- Airhead (band)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Airhead
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Maidstone ,England
Genre =Indie rock
Pop
Years_active = 1991 - 1993
Label = Korova
Mother Tongue
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Also Known As = Jefferson Airhead
URL = http://www.myspace.com/airheaduk
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Past_members = Michael Wallis
Steve Marshall
Sam Kesteven
Ben Kesteven
Richard Merrett
Roger Wells
Notable_instruments =Airhead (formerly Jefferson Airhead) is a British
indie-pop band that achieved some some success in the early 1990s, at the tail-end of theMadchester music movement.They are likened to
The Wonder Stuff ,Flowered Up ,The Mock Turtles and early Blur. Forced to change their name from Jefferson Airhead due to its (deliberate) similarity toJefferson Airplane ,Maidstone based band Airhead achieved minorUK Singles Chart success with singles "Funny How" and "Counting Sheep". After releasing onealbum and a handful of singles, they were dropped by theirrecord label Korova and released their final record, the "That's Enough" EP on Mother Tongue. They are probably best remembered for "Funny How", which although not their highest-charting single was played heavily onBBC Radio 1 at the time of its release.In Summer 1996 Airhead made a brief return to the live scene, when they supported the up and coming band at the time,
Kula Shaker , at the Tunbridge Wells Forum. In this support slot they played a number of new songs to a packed house.In June 2007 the fansite [http://www.airheadonline.co.uk/boingreissue.html Airhead Online] began a petition to convince the major record label Warners, owner of Airhead's label Korova, to reissue "Boing!!" in expanded format with bonus tracks and liner notes from the band.
Discography
ingles
* "Congratulations" (as Jefferson Airhead, 1991)
* "Scrap Happy" (as Jefferson Airhead, 1991)
* "Funny How" (October 1991) UK #57
* "Counting Sheep" (December 1991) UK #35
* "Right Now" (March 1992) UK #50
* "That's Enough" EP (1993)A number of single b-sides did not appear on the band's only album; these were "Something Blue", "The Enemy", "Through My Window", "Keep The Apple", "Take My Train", 'demo' versions of "Congratulations", "Scrap Happy", "Counting Sheep" and "Right Now", and all of the tracks on the "That's Enough" EP.
Album
*"Boing!!" (February 1992) UK #29
External links
* [http://www.airheadonline.co.uk/ Airhead fan site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/airheaduk Airhead on Myspace]
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