Mclusky (often stylized as mclusky) was a three-piece alternative rock group from Cardiff, Wales. The group consisted of Andy "Falco" Falkous (vocals, guitar), Jonathan Chapple (bass, vocals) and Jack Egglestone (drums), who replaced previous drummer Matthew Harding in late 2003.
According to the band, they originally formed in 1996 when Falkous and Harding met at the Blackwood Miners Institute, a venue in their home town from which they were both ejected for dressing as miners. The pair met Chapple a short time afterwards at the Reading Festival when they caught him urinating on their tent late in the night. More realistically it has been suggested that Andy and Matthew met when working together at Anglian Windows, a small double-glazing call centre in Cardiff. They discussed their musical ambitions after a conversation about Reading Festival, Falkous gave Harding a tape of songs he had written on his own, and shortly after they formed a band called Best after early Beatles drummer Pete Best. The original bass player for Best was Geraint Bevan, Harding's old musical comrade from The Derelicts. Best existed in this form for almost a year before Geraint left to concentrate on his acting career, but not before Best had played a show with a band called 'Myrtle' who happened to feature one animated character on bass guitar: Jon Chapple. Shortly after the departure of Geraint the remaining two members managed to convince Jon to join the band; this was based on the strength of the three track demo Best had recently finished at 'Ocean Studios' in Cardiff (this cassette which was sold by the band themselves - was the unofficial debut, entitled the Benedict EP). Best signed to London label Seriously Groovy and released their official debut record, the 3-track single Huwuno. The band changed its name to Mclusky in 1999, releasing their first full-length album My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours in 2000 on the Fuzzbox imprint before drawing international attention with their critically praised second album Mclusky Do Dallas in 2002. In 2004 they released their third album The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire to generally positive reviews. They worked frequently with recording engineer Steve Albini, whose influence through his now-legendary work with bands like Nirvana, the Pixies and The Jesus Lizard, along with his own bands Big Black and Shellac, can be easily recognised in mclusky's dense, raw sound.
Official full-length releases
* My Pain and Sadness is More Sad and Painful Than Yours (Fuzzbox, 2000; r: Too Pure, 2003)
* Mclusky Do Dallas (Too Pure, 2002)
* The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire (Too Pure, 2004)
* Mcluskyism (Too Pure, 2006)
Official single/EP releases
* 1999 - "Huwuno" (as Best)
* 2000 - "Joy"
* 2000 - "Rice Is Nice"
* 2001 - "Whoyouknow"
* 2001 - "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues"
* 2002 - "To Hell with Good Intentions"
* 2002 - "Alan Is a Cowboy Killer"
* 2003 - "There Ain't No Fool in Ferguson/1956 And All That"
* 2003 - "Undress for Success" (the first song played 3 times in one show by Colin Murray)
* 2004 - "That Man Will Not Hang"
* 2004 - "She Will Only Bring You Happiness"
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