Audio Bullys are a British
electronic music
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project from
London
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, originally consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale.
Franks and Dinsdale released their debut album ''
Ego War'' in 2003, and two years later followed up with ''
Generation
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'', which featured a collaboration with
Suggs
Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known primarily by his stage name Suggs, is a British singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.
He came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the ska band Madness, which ...
and keyboardist
Mike Barson of
Madness on the track "This Road" and a collaboration with Suggs and Madness saxophonist
Lee Thompson on the subsequent track "Struck by the Sound". Their 2005 hit "
Shot You Down", which
sampled
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the
Nancy Sinatra
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version of the song "
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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", reached number 3 in the
UK Singles Chart.
Their third album ''
Higher Than the Eiffel'', released on 29 March 2010, featured another collaboration with Suggs and Barson on the track "Twist Me Up", with Suggs' daughter Viva providing backing vocals on the track "Smiling Faces".
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of ''
Ego War'' Audio Bullys launched their comeback with a new collaboration with Michael Bibi on ''Solid Grooves''. Featuring a fresh take on the iconic vocals of “We Don’t Care” from Simon Franks.
Discography
Studio albums
Compilation albums
* ''
Back to Mine: Audio Bullys'' (2003)
Singles
References
External links
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Astralwerks artists
English electronic music duos
British male musical duos
English dance music groups
British electronic dance music duos
Big beat groups
Musical groups established in 2001