Cornershop is a British indie band formed in Leicester in 1992 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), his brother Avtar Singh (bass guitar, vocals), David Chambers (drums) and Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), the first three having previously been members of Preston-based band General Havoc, who released one single (the "Fast Jaspal EP") in 1991. Image File history File links Cornershop-When_I_Was_Born_for_the_7th_Time_(album_cover). ... Leicester city centre, looking towards clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Beggars Banquet is an English independent record label that began as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin. ... Rough Trade on 130 Talbot Road (nearby Notting Hill station) Rough Trade Records is a British independent record label. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Leicester city centre, looking towards clock tower Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands. ... Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... The Dholak (sometimes dholaki) is a classical North Indian hand drum. ... The tambura is a musical instrument used in various places around the world. ... Preston is a city and local government district in North West England. ...

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In the early 1990s, when popular singer Morrissey was being vilified by the UK music press (particularly the NME) for refusing to deny that he was a racist (an allegation that he has since described as ridiculous), the band burned a picture of the singer outside the offices of EMI. Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is a singer and songwriter from Stretford, Manchester, in Lancashire, England. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a music magazine in the UK which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ...

Debut single, the "In The Days of Ford Cortina EP" was a blend of Indian-tinged noise pop, the sound mellowing somewhat by the release of debut album proper "Hold On It Hurts" in 1994. David Chambers left the band in 1994, the band re-emerging in 1995 with the acclaimed "6 a.m. Jullander Shere" single and the album "Woman's Gotta Have It".

The departure of Avtar Singh around the end of 1995 led to a major line-up change, with Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion) joining. Premla Shahane playing a sitar, 1927 The sitar is probably the best-known South Asian instrument in the West. ...

They were more widely noticed after the success of a Fatboy Slim remix of their song "Brimful of Asha", from their 1997 album When I Was Born for the 7th Time. The song was a tribute to the prolific Indian playback singer, Asha Bhosle, and the entire Indian music industry in general. Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim (born Quentin Leo Cook on July 31, 1963, also known as Norman Cook) is an English musician in the dance music genre. ... Brimful of Asha is an East-West Fusion pop-rock song by the British band Cornershop, which originally reached number 60 in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... When I Was Born for the 7th Time is a 1997 album by Cornershop. ... A playback singer is a singer whose song is pre-recorded for use in films. ... Asha Bhosle [1] (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. ...

In 1999 they released a disco inspired album Disco and the Halfway to Discontent as part of their side-project, Clinton. This album inspired the launch of the London based clubnight called Buttoned down disco, which took its name from the third track on the album. Disco is a genre of music that originated in discothèques. ... Cornershop is a British indie band formed in Leicester in 1992 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholaki player), his brother Avtar Singh (bass guitar, vocals), David Chambers (drums) and Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), the first three having previously been members of Preston-based band General...

Their next official Cornershop release was the 2002 album, Handcream for a Generation.

According to their official website, Cornershop have been making a film about London’s independent music industry since 2003. In February 2006, some four years after their last album, they released a new single "Wop the Groove" featuring guest vocals from Happy Mondays and X Factor finalist Rowetta. A new album is expected to be released later in 2006. Happy Mondays are a band formed in Manchester, England in 1985. ... The X Factor is a British popular music talent show, broadcast on Saturdays on ITV1, with spinoff behind-the-scenes shows The Xtra Factor and X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2. ... Rowetta Satchell (born 1966 in Manchester, England) is an English Black Jewish singer. ...

Discography

Albums:

• Hold On It Hurts (1994)
• Woman's Gotta Have It (1995)
• When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997) #17 UK
• Disco and the Halfway to Discontent (as Clinton) (1999)
• Handcream for a Generation (2002) #30 UK
• (TBA) (2006)

Singles: When I Was Born for the 7th Time is a 1997 album by Cornershop. ...

• "In The Days Of Ford Cortina" (1993)
• "Lock Stock & Double Barrel" (1993)
• "Reader's Wives" (1993)
• "Born Disco, Died Heavy Metal" (1994)
• "Seetar Man" (1994) (split single with Blood Sausage)
• "6 a.m. Jullander Shere" (1995)
• "My Dancing Days are Done" (1995) (split single with Prohibition)
• "6 a.m. Jullander Shere: The Grid and Star Liner mixes" (1996)
• "W.O.G. - The U.S Western Oriental mixes" (1996)
• "Butter The Soul" (1996)
• "Good Ships" (1997)
• "Brimful of Asha" (1997) #60 UK
• "Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (ltd. etched 12") (1997)
• "Brimful of Asha/Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" (1998) #1 UK
• "Sleep on the Left Side" (1998) #23 UK
• "Candyman" (1998)
• "Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III" (2002) #37 UK
• "Staging" (2002) #80 UK
• "Topknot" (2004) #53 UK
• "Wop the Groove" (2006)

External links

• Cornershop official site
• Cornershop at the BBC
• Cornershop interview
• Cornershop at MusicBrainz