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The Inspiral Carpets are a band from Oldham in Greater Manchester formed by Graham Lambert in 1986.

The Inspiral Carpets emerged, alongside bands like Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, from the Indie scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their sound is based around harmonic (and often psychedelic) keyboards and jangly guitars. The band were propelled to fame after being 'discovered' by the Radio 1 DJ John Peel and had their greatest chart success in the UK with a single entitled 'This is How it Feels', which is a song about loneliness and unemployment.

At the time of their initial success, the band earned some notoriety for their squiggly-eyed cow 'Cool as Fuck' T-shirts. One of their roadies, Noel Gallagher, went on to great success with the band Oasis. The band is named after a clothing store in the Oldham neighbourhood.

They reworked their single "Find Out Why" as the theme tune to the 8:15 from Manchester.

After an amicable split in the mid-nineties they re-formed with their original line-up in 2001. This was backed with the release of a new single, a couple of sold-out tours and a number of new compilation records.

Contents 1 Band Members 1.1 Early Line-up 1.2 Height of Success Through to Present Day 2 Discography 2.1 Studio Albums 2.2 Compilations 3 Singles 4 References 5 External links

Band Members

Early Line-up

• Stephen Holt - Vocals
• Graham Lambert - Guitars
• David Swift - Bass
• Clint Boon - Keyboards, vocals
• Craig Gill - Drums

Height of Success Through to Present Day

• Tom Hingley - Vocals
• Graham Lambert - Guitars
• Martyn Walsh - Bass
• Clint Boon - Keyboards, vocals
• Craig Gill - Drums

Discography

Studio Albums

• Life (1990)
• The Beast Inside (1991)
• Revenge of the Goldfish (1992)
• Devil Hopping (1994) (UK Albums Chart #10)

Compilations

• The Singles (1995) (UK Albums Chart #17)
• Cool As (2003) (UK Albums Chart #65)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		UK Singles Chart	US Modern Rock
1990	"Commercial Rain"	N/A	#27	Life*
1990*	"This is How it Feels"	#14	#22	Life
1990	"She Comes in the Fall"	#27	N/A	Life
1990	"Island Head EP"	#21	N/A	N/A
1991	"Caravan"	#31	#15	Beast Inside
1991	"Please be Cruel"	#50	N/A	Beast Inside
1992	"Dragging Me Down"	#12	N/A	Revenge of the Goldfish
1992	"Two Worlds Collide"	#32	N/A	Revenge of the Goldfish
1992	"Generations"	#28	N/A	Revenge of the Goldfish
1992	"Bitches Brew"	#36	N/A	Revenge of the Goldfish
1993	"How it Should Be"	#49	N/A	N/A
1994	"Saturn 5"	#20	N/A	Devil Hopping
1994	"I Want You"	#18	N/A	Devil Hopping
1994	"Uniform"		N/A	Devil Hopping

^* Commercial Rain did not appear on the UK release of Life. This is How it Feels was released in 1991 in the US.

References

• Inspiral Carpets Biography. Mute Records. (Accessed 4 December 2005).

External links

• The Inspiral Carpets

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