Pop Will Eat Itself

Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself in 2015
Pop Will Eat Itself in 2015
Background information
Also known as
  • PWEI
  • The Poppies
OriginStourbridge, West Midlands, England
GenresGrebo (earlier); industrial rock (later)
Years active1986–1996, 2005, 2010–present
LabelsRCA, Infectious, Nothing
Members
Past members

Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorporate sample-driven indie and industrial rock.[1][2] Graham Crabb describes their sound as "electronic, punk, alternative hip-hop, hybrid music for fucking, fighting & smoking cigars". Their highest-charting single was the 1993 top-ten hit "Get the Girl! Kill the Baddies!".[3] After initially disbanding in 1996, and having a brief reformation in 2005, they issued their first release in more than five years in 2010.

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  2. ^ Roberts, David (1998). Guinness Rockopedia (1st ed.). London: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 326. ISBN 0-85112-072-5.
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