Big Audio Dynamite II, or BAD II, most often refers to Mick Jones's UK-based, dance-rock band after the original Big Audio Dynamite dissolved in 1990. Unincluding 1990's eight-track, limited edition, UK-exclusive Kool-Aid, 1991's The Globe (which contained many of the tracks previously released on Kool-Aid) was the only album actually released under the name "Big Audio Dynamite II." The band featured Mick on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Hawkins on guitar, Gary Stonadge on bass, and Chris Kavanagh on drums, the latter three also singing backup. This new line-up, featuring two guitarists, was more "Clash-like" and, possibly as a result, often played heavier, more alternative rock-influenced music. Their first single, Rush, hit #1 on the US modern rock charts. The band later recruited Andre Shapps on keyboards, who co-produced all three BAD II albums, and Michael "DJ Zonka" Custance as DJ. Both of which appeared on the band's 1994 album Higher Power, which was released under the shortened name "Big Audio," which fans often called them. The album wasn't received as well as The Globe or the previous BAD albums by fans or critics and there was a joke going around amongst fans about the removal of "Dynamite" from the band's name (they claimed the group had "lost their ka-boom"). Their poorest-received album, F-Punk, was released in 1995 under the original band name "Big Audio Dynamite" before another major change in the band's line-up. Mick Jones on stage with the Clash Micheal Geoffrey Jones (born June 26, 1955), better known as Mick Jones, is a guitarist and singer, best known for his work with The Clash. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... // Rock may refer to: Geology Rock (geology), a substance composed of minerals. ... Big Audio Dynamite is the primary musical outlet of Mick Jones, formerly of punk pioneers The Clash. ... This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the early 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Rush is a top 40 hit on radio airplay single and an MTV musical video by Big Audio Dynamite II on their one and only album The Globe and this is their the single off the album. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Discography

• Kool Aid (1990, limited ed. album)
• The Globe (1991, album)
• Rush (1991, single)
• The Globe (1991, single)
• Innocent Child (1992, single)
• Higher Power (as "Big Audio"; 1994, album)
• F-Punk (as "Big Audio Dynamite"; 1995, album)