THE YEAR IS… 1997!
- Is there anything more anarchy than pop music? Chumbawama members consider themselves to be anarchists. The group is a collective dedicated to the destruction of the government of the United Kingdom.
- The group took some criticism for this because it was one of their least-political songs, yet it was their biggest hit. In 1989, they contributed songs to a compilation called “F*#! EMI,” but they signed with EMI to release this. The band explained that they could reach a much wider audience if they went the major-label route.
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The group got its name from a story created by one of its members. In the story, the men were Chumbas, the women Wumbas.
- In England, a tubthumper is a politician.
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