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. 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!". After initially disbanding in 1996, and having a brief reformation in 2005, they issued their first release in more than five years in 2010.
Birth Name: PWEI, The Poppies
Members:
Graham Crabb - vocals, drums, keyboards, programming, guitar (1986-1995, 2005, 2010-present)
Richard March - bass, guitars, keyboards, programming (1986-1996, 2005, 2017-present)
Adam Mole - guitars, keyboards, programming, piano (1986-1996, 2005, 2018-present)
John "Fuzz" Townshend - drums, keyboards, programming (1992-1996, 2005, 2016-present)
Mary Byker - vocals, keyboards, programming (2010-present)
Davey Bennett - guitars, bass (2010-present)
Cliff Hewitt - drums, programming (2022-present)
Former members:
Clint Mansell - vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards, programming, samples, turntables, drums (1986-1996, 2005)
Kerry "The Buzzard" Hammond - guitars, backing vocals (1995-1996)
Tim Muddiman - guitars, bass, keyboards (2010-2018)
Jason Bowld - drums, programming (2010-2016)
From: Stourbridge, West Midlands, England
Genre(s):
Grebo,
industrial rock
Active From: 1986-1996, 2005, 2010-present