Half Man Half Biscuit

Half Man Half Biscuit (Nigel Blackwell, Neil Crossley, Ken Hancock and Carl Henry) often abbreviated to "HMHB", are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and sometimes surrealistic songs, and often championed by DJ John Peel.

Examples of their lyrics

The interpretation of the title of the band's first album, Back in the DHSS (1985), requires three items of background information: that the Beatles wrote a song called "Back in the USSR"; that the DHSS was the UK state welfare agency, and that at that time unemployment stood at high levels.

Related Topics:
1985 - The Beatles - DHSS

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"Mention the Lord of the Rings just once more and I'll more than likely kill you" is the first line in the surprisingly emotional 'Dickie Davies' Eyes' (the title of which conflates Kim Carnes' 1980s ode to Bette Davis and legendary ITV sports presenter Dickie Davies). A line from the song "Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium" spawned a football fanzine devoted to Gillingham F.C..

Related Topics:
Lord of the Rings - Kim Carnes - 1980s ode - Bette Davis - Dickie Davies - Brian Moore's Head Looks Uncannily Like London Planetarium - Gillingham F.C.

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A more recent example of this lyrical style is the line "When you're in Matlock Bath, you don't need Sylvia Plath" from the album Cammell Laird Social Club.

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