Clam Abuse was the title of a collaborative
side project
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Usually these projects emphasize ...
of
Ginger
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, of
The Wildhearts
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, and Alex Kane, of Life, Sex & Death. The band also featured
The Prodigy
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Rapping, MC and vocalist Maxim (musician), Maxim, dancer and occasi ...
's live-drummer Kieron Pepper.
Ginger and Kane, who assumed the
alter ego
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s of 'Clam Savage' and 'Clint Abuse' respectively for the project, are said to have met and formed the band whilst on
drug rehabilitation
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("the bucket").
Clam Abuse interview
/ref> Their collaboration yielded only one album, entitled ''Stop Thinking'' (1999; re-issued 2003 and 2005), which included a cover
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of The Partridge Family
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's "I Think I Love You".
Recorded just outside Milton Keynes, lyrics and backing vocals were aided by Jay Butler (formerly of 'Grand Theft Audio) and Simon Barnes (T.V presenter and Human Cannonball)
In an interview Ginger stressed that the only reason he and Kane formed was because he had filed for bankruptcy in the United States
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after "pissing it away on drinks and drugs", and made an album to take back to the UK, supporting it with a tour to make money. He had no idea that the tour, and the band, would be so popular.
Kane went on to form his own band, AntiProduct, in the UK.
Discography
''Stop Thinking'' (1999)
Track listing
# "Sing Like a Girl"
# "I Think I Love You"
# "Message to Geri"
# "Unlucky in Love"
# ".com Together"
# "Falling in Bed with You Again"
# "Sunday Driving on a Thursday Afternoon"
# "For That Girl Everything Is Groovy"
# "Barney Sings the Blues"
# "She's So Taboo"
# "There's Always Someone More Fucked Up Than You"
Bonus-tracks (not all editions)
#"I Think I Love You" emix#"Message to Geri" emix#"She's So Taboo" emix
References
British hard rock musical groups
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