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 :)