| Notsensibles | |
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| Origin | Burnley, England |
| Genres | Punk rock |
| Years active | 1978–1982, 1996, 2005–present |
| Labels | Bent, Snotty Snail |
| Website | http://www.notsensibles.com |
| Members | |
| Michael "Haggis" Hargreaves Steven "Sage" Hartley Roger "Rog Sensible" Rawlins Gary Brown Kevin "Ploppy" Hemingway |
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| Past members | |
| Paul Wright Scott Wilkinson |
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Notsensibles are a light-hearted punk rock band from Burnley, England, who had their greatest success with their second single "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher".
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The band was formed in 1978 by Michael "Haggis" Hargreaves (vocals), Steven "Sage" Hartley (guitar), Roger "Rog Sensible" Rawlins (keyboards), Gary Brown (bass), and Kevin "Ploppy" Hemingway (drums).[1][2] After releasing the "Death to Disco" single in April 1979, they "celebrated" the election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister later that year with the single "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" (initially self-released in a pressing of 1,000, but reissued on the Snotty Snail label due to continuing demand),[3] which gave them a #8 UK Indie Chart hit at the start of 1980, and the band also recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show.[2][4] The single's B-side included "Gary Bushell's Band of the Week", which poked fun at the journalist.[1] The band explained their approach: "all we want to do is make silly records and play silly gigs".[3] In March 1980, the band's only studio album, Instant Classic, was released, reaching #16 on the UK Indie Chart, and two singles followed, both indie hits, but not selling as well as their earlier single, before the band split up in March 1982.[3] Cherry Red subsidiary Anagram Records issued a compilation of the band's output, Instant Punk Classics, in 1994.[1]
The band reformed for a performance at the first Wasted/Holidays in the Sun festival in 1996, and reformed more permanently in 2005 with the original line-up.
Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart.[2]