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group, formed around 1995 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron.

History

Todd and Baron formed the band after meeting at the

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'', 31 January 2004, retrieved 5 April 2010 By 2002 the band expanded to include bassist Tim Davies, percussionist Mav Kendricks, and vocalist Danielle Moore.Hegarty, Khalil (2003)
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'', 21 March 2003, retrieved 5 April 2010 Todd explained the origin of the band name: "A flat mate of mine had a record called 'loco pinga' which roughly translates to Crazy Penis, we were going to call ourselves loco pinga but once we told people that, they liked crazy penis better for the shock value." They were signed by

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label Paper Recordings and have since released six albums and several singles, starting with "Digging Deeper" in 1996.Hayden, Helen (2005)
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where they have toured several times.Hegarty, Khalil (2005)
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''. Their track "Stop Space Return" was released as iTunes UK's single of the week on 28 October 2008. The band began using 'Crazy P' exclusively in 2008 with Moore explaining "We wanted to grow, and keep growing, so there was no point in cutting our nose off to spite our face by keeping the original name."MacDonald, Kit (2008)
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'', 16 July 2008, retrieved 5 April 2010 The band's last album, ''Age of the Ego'', was recorded in 2019. For the album, Moore wrote political themed lyrics which railed against the worship of high-profile politicians and celebrities, and also advocated for grassroots, community work, investment in the public sector and taxing billionaires and “people who have ravaged this country”. Moore, who still served as the group's frontwoman and who also wrote lyrics for some of Crazy P's songs, died on 30 August 2024, at the age of 52. The cause was suicide. She had been suffering from perimenopause

Discography

Studio albums

* '' A Nice Hot Bath With...'' (1998) * '' The Wicked is Music'' (2002) * '' 24 Hour Psychedelic Freakout'' (2003) * '' A Night on Earth'' (2005) * '' Stop Space Return / Love on the Line'' (in Australia) (2008) * '' When We On'' (2011) * ''Walk Dance Talk Sing'' (2015) * ''Age of the Ego'' (2019) * ''Any Signs of Love'' (2024)

Live albums

* ''When We Live'' (2012)

Remix albums

* ''A Nice Hot Edit With.....'' (2011) * ''Remixed'' (2013)

Remixes

Hot Toddy remixes

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1995 establishments in the United Kingdom Musical groups established in 1995 English electronic music groups Musical groups from Nottingham