Underworld are a British electronic music group formed in 1980 in Cardiff, Wales and the principal name of Karl Hyde and Rick Smith recording together. Prominent former members include Darren Emerson, from 1991 to 2001, and Darren Price, as part of the live band from 2005 to 2016.
Everything, Everything is a live album by Underworld, released 4 September 2000 on Junior Boy's Own. The album is named after the lyrics in one of the songs, "Cowgirl".
Second Toughest in the Infants is the fourth studio album by English electronic music group Underworld, and the second in their "MK2" line-up with Darren Emerson. With this album, Underworld expanded on their progressive palette, while developing their signature sound of abrasive beats and anthemic melodies. The name of the album derives from a comment made by member Rick Smith's six-year-old nephew, Simon Prosser, when asked on his progress at infant school. Second Toughest featured the single "Pearl's Girl". The re-issue featured the band's best known single, "Born Slippy .NUXX".
Change the Weather is the second album released by Underworld, in 1989. It contains the single "Stand Up", which became the band's biggest US hit, peaking at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 14 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1989. The album peaked at number 64 on the Australian albums chart in October 1989.
Junior Boy's Own is an English record label specialising in electronic dance music. Underworld, The Chemical Brothers and X-Press 2 are its most successful artists.
Daniel Patrick "Danny" Lohner, frequently known as Renholdër, is an American musician. He worked with Trent Reznor on numerous occasions, both with Nine Inch Nails and on the now defunct Tapeworm project. He has also played for Methods of Mayhem, and in the past was one of the founding members of industrial-thrash outlet Skrew, as well as one of the members of the Texas thrash metal band Angkor Wat.
"Pearl's Girl" is the title of several 1996 single releases and a song by Underworld, from their album Second Toughest in the Infants; where the song is titled "Pearls Girl". The single peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 22. The song title comes from the name of a racing greyhound.
Darren Paul Emerson is an English musician, DJ and producer best known as a former member of the British electronic music group Underworld.
"Cowgirl" is a song recorded by Underworld, originally released as a single in 1994. The track is from the band's 1994 album dubnobasswithmyheadman.
"Rez" is a non-album track by Underworld, originally released in 1993 in the UK. It became a popular club hit and live track in Underworld's sets, despite the fact it could not be found on an album. However, it did appear on many compilations, b-sides, and even appeared on a bonus disc for Second Toughest in the Infants (1996). The first promo release of the single was pressed onto pink vinyl, and is highly collectible as it has another non-album track, "Why, Why, Why". Due to this track's obscurity there are many bootlegs of it. The more common release has "Cowgirl" on it. There is also a limited white vinyl pressing available in the US.
"Born Slippy .NUXX" is a song by British electronic music group Underworld. It was released in July 1995 as the B-side to an unrelated instrumental track, "Born Slippy". The fragmented lyrics, by vocalist Karl Hyde, describe the perspective of an alcoholic. After it was used in the 1996 film Trainspotting, "Born Slippy .NUXX" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. It has been named one of the best tracks of the 1990s by numerous publications. The song does not feature on an Underworld album, but it was included as a bonus track on re-issues of Second Toughest in the Infants (1996).
Underworld are an English electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1983, though they have also worked together under various names both before and after adopting the Underworld moniker. The band is perhaps best known for "Born Slippy .NUXX", a track made popular in the Danny Boyle 1996 hit film Trainspotting. The first two albums they recorded together were with the band 'Freur'.
"Weak and Powerless" is the first single by the alternative rock band A Perfect Circle, from their second album, Thirteenth Step, and is also their highest charting single, reaching #1 on both the Mainstream Rock Tracks and Alternative Songs, the band's first number-one hit. This song was featured in the movie Underworld.
"Timmy and the Lords of the Underworld" is a self-titled single released on September 9, 2000 by the creators of South Park featured in the episode "Timmy 2000". The song appears in the music video game Rock Band as a playable track and is exportable for play in later games in the series. In September 2015 it was named the 38th best fictional song of all time by Spin.
"Juanita" is the title of a promotional 1996 single release and a song by Underworld, from their album Second Toughest in the Infants. It was the regular set-opener of their Second Toughest in the Infants and Beaucoup Fish tours. It is named after Juanita Boxill, who contributed spoken word vocals for their album A Hundred Days Off.
"Human on the Inside" is a song originally recorded by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in 1996 as the fourth single from their fifth studio album Underworld. A minor hit in Australia in 1996, the song became better known after it was covered by The Pretenders in 1999 under the title "Human". In this version, the song became a 1999 chart hit in the UK, New Zealand and the US.
1992–2012 The Anthology is a three-disc compilation album by Underworld, released 4 December 2011 on underworldlive.com for digital download. The physical CDs were released on 23 January 2012, along with A Collection, a single-disc compilation with radio edits. The first two discs contain a revamped version of 1992–2002, while the third disc of the collection contains an unreleased track from the band's early period, along with b-sides and other rarities. 1992–2012 is notable for including an extended version of "Jumbo", which was previously only available on select promotional copies of Underworld's previous greatest hits collection, 1992–2002. Though the full version of "Moaner" is featured on 1992–2012, it quickly fades out at the end instead of ending abruptly. Along with previous soundtrack contributions "Born Slippy .NUXX", "Dark & Long ", "Cowgirl", "8 Ball" and "Moaner", this collection also includes "To Heal", which was used in Sunshine under the name "Capa Meets the Sun".
Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future is the ninth studio album by British electronic group Underworld, released on 18 March 2016. It is the band's first studio album since Barking in 2010. Barbara Barbara received widespread critical acclaim upon its release and placed in several international charts. The album has also earned a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
Drift is the ongoing music-and-video experiment by the British electronic music group Underworld, launched on 1 November 2018, with consecutive tracks and music videos having been released online, on a weekly basis. Individual new tracks were made available through the band's official website, as time-limited free downloads, along with accompanying videos published on YouTube — followed by collective "episodes" released as digital EPs on music streaming platforms. Throughout the first year of Drift, 38 new tracks were released within five Episodes and an additional soundtrack album. It is the band's second project distributed digitally, after the 2005–2006 series Riverrun.
Riverrun is the musical project by the British electronic music group Underworld, released between 9 November 2005 and 5 June 2006, exclusively on the band's official website, as a series of three internet-only EPs, and as limited 12" vinyl releases.
