The Housemartins

The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death

1987 · Alternative Rock · Elektra

US · 60761-1

Credits

Producer: John Williams, The Housemartins
Written by: Paul Heaton, Stan Cullimore, Chris Jasper, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Hugh Whitaker
Engineer: Phil Bodger
Mastered by: Dennis King, Sam Feldman

Seattle Grunge

Heavy riffs played by people raised on punk, recorded cheap in the Pacific Northwest and then sold worldwide.

Boston Alternative

College radio, cheap rehearsal rooms and loud guitars: the US underground's most literate, least glamorous engine room.

The Housemartins

London 0 Hull 4

Produced by John Williams

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