In 1997 i was six years old, all i knew about music was what the radio had to say. i would be sitting in my moms mini van switching the stations and about every three minutes i would find that same song and proceed to shout along to the simple 9 word chorus over and over again, every time i found it on the radio " i get knocked down! but i get up again!" that christmas i asked for some new legos, maybe some power rangers toy, and one cd, chumbawambas "tubthumper" i listened to that cd single over and over again, it was my introduction to music...along with the goo goo dolls and third eye blind.
flash forward about 7 years, im 13 with a curly mohawk and a crass patch on my back. i spend my nights not doing my math homework but searching the net for punk music. i come across that name again "psh chumbawamba...so not punk" i kind of put it out of my mind for a while but eventually im in the car with my best friend and his mom and he puts on "pictures of starving children sell records" and im jamming out, loving it. "dude what is this? this is rad!" "haha remember that song tubthumper? this is chumbawamba dude!"
Mind = Blown
what? there is no way this the same band! no way these lyrics came from the same people, no way. there is no way these fast bass riffs and powerful drums are the same as that song.
ive found myself saying "there is no way this is the same band" often about chumbawamba, their music is completly original every album, every few years they change their style completly, and every time they nail it! i have spent the last 4 years of my life collecting chumba records, trying my best to find EVERY chumba song recorded, etc. this band means more to me than anything, and i thought its only right for me to share this wonderful music with you all.
enjoy!
