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THE FARM
Indie / Club / Rock

"IT'S ALL GONE A BIT WEIRD"

LIVERPOOL, NW
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/5/2008
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   THE FARM: General Info
Member Since7/1/2006
Band Websitemyspace.com/thefarmlive & facebook
Band Members
Peter Hooton (Lead Vocals)
Keith Mullin (Lead Guitar)
Steve Grimes (Rhythm Guitar)
Carl Hunter (Bass Guitar)
Roy Boulter (Drums)
Ben Leach (Keyboards)
FARM COACH

The Farm T-shirts
KES LAMBRETTA STAR
three designs available here!

The Farm DJs
FARM DJ's
Cultural ambassadors Peter Hooton and Keith Mullin have been DJing and playing their favourite records for over 5 years now. Persuaded to come out of self-imposed exile by the people behind the Get Loaded nights at Turnmills, they appeared at this venue on a regular basis dusting off their collection of classic tunes. They have played their eclectic mix of Balearic tunes from Stockholm to Madrid and toured Scotland with Shaun Ryder in 2005. They have also played to over 20,000 people at ‘Get Loaded in the Park’ Clapham and Global Gathering. Playing a mix of indie, soul, funk, punk and reggae. Get ready to hear Sparks next to Fontella Bass, Dillinger next to New Order and The Clash next to Grandmaster Flash, 808 State, and Primal Scream. Contact our myspace if you would like Peter & Keith to DJ for your Club/Gig

The Farm Fanzine
FARM FANZINE
Read the classic 'Farm Fanzine' from 1990.......online here!


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Sounds Like

SPARTACUS The Farm - Spartacus
Spartacus (1991 Produce)

LOVE SEE NO COLOUR Love See No Colour (1992 End Product)

HULLABALOO Hullabaloo (1994 Sire)

BEST OF... The Best of the Farm [Bonus Remix CD] (1998 Castle)

VERY BEST OF... The Farm - The Very Best of the Farm
The Very Best of the Farm (2001 Music Club)

ATN BEST OF... All Together Now Best of 2004 (inc DVD) (2004 Demon)
Includes DVD of all the videos!

BACK TOGETHER NOW Back Together Now:Live DVD.
This incredible performance was filmed at Brixton Academy in London on March 26, 2005 - their first gig in 10 years! The DVD also includes behind-the-scenes unreleased footage @ L.I.P.A. Rehearsal Rooms in Liverpool from August 23, 2005.
see website blog for details.

ALL TOGETHER WITH.... The Farm - All Together Now
All Together with The Farm
Live CD of the above performance.

PASTURES OLD & NEW The Farm - Pastures Old and New
Pastures Old & New (Fire Records 1986)
Early Album of John Peel Sessions & Singles.


BUY A FARM CONCERT TICKET
(See poster blog for more details)
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CMP ENTERTAINMENT, are proud to announce, Liverpool band, THE FARM, PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS will be reuniting for a special Summer Pops show on Friday 18th July 2008 at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

Main Box Office
0844 8000 400

Venue Website
http://www.accliverpool.com


Venue Address:
Monarchs Quay
Liverpool
L3 4FP

BUY TICKETS HERE!

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Click here for directions to Echo Arena.

This profile is maintained by the band and long time fan
JAY WHEELER
Jay Wheeler
Record LabelDemon
Type of LabelIndie





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Jul 18 2008 8:00P
ECHO ARENA LIVERPOOL

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   About THE FARM

One of the weirdest nuttiest stories in pop history, the streetwise Farm was formed in Liverpool, England in 1985 by singer Peter Hooton a onetime youth worker searching for a musical outlet to voice his political concerns. Rounded out by guitarists Steve Grimes and Keith Mullin, bassist Carl Hunter and drummer Roy Boulter, the primary incarnation of the Farm recalled both the leftist identity and horn-powered sound of urban soul. They were dubbed "the Soul of Socialism". The group promoted its music not only through live appearances but also via football fanzine 'The End', a soccer fanzine published by Hooton - a forerunner and inspiration for loaded magazine.

Then in 1990, imagine the utter surprise as popular Saturday morning music feature The Chart Show played the video for new Farm release, and former Monkees hit, Stepping Stone. STEPPIN' STONE Why Surprise? Well, apart from ORS, a reasonable documentary by Miles Copeland (brother of Stewart, The Police) on Liverpool bands and Kevin Sampson's indie flick The Final Frame, the band had seldom appeared on screen. This was awesome stuff. The band were lucky to have had a full half page dedicated to them in any article in the music press to this particular date. Suddenly it sank-in, they were going places and good luck to 'em. Ben Leach was new soundman as keyboard player. Kevin Sampson and Suggs were soon the management team behind the band. Terry Farley was mixing their sound and the band were steadily gaining new ground in terms of popularity. Produce records was set up. The band played at the grand opening of The Palace, located in Slater Street and facing Wade Smith's original shop. The Palace was a typical shopping arcade of the Indie/Dance era (i.e Manchester's Afflecks Palace) and was well placed in the new cultural centre of younger Liverpool, the former warehouse laden Bold Street area.

