo video



'Being A Girl' promo video



'Negative' promo video



'Six' promo video



'Six' tour video rushes

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  • Genevieve 117

     "Skin Up Pin Up" is 1 of my faves.I included on my Pixies page on facebook so U now have teenagers from Romania,college kids from Argentina &a lady from Italy shouting out 2 you blokes.Holla,g117

    1 year ago
  • Kat Butchkovsky

    "Six" is a masterpiece, you should be honoured for this magnificent piece of music, love it forever.

    2 years ago
  • Cut Out Shapes

    Wicked band, come back!

    2 years ago
  • mimyo

    You ARE the ones.
    Would you consider releasing something like a 5 CD edition of Six please?!?

    2 years ago
  • Milly Fanzaga

    Great Great Pleasure to be your friend...
    Thankxx again for your sound!
    Milly Fanzaga.
    I'm a pro-drummer available for touring and studio recording...

    2 years ago
  • Costas F

    Thank you for adding me, Mansun was a great band, hope they reunite!

    2 years ago
  • DJ C-MB

    Hy, thanks for adding me. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany, C-MB

    3 years ago
  • The Number

    Thank you.



    I wanted to tell the guy below to suck a fat one. "Who needs Stove"! Show some respect.

    Anyway. Nice one for putting up the demo tracks, Mr Admin. Top stuff.


    3 years ago
  • Stolen Spirit

    Thanks for the add.

    3 years ago
  • Aaron Chase

    Paul, you could always start Mansun again, but just with new musicians. (It's worked so far for Billy Corgan/Smashing Pumpkins). Who needs Stove? What he did was just wrong. Don't know why Chad won't join, and if Andy will, find 2-3 more musicians, write some mega tunes, and it's on like Donkey Kong!

    Btw, been tracking down your ep's....And they're worth the price...

    3 years ago
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