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act, active in the late 1990s. Signed to

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, their only

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was a

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version of the

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song "

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". The

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to the song, made in computerised animation, featured a band of overweight men playing the song. The single was a club hit in the UK, charting twice in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, within 18 months of its original release,Official Charts Company
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. A second single, "Follow the Leader (Leader)", did not chart in the UK and in 2000, LCD was discontinued. The video for "Follow the Leader (Leader)" shows the act's name LCD stands for "Large Cool Dudes". The video also shows the four leading men were called Zed, Ed, Ned and Ted.

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