Chumbawamba

In two decades of radical music from everyones favourite anarchists we've had everything from punk anthems to nu-folk acoustic noodling. They ensured they'd never be asked to another awards ceremony when in '98 they dumped a bin full of ice cold water over two jags Prescott at the Brit awards. Serves him right, great big tit.

They are radical and anarchic, so they haven't had a career in any traditional sense, but somehow they've managed to sell several million records in the process, tour like hell and write some very fine music to boot.

The bands roots are in communal living and the miners strike of the mid-eighties, they were regulars at many protests and festivals during Thatchers crackdown on society.

Over the years their ranks have swelled and dwindled, currently their are a in a stripped down acoustic phase. Their latest album 'A Singsong And A Scrap' is a beautiful melodic piece of modern folk, full of four part harmonies and choruses that stick in your head (all the tracks can be sampled on their web site). John Jones of the Oysterband is one of many guest musicians and singers involved in the making of the album.