Moodswings (band)
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| Moodswings | |
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 cover of first album Moodfood |
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| Country | UK |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Genres | Electronic Music Ambient Trance Music |
| Labels | Water Music Records Universal Music Arista Records Varese Sarabande |
| Members | James F.T. Hood |
| Past members | James F.T. Hood Grant Showbiz |
Moodswings is the name of the musical duo of Grant Showbiz and James F.T. Hood. Grant Showbiz was a onetime roadie and guitar tech who later produced albums by The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Silverfish and Gong. James Hood was a former drummer for the Pretenders, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Jeff Beck and The Smiths. After Showbiz and Hood teamed up in 1989, they released the album Moodfood (Arista, 1992), which scored a hit with the single Spiritual High (State of Independence) with vocals by Chrissy Hynde (The Pretenders) and a sample of the famous speech I Have A Dream by the late Dr Martin Luther King. The Live at Leeds EP (Arista) followed in 1994, and in 1997 the group released Psychedelicatessen (Arista). Grant Showbiz was a member of Moodswings up until the album 'Horizontal', which James Hood solo-produced (Varese Sarabande, 2002).
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[edit] Discography
- Moodfood (1992)
- Live at Leeds (1994)
- Psychedelicatessen (1997)
- Horizontal (2002)
[edit] DVDs
[1] Open Space - Volume 1 (Spiritual High video) (2006)
[2] Pretenders Greatest Hits (Spiritual High video) (2006)
[3] The Velvet Lounge (Into the Blue video) (2002)
[edit] Trivia
Julee Cruise sings vocals on two tracks from Horizontal: 'Seems to Remind Me' and 'Into the Blue'.
Spiritual High II was played during the closing credits on the soundtrack of Single White Female, the Bridget Fonda film.
James Hood contributed Storm in a Teacup from Horizontal for the documentary Do You Believe? Another World is Possible.
[edit] External links
Official Site (temporarily off-line)
Releases, Remixes, Albums, Production, Tracks Appear On
