myspace music my music | music videos | featured playlists | top artists | shows | classifieds | forums 

THE FARM
Indie / Club / Rock



LIVERPOOL, NW
United Kingdom

Profile Views:  90905




Last Login:  7/11/2009
View My: Pics | Videos | Playlists

   Contacting THE FARM

 MySpace URL: 

   THE FARM: General Info
Member Since7/1/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.myspace.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

When Football Was Football: Liverpool: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club by Peter Hooton
When Football Was Football
Pre order your copy here!



BUY A FARM ALBUM OR DVD
Sounds Like

NUMBER ONE'S ALBUM The Farm - Liverpool: The Number Ones Album
Liverpool The Number One's Album (2008 EMI)

ATN EFC Everton FA Cup Squad 1995 - Everton: All Together Now - Single
ALL TOGETHER NOW by EFC (2008 River Records)

SPARTACUS The Farm - Spartacus
Spartacus (1991 Produce)

LOVE SEE NO COLOUR The Farm - 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.



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


Get Flash now!

In order to listen or view this content you will have to upgrade your version of Flash.


THE FARM's Latest Blog Entry  [Subscribe to this Blog]

When Football Was Football: Liverpool: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Club (Hardcover)  (view more)

R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON  (view more)

'Farm dj's bringing it back together'  (view more)

OUR JAY  (view more)

HAPPY NEW YEAR  (view more)

[View All Blog Entries]

   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 The Farm - Stepping Stone - EP 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 TRAINThe Farm - Groovy Train - EPfollowed and proved 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 Farm - All Together Now - EPthe 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 DOWNThe Farm - Don't Let Me Down - EP
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 SPARTACUSThe Farm - Spartacus?Plusshoot 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 MINDThe Farm - Mind - EP and
Love See No Colour
LOVE SEE NO COLOURwere to be new single releases from the band's second album, Love See No Colour.LOVE SEE NO COLOURThe Farm - Love 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 Farm - All Together Now 2004 (feat. S.F.X. Boys' Choir) - EP(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.


WATCH FARM VIDEOS
.. ..

..

LISTEN TO MORE FARM SONGS


THE%20FARMQuantcast

!-END Block to put Friends and Comments in a Scroll Box-!

   THE FARM's Friend Space (Top 39)
THE FARM has 5300 friends.
 Happy Mondays 


 Ian Brown 


 The Stone Roses 


 The Clash 


 The La's 


 The END 


 OASIS 


 QUEEN SHEBABSY K.xx 


 PETE WYLIE.PROUD FATHER OF MISS MERSEY WYLIE,STAR! 


 Jay 


 NASHER 


 Terry Farley 


 ALAN MCGEE 


 Digsy -The Sums now on iTunes. 


 John Peel - A Tribute 


 THE CHARLATANS 


 JOHNNY CLASH 


 Honey Records 


 CLEAR VU 


 The Coral 


 Joe Strummer 


 Ian McCulloch 


 LARK LANE, LIVERPOOL 


 Paul 


 Ringo Starr 


 INDIE MELODY 


 Terry Christian 


 TheThings I Like 


 LIPA-ISH ALLSORTS 


 LIVERPOOL BANDS FRIENDS-See Blog -Gig/Radio Offers 


 Love Story Film 


 Hennessy 


 dEL 


 LOVE IN LONDON 


 The Loves 


 Captain Pop 


 BISH™ 


 Queen Nefertiti 


 DISADVANTAGE STROKE ELEPHANT 





THE FARM's Friends Comments
Displaying 25 of 1302 comments  ( View All | Add Comment )
vegan psicótik sound





Jul 13 2009 11:17 PM

GALLAK





Jul 6 2009 7:26 AM

tonimage
Enjoy to find you!!!
TJ7





Jul 5 2009 8:16 PM

Hello there!!!

Hows it going these days?

I hope all is well and good and I just wanted to let you know I've just put up a new track called ECHO so I thought you might want to have a listen. :o)
It's just the instrumental version I did not long ago but I do have a full section of vocal to arrange into this track so I'll keep you posted on the outcome! :o)

I appreciate your time and support and any comments posted.