The band were a regular fixture in the area, as their base was Produce Records at Holmes Building in nearby Wood Street. Soon Groovy Train GROOVY TRAINfollowed and proved more, much more popular than their previous release. It was to peak at no.6 in the national singles chart. The band had featured on Ibiza - A Short Film About Chilling, shown on Channel 4, and their fan base spread rapidly. They were now BIG news.
Old farm favourite No Mans Land was re-worked as All Together Now, ALL TOGETHER NOWthe tune was to be brilliantly fused with Pachelbel's Canon. Steve Grimes, what genius! It was a top spot contender, sadly up against pop heavyweight Cliff Richard. The Xmas hit rounded off a memorable year for the band. No other single release from the band was to equal the success of the two aforementioned tracks, all the same each one was of true Farm quality. Don't Let Me Down
DON'T LET ME DOWN
was a slower number and maybe this break in momentum sealed its fate. Groovy Train had been a much heavier fast paced sunburst dance tune. Some believed All Together Now was propelled by Xmas fever and the situation in the Gulf region. But, isn't that exactly what makes a tune truly memorable? The excellent arrangement and pure pop orientation catchiness can never be dismissed. Spring 1991 saw the album Spartacus SPARTACUSshoot in at no.1 in the album chart. Indie/Dance was at its peak. There was the legendary gigs. The Town & Country and Royal Court classics. Pete Wylie and B.A.D's Mick Jones were two heads often seen with the band. Jones was a hero to Hooton, and to many others, as former Clash guitar player. The band had Pete Wylie provide backing vocal on All Together Now and thus allowed him to re-invent himself. Soon, there was a collaboration for a new version of his excellent 80's number Sinful.SINFUL
Mind MIND and
Love See No Colour
LOVE SEE NO COLOURwere to be new single releases from the band's second album, Love See No ColourLOVE SEE NO COLOUR. Despite doing less, in the usual commercial sense, these two tracks were excellent and gave hard hitting lyrics reminiscent of old style Farm contributions. Rising Sun RISING SUN was a re-working of East & West. East & West was a late 80's Farm track (still remember the T-Shirts for the tour of the said name).

The band were also popular in the US and they had signed with Sire in 1991, Madonna's label. Problems regarding the direction in which the band was heading began a wilderness for The Farm. Divisions on musical direction split the camp into factions. Suggs bailed out and the band ditched Produce and signed to Sony, the £1,000,000 venture. The 1994 album HullabalooHULLABALOO had some excellent tracks. Messiah
MESSIAH was released as a single and despite the great attention given to it and crowds turning up at gigs stateside, the album and single were not great commercial successes. Sire were promoting some of their other acts and interest in the band wasn't a priority. Was Pete Hooton's 1970's Gerry Conlon hairdo to blame? They were also one of the bands that played The Last Night Of The Kop. An emotional occasion for Pete and Roy, both red hot Liverpool FC fans. The event marked the end of The Kop as a terrace, a result of Hillsborough and the conclusions drawn afterwards. The band eventually split and the late 1990's presented that all too familiar post-band great The Best Of... BEST OF... album. Pete Hooton and Keith Mullin formed Hunkpapa and Carl Hunter and Steve Grimes, Brite. Roy Boulter provided Wylie's Wah! with percussion and Ben Leach went on tour for 10 years with various bands including the Happy Mondays.
Today many muso journalists dismiss the band and refer to them as bargain bin material. Many of these same individuals had once embraced the band. It was typical fickle practice that these middle class journos put up with the unwashed antics from the lower classes, while members of their own social class in other bands struggled for media attention. Thanks Terrace Retro

After the rampant success of Altogether Now 2004ATN 2004 (the official England European Championships Single), The Farm were badgered by Get Loaded promoters to reform, and perform alongside The Happy Mondays at Brixton Academy for two nights in March 2005. The shows sold out!!! In addition, Get Loaded in the Park 2005, a new festival, was blessed with a live performance ...in front of 25,000 people @ Clapham common, 10,000 Glasgow and 17,000 in another gig with the Mondays at Manchester Evening News Arena.


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Jul 3 2008 12:33 PM

The Bon Bon Club 7" EP OUT NOW.


The Bon Bon Club are Sushi Quatro (bass, vox), Thirsty Moore (drums,vox) and Chapatti Smith (perc, vox), although Sushi and Thirsty are better known under different names for their day job as the rhythm section of Sheffield glam-popsters The Long Blondes.


The Bon Bon Club 7

The Bon Bon Club

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Jul 1 2008 7:21 AM

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Jun 27 2008 11:43 AM

posh now i see
decorated your page mmmm!!!!
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Jun 27 2008 3:29 AM

TONIGHT!!!

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Jun 25 2008 4:35 PM

what happen the boys how r things going when r u playing next and were get back to me your biggest fan paul t
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Jun 15 2008 1:07 PM

hiya boys...
weve just put a couple of new tunes up..written and sung by our drummer Gav.
come let us know what you think..

Oh boy will they get your toes tappin' lol
hope you like em..and dont feel shy about spreading the word if you do.

The Bo Weevils x

p.s check out our gig guide... WERE BACK ! and hope you can make it.



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Jun 12 2008 2:09 AM

The Echo Arena will be a great night - i'd enjoy it more if you followed my request and have Guerrilla Farm as support(see my top friends) after you backed their lead singer as you all took part in the Walton songwriting workshop with Billy Bragg.
cheers
Tony
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Jun 11 2008 2:39 PM

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