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about|the British pop group|the snooker player with the same nickname|Judd Trumpfansite|date= November 2011Refimprove|date= November 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Haircut One Hundred| image = Haircut 100 Live.jpg|thumb|Haircut 100 Live| caption = Haircut One Hundred live at the indigO2 (2011)| image_size = 230| background = group_or_band| alias = Haircut 100| origin = England, United Kingdom | instrument =| genre = New Wave music|New Wave | occupation =| years_active = 1980–1984 2004 2009-present| label = Polydor Records|Polydor , Arista Records|Arista | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Nick Heyward Graham Jones Les Nemes Phil Smith Mark Fox Blair Cunningham Patrick Hunt| notable_instruments = Haircut One Hundred are a British pop group formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward . The band had four UK Top 10 hit singles between 1981 and 1982, including " Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) " and " Love Plus One (song)|Love Plus One ".
Career
Formed from a band ‘Moving England’, Nick Heyward and Les Nemes met guitarist Graham Jones to form a new band. Musically their influences ranged far and wide with Nick inspired by the The Beatles|Beatles , Talking Heads and jazz ; Les by Faces (band)|Faces , The Jam , and funk and reggae , and Graham with The Clash , Sex Pistols , and Hot Rod music, Surf music|surf and Dub (music)|dub .Citation needed|date= November 2011 This infusion of styles along with Heyward's lyrics gave birth to Haircut One Hundred. Joined by drummer Pat Hunt and manager Karl Adams the band recorded some demos. They asked Phil Smith to help with saxophone on session. This worked well so he was asked to join the band for gigs. Needing something else, Smith's university friend Marc Fox joined to add Brazilian percussion.Citation needed|date= November 2011 A bidding war from the labels ensued, but it was Arista Records that won their signatures.Citation needed|date= November 2011 They entered Chalk Farm’s Roundhouse studios to record their debut single "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)". Its jazz funk sound, Talking Heads style guitars, Latin percussion and a 'rap' section gave them their first hit single. The single eventually reached number 4 in the UK charts and earned them their first appearance on Top of the Pops .
For the recording of their debut album, Blair Cunningham replaced Pat Hunt on drums.Citation needed|date= November 2011 Their second single was "Love Plus One", giving the band their second UK Top 10 hit, shortly followed by the release of their debut album, Pelican West , which reached number 2 in the album charts.
The band headed out on tour with sold out shows everywhere they went in the UK, Europe, North America and Japan. In addition, they found time to return to the UK for further appearances on Top of the Pops for two further Top 10 singles, " Fantastic Day " and " Nobody's Fool (Haircut One Hundred song)|Nobody's Fool ".Citation needed|date= November 2011 Heyward became psychologically unwellcite web|url= http://www.metro.co.uk/music/853775-nick-heyward-facebook-is-the-reason-haircut-one-hundred-are-reuniting|title=Andrew Williams, ”Nick Heyward: Facebook is the reason Haircut One Hundred are reuniting”, Metro, 26 January 2011|accessdate=2011-11-08 and Mark Fox took over vocal duties, with the band as songwriters. Heyward departed at the end of 1982 after, in effect, being sacked.cite web|url= http://www.metro.co.uk/music/853775-nick-heyward-facebook-is-the-reason-haircut-one-hundred-are-reuniting|title=Andrew Williams, ”Nick Heyward: Facebook is the reason Haircut One Hundred are reuniting”, Metro, 26 January 2011|accessdate=2011-11-08 Their follow-up album, Paint and Paint , was released in 1984 but the momentum was lost and the album didn't fare as well. The band called it a day soon after.
In 2009 the band rekindled their friendship via Facebook and Heyward invited them down to perform as Haircut at one of his solo gigs.cite web|url= http://www.metro.co.uk/music/853775-nick-heyward-facebook-is-the-reason-haircut-one-hundred-are-reuniting|title=Andrew Williams, ”Nick Heyward: Facebook is the reason Haircut One Hundred are reuniting”, Metro, 26 January 2011|accessdate=2011-11-08 The band enjoyed themselves so much they played London's indigO2 on 28 January 2011 performing Pelican West in its entirety.Citation needed|date= November 2011 This is the first time the band have done this, and it was recorded as a live double album .Citation needed|date= November 2011
Band members
Nick Heyward - born Nicholas Heyward, 20 May 1961, Beckenham , Kentcite book | first= David
Les Nemes - born Leslie Nemes, 5 December 1960, Croydon , Surrey - Bass guitar|bass .
Graham Jones - born 8 July 1961, Bridlington , East Yorkshire - guitar
Patrick David Hunt - Shaftesbury , Dorset - drum s (left before first album was completed)
Phil Smith - born 1 May 1959, Redbridge, London|Redbridge , Essex - saxophone
Marc Fox - born 13 February 1958 - percussion instrument|Percussion , vocals
Blair Cunningham - born 11 October 1957, Harlem , New York City|New York - drums
Discography
Singles
Year
Song
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
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1981
" Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) "
4
32
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British Phonographic Industry|UK : Silver" http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved on 25 September 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Haircut 100" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
1982
Love Plus One "
3
22
37
British Phonographic Industry|UK : Gold
" Fantastic Day "
9
29
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Nobody's Fool "
9
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1983
"Prime Time"
46
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"So Tired"
94
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1984
"Too Up, Two Down"
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Studio Albums
Year
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Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of music recording sales certifications
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1982
Pelican West
Released: February 1982
Label: Arista Records|Arista
2
12
29
British Phonographic Industry|UK : Platinum" http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved on 25 September 2011. Note: User needs to enter "Haircut 100" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Select "More info" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.
1984
Paint and Paint
Released: 1984
Label: Polydor Records|Polydor
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References
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External links
http://www.haircutonehundred.net/ Official website
myspace|nicholasheyward|Nick Heyward
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