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Sub Sub | |
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| Origin | Handforth, Cheshire, England |
| Genres | House, EDM, alternative dance, Madchester |
| Years active | 1991–1996 |
| Labels | Rob's Records |
| Spinoffs | Doves |
| Past members | Jez Williams Jimi Goodwin Andy Williams |
Sub Sub were an English dance act from Handforth, Cheshire composed of Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams. [1]
The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together. They had an underground 12" single ("Space Face" in 1991) [1] and moderate commercial success in the early 1990s on Rob Gretton's label Rob's Records, [1] including the single "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (featuring guest vocalist Melanie Williams) which reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] The trio's only album, Full Fathom Five, was released in September 1994. [1]
After a fire destroyed their recording studio on Blossom Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester on the Williams twins' birthday in 1996, they started as the more indie-oriented act Doves in 1998. An unreleased collection of tracks meant to be featured on the band's second album was issued in 1998 as Delta Tapes.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] | ||
| Full Fathom Five |
| 159 |
| Delta Tapes |
| — |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] | AUS [5] [3] | BEL (FL) [6] | IRE [7] | NED [8] | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "Space Face" | — | — | — | — | — | Single only | ||||||||
| 1992 | Coast EP | — | — | — | — | — | Full Fathom Five | ||||||||
| 1993 | "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (feat. Melanie Williams) | 3 | 11 | 47 | 13 | 18 | |||||||||
| 1994 | "Respect" | 49 | 104 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Angel" | 88 | 198 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1995 | "Southern Trees" | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 1996 | "Smoking Beagles" (with Tricky) | — | — | — | — | — | Delta Tapes | ||||||||
| 1997 | "This Time I'm Not Wrong" (with Bernard Sumner) | 78 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||