Airhead (band)

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Airhead
Also known asJefferson Airhead
Origin Maidstone, Kent, England
Genres Indie rock, pop, pop-rock
Years active19911993, 1996
Labels Korova
Mother Tongue
Website http://www.myspace.com/airheaduk
Past membersMichael Wallis
Steve Marshall
Sam Kesteven
Ben Kesteven
Ian Groves
Richard Merrett
Roger Wells
Andy Carr

Airhead (formerly Jefferson Airhead) were an English indie rock band that achieved some success in the early 1990s, at the tail end of the Madchester music movement.

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Forced to change their name from Jefferson Airhead due to its (deliberate) similarity to Jefferson Airplane, Maidstone-based band Airhead achieved minor UK Singles Chart success with singles "Funny How" and "Counting Sheep". [1] After releasing one album and a handful of singles, they were dropped by their record label Korova and released their final record, the That's Enough EP on Mother Tongue. They are probably best remembered for "Funny How", which although not their highest-charting single was played heavily on BBC Radio 1 at the time of its release.

In 1996, Airhead made a brief return to the live scene, when they supported Kula Shaker, at the Tunbridge Wells Forum.

Discography

Album

Singles

A number of single B-sides did not appear on the band's only album; these were "Something Blue", "The Enemy", "Through My Window", "Keep the Apple", "Take My Train", 'demo' versions of "Congratulations", "Scrap Happy", "Counting Sheep" and "Right Now", and all of the tracks on the That's Enough EP.

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References

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  2. Discogs 'Congratulations' includes single sleeve design. Discogs.com.
  3. Funny How single details. Discogs.com.
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