The Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project

Videos of recorded songs (mainly live performances) can be found on the relevant song pages on this site, and videos of cover versions played live can be found here. On this page we round up everything else we can find on YouTube relating to HMHB, from support acts, to interviews, miscellanous TV mentions and downright oddness. Enjoy.

(Thanks once again to Acidic Regulator for the research)

Support Bands

• Calvin Party: Come On In
  Sheffield 21/02/08. (03:06)
• Dean Friedman: Tale of a Baker’s Son
  Bilston, 15/09/10, first verse missing. (02:44)
  Also here – first verse missing (02:26) – and here – end only (01:53).
• Lovecraft: Elevenses
  Manchester 17/12/11. (04:08)
• Ragged Claws: A Cityscape Agape
  Oxford 31/05/12. (03:18)
  Also Tales Of The Riverbank – Oxford 31/05/12. (02:57).
• Shifty Chicken Shed: Come
  Bilston 26/01/12. (04:24)
  Also Keep Your Dirty Hands Off – Bilston 26/01/12. (04:50) – and again here – (04:50).

Other Bands

• Attempted Moustache: No Way Out
  No video. (02:31)
• Mental Eddy’s
  Leasowe Rock For Hillsborough May 1989. (8:32@0:00)

Banter

• Backstage
  Backstage before the Cambridge gig 24/03/10. (00:55)
• Seacombe
  Holmfirth 16/12/10. (01:14)
• Dirk Hofman Motorhomes
  Shepherd’s Bush 17/6/11. (00:27)

Documentaries And Interviews

• BBC North West Tonight
  1985, wrong aspect ratio, final part missing. (02:14)
• Klangfarbe – “Singles”
  Q&A 1994(?) (03:33)
• Klangfarbe – “Possessive gits”
  Q&A 1994(?) (04:37)
• Under The Moon
  with Danny Kelly (who thinks Hedley Verity was West Indian), February 1998, C4. (11:28)
• Andy Kershaw, Radio 3
  Brampton 22/07/06, broadcast 27/08/06, no video. (08:01)
• Marc Riley, 6Music
  Broadcast 08/01/08. (5:14@0:00)
• Liz Kershaw, 6Music
  Telephone interview, broadcast 15/04/12. (10:20)
• Documentary by Gareth Davies
  Uploaded 10/06/12. (06:13)
  Also Highlights of above, no video.

Miscellaneous Mentions

• The Chart Show
  ITV, indie chart 18/04/86 (02:04)
• The Chart Show
  ITV, indie chart No. 1s 1986, very poor sound in part. (02:41)
• 25 Greatest Albums Ever
  Personal selection by an American(?), CSI:Ambleside at #12. (07:15)
• 25 Greatest Bands/Artists Ever
  Personal selection by an American(?), HMHB at #3 (#4 actually, there are two #2s). (07:49)
• The Onset – Talkin’ Record Sales Blues
  Live performance (01:29)
• Paisley And Charlie – All I Want For Christmas (Is The Orchids on C86)
  Illustrative video, also mentions Camden. (03:44)
• EastEnders mention
  A namecheck on Britain’s favourite soap (00:20)
• Eggheads mention
  A team named after the band’s “difficult eighth album” (00:20)
• Mastermind mention
  Rachael Neiman knows the score. (00:33)

The Freak Zone

• Celtic v. Dukla Prague, 1967
  B&W TV coverage. (14:27)
• Der Untergang (Downfall) ‘parody’
  “Hitler’s reaction to the Save 6Music campaign”. (03:50)
• “Fortieth birthday party”
  Familiar-looking rhythm guitarist. (03:01)
  Also this (03:01)
• Karl Pilkington
  Hadn’t heard of the band. Gervais amused. XFM – No video (01:55)
  Also this (01:59)
• Brad Friedel on Football Focus
  Introduced to I Went To A Wedding, BBC1 28/11/08. (01:21)
• Another HMHB?
  Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day song, live, uploaded 17/05/10 – baffling. (04:18)
  Also this (01:59)