Chumbawamba is a left wing pseudopunk band of anarchist musicians who have been disrupting the British music scene for about 15 years. In the last couple of years they've shot to fame (and fortune?) when they sold out to EMI. Songs include Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, Safety Pin Stuck in my Heart, I Never Gave Up and, of course, Tubthumping. See also Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records.

Anarchist band from northern England who have somehow managed to combine the seemingly impossible tasks of sticking to their principles whilst having a number of hit records and becoming moderately wealthy.

Descriptions of their style of music varies wildly so perhaps it's better to quote the band themselves here:

Punk. Always. Not punk rock - punk. Thus we can encompass folk, doo-wop, acapella, techno, trip-hop, pop, emo, Frutiger, Amarillo, Geneva, Helvetica and Times bold.

Contrary to persistent rumours there are no members of 80s punk icon band crAss in Chumbawumba, although they do cite crAss as a signinficant influence. And the name of the band? Apparently it's meaningless, just something they thought up after a night of drugs 'n' booze.

Hell, why am I bothering paraphrasing all this for everything ... go over to http://www.chumba.com and check them out for yourselves. Top music, top politics, I love 'em :)