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Pumping On Your Stereo by Supergrass

Artist Biography For Supergrass


Supergrass Is An Alternative Rock Band Which Formed In Oxford England In 1994. The Band Consists Of Brothers Gaz Guitar And Lead Vocals And Rob Coombes Keyboards Mick Quinn Bass And Backing Vocals And Danny Goffey Drums And Backing Vocals . In Summer 1994 They Released Their First Single Caught By The Fuzz Which Had Strange Ones On The B Side On A Small Local Record Label Called Backbeat Run By Makating Bass Guitarist Dave Norland From His Bedroom In A House In The Cowley Road Area Of Oxford. The Song Was Successful And It Didn't Take Much Time When The Parlophone Label Signed Them And Few Months Later Re-Released Caught By The Fuzz Again. In The Spring Of 1995 Was Released Another Single Mansize Rooster Followed By Lenny Right Before They Released Debut Album I Should Coco In May 1995. It Was Their Only Album That Made An Impact In The USA.
In 1997 They Released Their Second Album In It For The Money Which Got Them Even More Acclaim But Slightly Darker Sound Confused Many Of Their Fans. Still It Was A Success Both Critically And Financially.
The Third Album Released In 1999 Supergrass Or The X-Ray Album As The Fans Like To Call It Because Of The Cover Was More Of A Continuation Of In It For The Money And Was Not Received As Well As The Former Albums.
After The Three-Year-Pause Supergrass Returned With Life On Other Planets 2002 Which Was Again Not Succesful Financially But The Critics Loved It. It Was Also The First Supergrass Album Where Rob Coombes Was Named As The Official Member Of The Band.
After The Best-Selling 2004 Greatest Hits Compilation Supergrass Is 10 They Released Road To Rouen Their Fifth Album In 2005 After Some Delays. It Was Well Received But It's New Direction Was A Surprise To Many Fans.
The Band Recorded Their Sixth Studio Album Diamond Hoo Ha Between January And November 2007 In Berlin And New York. It Was Released In March 2008 And Although Criticised As Formulaic Displayed Strong Song Writing. In 2010 They Announced They Would Disband And Played A Handful Of Farewell Shows In June. The Unfinished 7th Studio Album Release The Drones Remains Unreleased. In 2019 Supergrass Reformed To Play A Series Of Gigs. However The Band Does Not Plan On Releasing New Material.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Pumping on Your Stereo

"Pumping On Your Stereo" Is A Song By Supergrass Released As Their First Single From Their Self-Titled Third Album Supergrass 1999 . The Single Reached #11 In The UK Singles Chart. In October 2011 NME Placed It At Number 124 On Its List "150 Best Tracks Of The Past 15 Years".
Mick Quinn Said In Regards To The Recording Of The Song "There Were Certain Instances Where Danny Didn't Hit The Snare Drum Loud Enough So We All Had To Clap Over The Snare. In The End It Sounds Like David Bowie."
Danny Goffey "It Came About When We Were Just In Our Rehearsal Studio And We All Started Singing It Over Three Chords. It's Quite Easy To Play. The Easier The Song Is To Play The Better We Play It. It Just Happened Really Quickly. It Was One Of Those Songs That Just Comes Together In 10 Minutes."
Though The Title Of The Song Is "Pumping On Your Stereo " The Band Thought It Funny To Actually Sing The Word "humping" In Place Of "pumping " And This Is How It Is Thus Heard On The Recording. In Live Performances The Band Has Sung "pumping" Instead.
Supergrass Can Be Heard Applauding Themselves And Whooping At The End Of The Recording At The Very End Of This Drummer Danny Goffey Says "Can We Go Home Now?"
The Song Features In The Movie Road Trip. It Was Also Featured In Formula One's Video For The 2009 Italian Grand Prix. In 2011 The Song Featured On A TV Advert For The Toyota Yaris.

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