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About Me

"No-one should die before seeing this legendary outfit" - TIME OUT.......... I, Ludicrous have been the second best band around, bettered only by The Fall since they formed in Endymion Road, Brixton, London during 1986. John and Will had become confederates whilst working for Finsbury Data Services - aka Textline - filling the dull days of clerking by amusing each other with jokes, anecdotes, fall lyrics and nasty comments about their colleagues. A homemade 4 track cassette somehow found its way into the hands of Mark E Smith who - without telling them - promptly booked them to support the Fall at a top London venue.The band achieved immortality the following year when their seminal flexi release reached the dizzy heights of number 11 in John Peel's Festive 50. This was followed up by the debut album It's Like Everything Else which also found its way into the top ten of the indie charts. Despite massive sales of the album plus the follow-up single Quite Extraordinary the record label went bankrupt. A few years later A Warning to the Curious was released on Rodney Rodney Records. This was followed by Light and Bitter (named after the band's favourite tipple) before Idiots Savants was released on their own label in 1992 including the track We Stand Around - voted single of the week in NME by guest reviewers New Order (in true Ludicrous style the single was only available in Germany). The glowing reviews of Idiots Savants provided a much needed boost for the band and is still thought by many to be their finest work. Having never given up the joy of working for a living (as in William Blake), the pressures of work, sport, families and drinking meant that the band went quiet for a few years before releasing the Approaching 40 EP. The Museum of Installation was released in 2004 on their own label. In 2007 a retrospective of the band 20 years in showbusiness was released on Sanctuary Records now part of Universal, which meant the band's output was available in shops for the first time in a while. In February 2008 a 5 track cd was released to rave reviews. A tour with the Fall was arranged to promote the CD. In 2008 the band finally expanded the lineup to a 3 piece when friend & fan MARTIN BRETT joined the band on loan from "VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE" as player manager.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/02/2006
Band Website: http://www.iludicrous.co.uk
Band Members: Will Hung (Vocals) John Proctor (Guitar,Keyboard,Vocals) Martin Brett (Bass Guitar,Vocals)
Influences: Non League Football
Record Label: Sanctuary
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

INTERVIEW - ICE CREAM FOR QUO

(ICE CREAM FOR QUO - WEB MAGAZINE)Hello. How are you?Will. Hello, very very tiredJohn. Very well thank you. How are you?How would you describe I, Ludicrous to someone who has never heard them?Will. A ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:34:00 GMT

GIG REVIEW - THE MILLER (LONDON)

Here's a review from Ric at "Artrocker" of the recent "Miller" gig in London.http://www. artrocker. tv/reviews/article/i-ludicrous-the-miller-london-bridge They may not exactly be ex-members of The Fa...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT

NEW SINGLE - 2009

We might release a new single in 2009 ?
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:46:00 GMT

INTERVIEW WITH WILL HUNG

You can now listen to an interview with Will on the I, Ludicrous page. This follows I, Ludicrous being relieved of their support slot during the recent tour with The Fall and Will's concurrent, and n...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:29:00 GMT

20 YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS

The first official compilation from one of the UK's best post punk bands. Album out 23rd April 200734 tracks of musical excellence available from all good record shops. Check out Amazon, Play.com or...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:55:00 GMT

NEWS

I, Ludicrous have been roused out of their usual indolent ways with a couple of gigs and plans for the release of their second bootleg Following On. Thursday 12th October (John Peel night) saw the lad...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:46:00 GMT

World Cup Extravaganza

I, Ludicrous enjoyed themselves at the Bull & Gate for a fantastic world cup football night. Sadly, T&T were unable to make their skill and commitment count being undone by Peter Crouch a...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:57:00 GMT

Fighting Cocks - match report

A rare south-of-the river outing for the lads on Friday night ended in controversary when the plugs were pulled halfway through Football Beer and a Cigarette - it obviously being past t...
Posted by on Sun, 21 May 2006 15:09:00 GMT

World Cup Songs

John and Will dissolved into helpless giggles when they saw Sham 69 on Newsnight singing 'Hurry Up England'. "Christ on a bike", uttered Will, "this is so naff its unbelievable". There followed a disc...
Posted by on Thu, 11 May 2006 14:50:00 GMT

Fighting Cocks, Kingston

A tired and emotional Will got back last Friday night having been to the Fighting Cocks - where I Ludicrous are playing on the 19th. A row developed at Castle Ludicrous after John was woken ...
Posted by on Sun, 07 May 2006 14:19:00 GMT