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Pop Will Eat Itself

An exuberant, experimental indie act who mixed punk rock's energy and spirit with baggy grooves and studio electronics, Pop Will Eat Itself stood alongside the likes of Carter Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Wonder Stuff and KLF as cult pop antagonists of the late 1980s. Formed in 1981 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England, the band's influences included the funk of James Brown, the wild anarchy of Iggy Pop and the swaggering dance throb of New Order, but it was their love of hip hop acts such as Public Enemy, Beastie Boys and Run DMC that made them stand out on the UK indi...