Moodswings (band)
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| Moodswings | |
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 cover of first album Moodfood |
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| Country | UK |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Genres | Electronic Music Ambient Trance Music |
| Labels | Water Music Records Universal Music Arista Records Varese Sarabande |
| Members | James F.T. Hood |
| Past members | James F.T. Hood Grant Showbiz |
Moodswings is a musical duo, Grant Showbiz and James F.T. Hood. Grant Showbiz was a onetime roadie and guitar tech who later produced albums by The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Silverfish and Gong. James Hood was a former drummer for the Pretenders, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Jeff Beck and The Smiths. After Showbiz and Hood teamed up in 1989, they released the album Moodfood (Arista, 1992), which scored a hit with the single "Spiritual High (State of Independence)" with vocals by Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) and samples from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The Live at Leeds EP (Arista) followed in 1994, and in 1997 the group released Psychedelicatessen (Arista). Grant Showbiz was a member of Moodswings up until the album Horizontal, which James Hood solo-produced (Varese Sarabande, 2002).
[edit] Discography
- Moodfood (1992)
- Live at Leeds (1994)
- Psychedelicatessen (1997)
- Horizontal (2002)