All the very best, take care.
TJ7
mikrodat





Jul 2 2009 6:44 PM


Dig it!
Photobucket
adam fagan





Jun 16 2009 12:41 PM

thank you :)
Fare Evaders





Jun 16 2009 11:08 AM

Alright, u ok ?

Just wanted to let you know that we're headlining Liverpools O2 Academy on the 8th of July. It should be a boss gig. Please try and come along. Tickets are only £5. If you want to buy any, just message us and we can get them to you. Or you can buy them from the O2 Academy box office, or even on the internet. Just go to .. .

Hope to see you there.

If you need any more information feel free to ask !

Thanks
Fare Evaders
xx
THE MAYBES?





Jun 16 2009 10:42 AM

The Maybes?
DAVID TYRRELL





Jun 15 2009 9:57 PM

couple of new tunes up when ya get a chance 2 listen please let me know what ya think,cheers....DT!!!!!!!
The Peoples Music Awards





Jun 15 2009 10:56 AM

Hello, Just wanted to let you know that round 1 of the this year's People's Music Awards kicked off on Friday 12th of June. And we are putting the call out to all NEW AND UNSIGNED BANDS to enter their best song into this years awards. So if you want to hear some of the best new-music in the world and have your say in who is crowned the people's choice, then check out our myspace page, or go straight to the website: thepeoplesmusicawards.com Big thanks - The Peoples Music Awards
Music Democracy





Jun 12 2009 10:41 PM



www.unchainyourart.com

La Folie





Jun 6 2009 12:30 AM

Hey hey,

La Folie are having a launch party on the 8th of June at The Forum in Sheffield! £2 advance tickets/£3 on the door! Plus the added bonus of if you film some stuff from the night of us, you or anything else connected and send it us, we will send you a free copy of 'Risus Sardonicus'



this artworks by Phlegm - amazing stuff!

Love Mannie LF x
LIVERPOOL BANDS FRIENDS-See Blog -Gig/Radio Offers





Jun 5 2009 7:20 PM

Every month I put great unsigned Liverpool Bands on the player - this month is no exception so come over and give a listen and let me know what you think - and each band featured is in my top friends so message the ones you like - cheers Tony
DAVID TYRRELL





Jun 2 2009 1:15 AM

couple of new tunes up in my player if ya get a chance 2 av a listen,nice 1....David!!!!!!!
The Afterglow - NEW DATES OUT





May 29 2009 11:56 AM

THE AFTERGLOW ON FACEBOOK

JOIN THE BAND'S PROFILE ON FACEBOOK!!









 
Deville





May 20 2009 7:08 AM

Best Friends!
New song up! Crank it!
Deville has been nominated to play at the Sonisphere Festival in july in Sweden!
Hurry up and vote so we can set that stage on fire!

Vote Here:

http://www.myspace.com/aeglivesweden
The Trestles





May 19 2009 12:27 AM

Hard Faced Town EP launch @ Sound City, May 2009
Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury





May 15 2009 4:12 PM

Hello THE FARM

Just stopping by to say hi and give you some news.
The new album 'Welcome To Murraysville' from Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.

Nadal Promotions (for James Bulger House)





May 14 2009 3:48 PM

Thanks for supporting our cause by adding us


Nad & Al
musicmate.





May 6 2009 5:19 PM

Thank you for the friendship!


I'm writing my Master's thesis on online marketing for musicians and bands. If you have 10 minutes left please take my survey at http://musicmate.net/survey (German version: http://musikfreund.com/umfrage) and support my work. I'd really appreciate it!


Thanks,

Manuel!
luke - aka KEENO





May 6 2009 4:59 PM

Howdy ho!

I hope this finds you in rude health?
Keeno’s made a new film at last! But Beware, he was riddled and dosed up on Night Nurse. Deranged out of his mind!

Here it goes! Swine Flu Horror!!!



Lots of Love

Keeno
dj carne





May 1 2009 1:55 PM

you can find it here...

www.reverbnation.com/djcarne

dj carne
Laney Murphy





Apr 27 2009 12:44 PM

If you fancy it :)

Kristian Park





Apr 26 2009 6:27 PM

Check out my debut single! Kno warra mean? :)
Revolution For Dogs





Apr 16 2009 11:10 PM


my summer





Apr 15 2009 5:18 PM

you rock!
Add Comment


©2003-2009 MySpace.com. All Rights Reserved.