Inspiral Carpets

This article is about the band. For the album, see Inspiral Carpets (album).

Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets performing at the Victoria Warehouse in Old Trafford, 2024
Inspiral Carpets performing at the Victoria Warehouse in Old Trafford, 2024
Background information
Also known asThe Furs (1980–1983)
OriginOldham, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1983–1995
  • 2003–2016
  • 2022–present
Labels
Members
  • Graham Lambert
  • Stephen Holt
  • Clint Boon
  • Martyn Walsh
Past members
  • Glenn Chesworth
  • Tony Feeley
  • Tony Welsh
  • Mark 'Joe' Jordan
  • Mark Hindley
  • Kevin Foey
  • Chris Goodwin
  • Craig Gill
  • Rick Garage
  • Mark Hughes
  • Scott Carey
  • Dave Swift
  • Tom Hingley
Websiteinspiralcarpets.com

Inspiral Carpets is an English rock band, part of the late-1980s/early-1990s Madchester movement. Formed in Oldham in 1983, the band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist Martyn Walsh and keyboardist Clint Boon.

Going by "The Furs", Lambert formed line-ups loosely with other various past band members from 1980 to 1983 until he and singer Stephen Holt met at The Moor End indie disco in Oldham in 1983. Holt sang on the first two independent singles. Holt departed the band before they signed with Mute Records,[2] Inspiral Carpets are known for using organs and distorted guitars with influences from psychedelic rock. In 2011, Hingley departed the band, though members disagree about the circumstances. The band continued, reuniting with Holt. Inactive since Gill's death in 2016, on 17 October 2022 the band announced they would be reforming and going on a tour of the UK in March and April 2023.

  1. ^ Pareles, Jon (24 June 1990). "Rock From Inspiral Carpets". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. ^ Thompson, Dave (2000) Alternative Rock, Miller Freeman, ISBN 0-87930-607-6, p.425-427