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Corduroy were a four-piece acid jazz
Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
 outfit
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, formed around twin
Twin

Twins are two offspring resulting from the same pregnancy, usually childbirth in close succession. They can be the same or different sex. Twins can either be monozygotic or dizygotic ....
s Ben Addison (drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
s/vocals
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
) and Scott Addison (keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
), who were previously in Sire Records
Sire Records

Sire Records is an United States record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records...
 act Boys Wonder (Scott had been guitarist with Boys Wonder, while Ben had been the lead vocalist). Joining the twins in the band were Richard Searle and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Simon Nelson-Smith. Searle had been bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 player with Doctor and the Medics
Doctor and the Medics

Doctor and the Medics are a London based psychedelic rock music musical band, famous in the 1980s. The band currently performs, with a different line-up, as a tribute act to various musician....
, who topped the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 in 1986 with a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of "Spirit in the Sky
Spirit in the Sky

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold 2 million copies in 1969 and 1970 and got to number 3 in the U.S....
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Corduroy were a four-piece acid jazz
Acid jazz

Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly Music loop beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic music dance/pop music: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers and Donald Byrd are often credited as forerunners of aci...
 outfit
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 based in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, formed around twin
Twin

Twins are two offspring resulting from the same pregnancy, usually childbirth in close succession. They can be the same or different sex. Twins can either be monozygotic or dizygotic ....
s Ben Addison (drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
s/vocals
Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the human voice, which is often contrasted with regular speech. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist....
) and Scott Addison (keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
), who were previously in Sire Records
Sire Records

Sire Records is an United States record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records...
 act Boys Wonder (Scott had been guitarist with Boys Wonder, while Ben had been the lead vocalist). Joining the twins in the band were Richard Searle and guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Simon Nelson-Smith. Searle had been bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 player with Doctor and the Medics
Doctor and the Medics

Doctor and the Medics are a London based psychedelic rock music musical band, famous in the 1980s. The band currently performs, with a different line-up, as a tribute act to various musician....
, who topped the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 in 1986 with a cover version
Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition of a previously recorded, commercially released song.In its current use, it can sometimes have a pejorative meaning — implying that the original recording should be regarded as the definitive version, usually in the sense of an "authentic" rendition, and all...
 of "Spirit in the Sky
Spirit in the Sky

"Spirit in the Sky" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in 1969. The single sold 2 million copies in 1969 and 1970 and got to number 3 in the U.S....
". Searle had joined the Addison twins in the final incarnation of Boys Wonder, before the band gradually evolved into Corduroy in 1991, initially forming for a one-off New Year's Eve party.

The self-dubbed "fabric four" primarily recorded
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 in a film soundtrack style, and many of their tracks were instrumental
Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments....
s. On the release of their first album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 Dad Man Cat
Dad Man Cat

Dad Man Cat was the first LP to be released by Corduroy . It is primarily an instrumental album, full of what has become the classic Corduroy sound....
, Paul Moody wrote in the New Musical Express
NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition....
: “Whereas the rest of the Acid Jazz roster fidget around in a world of skinny ribbed roll-necks comparing sideburn growth, Corduroy manage to swagger through the same po-faced domain with a couldn’t-care-less braggadocio... Corduroy have got their collective tongue stuck firmly in someone else’s cheek here and it feels staggeringly good.”

Releasing three albums on Eddie Piller
Eddie Piller

Eddie Piller is an England Disc jockey and record label entrepreneur.Starting his career in the 1980s as a part of the England mod revival, Piller launched the underground fanzine Extraordinary Sensations and operated as a DJ and concert promoter....
's Acid Jazz Records
Acid Jazz Records

Acid Jazz Records is a record label based in east London. It takes its name from Acid Jazz, a genre of jazz music. Alternative version states that the genre itself was named after the record label....
, they received radio
Radio station

This article is about radio broadcasting, for other uses see Radio .Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device....
 airplay for their single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "Something In My Eye" in 1993, but national chart success evaded them, although several singles from their 1993 album High Havoc charted in the UK Independent Chart. Their 1994 album, Out of Here, reached number 73 in the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
.

They remained a popular live attraction, particularly on the college circuit. They also gained a healthy following in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, making the first of several trips to the country in 1993, and the following year they recorded a live album
Live album

A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
, Quattro - Live In Japan. After leaving Acid Jazz Records they signed to Big Cat Records
Big Cat Records

There are two record labels with the name Big Cat Records.UK label Big Cat Records launched around 1990 that originally specialized in industrial and noise-rock releases....
, releasing two further albums: The New You! (April 1997) and the Rob Playford produced
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
 Clik! (August 1999). But when they discovered that their record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
, Big Cat, had been dropped by parent company V2
V2

V2* V2 receptor, a protein that acts as receptor for arginine vasopressin* V2 Records, a record label*...
, Corduroy decided to split up.

Corduroy played two sell-out nights at the Jazz Cafe in Camden
Camden Town

Camden Town is the name of an area within the London Borough of Camden, situated in London, England. It is occasionally shortened to Camden....
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, on 16 and 17 June 2007.

Searle is not involved with the new incarnation of the band.

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