Has anyone else heard of these? or is it just me, when i am having a bad day i listen to them and they make me laugh. I know of these guys, they come from the same town has me, and they are so funny!! History The group has been signed to the East/West record label, the home of rock band The Darkness. Rumours suggest that GLC were signed after record label bosses heard The Darkness playing GLC tracks whilst on tour (source: BBC Radio 1 - GLC Documentary). GLC went on to support The Darkness in the latter stages of their UK tour. GLC's first UK Chart Entry was "Half-Man Half-Machine"/"Self Suicide", which reached the top 40. When group member Dwain Xain Zedong was phoned by BBC chart presenter Wes on the Official Chart Show to be informed of this, Xain informed the rest of the band that they had reached number 1, much to the shock of the DJ. "Half-Man Half-Machine" was a surreal song about one of the members (Eggsy) believing he was a robot, dressing up in foil, and going to the shops to buy ten fags and some crisps. The song namechecks many well-known 1980s 8-bit computer systems including Binatone, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. In August 2004, the group reached number 3 in the UK singles chart with "Guns Don't Kill People, Rappers Do". With the tagline "The gun is the tool, the mind is the weapon", this track - again satirising the American hip hop scene - was a popular radio hit. The B-Side was album track "Soapbar". Their first nationally released album was called Greatest Hits, the name a play on both the group's previous lack of commercial success and their "stoner" image; it compiled a mixture of new material and selections from their previous six unofficial albums. It was released in September 2004, and debuted at number 5 in the UK Album Chart. This album was released in May 2005 in the USA with the title "Straight Outta Newport" with cover art similar to NWA's album Straight Outta Compton. However, this version of the album was missing two tracks - "Maggot" and "You Knows I Loves You". Their next single release was "Your Mother's Got a Penis", with an accompanying video based on a supermarket theme. "Your Mother's Got a Penis" first appeared on their album The Manifesto, and reached #14 in the UK. This song is based on a sample of Yellow Magic Orchestra's' 1980 track "Behind The Mask", later covered by Eric Clapton in 1987. The band - informally known as "the Chain" or simply "the GLC" (not the US rapper GLC) - released, "You Knows I Loves You", a parody of 1980s love songs from the albums Greatest Hits and The Manifesto, on 13 December 2004; this reached number 22 in the UK chart. "Your Missus Is A Nutter" is the first single from second album Safe As Fuck. The album was originally going to be called "Safety In Numbers", a tribute to the album Power in Numbers by alternative L.A. rap group Jurassic 5. The single reached #14 in the UK. They dedicated the song to Victoria Beckham, which resulted in them being summoned by the Newport mayor's office, who also objected to the title of their album, Safe as Fuck. ------------------------------------------ Controversy In a further controversial incident in 2005, GLC were invited by the Football Association of Wales to perform before the World Cup Qualifying match against England at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the nature of the band's music and the participation of England star David Beckham, the band dedicated "Your Missus Is a Nutter" to the footballer about his wife, who was present at the match. The ensuing furore, with the Welsh football authorities having to apologise to the Beckhams (despite David Beckham appearing to take the joke in good humour) as well as expressing outrage at the band's perceived lack of respect, prompted many people to question exactly why the organisers had hired them to play in the first place. ------------------------------------------- Members Full time Dwain Xain Zedong 2Hats Maggot Billy Webb Eggsy Mystikal (not to be confused with US rapper of the same name) Mike Balls Adam Hussain. ------------------------------------------ they're best song to me ahs got to be: Soap Bar Burned a new hole in my tracksuit today, Smoking Soap Bar without an ashtray, Red-hot nylon dripping on my skin, I ripped the f**ker off, and threw it in the bin, Soap Bar?s cheap, and so?s my clothes, They?ve got to be cause of all the f**king holes, It tastes like sh*t and it makes you cough, And it?s the f**king rubber in it that gets you off. Yeah, I smoke Soap Bar with lots of bits of plastic, I leaves mine in it cause it tastes fantastic, Skunk costs too much, I can?t see the appeal, Of smoking Port Rocky, Soap Bar or Gold Seal, Smoke Rocky in a bong, bucket or hot-knives, Bake it in a cake for your Mam as a surprise, I smokes Green, and it?s gone in an instant, But Soap Bar lasts, cause it?s f**king consistent. Smoking on up, Soap Bar in the sky, I?ll smoke Soap Bar ?till I f**king die, Before I die and they lay me to rest, I will always smoke Soap Bar, that?s the best. Last night I went out driving in my car, I sparked up a fat spliff of f**king Soap Bar, A Blim-burn burned right down to my dick, And while I was distracted, I f**king crashed into a Brick wall, the car was f**king battered, The bonnet flipped up and the windscreen shattered, You?re better off smoking The Green instead, Cause it don?t Blim-Burn and it?s better for your head. Soap Bar! Sitting in a deep sweat, Thinking! I've got to get some Rocky for the, Weekend! The sight of Draw excites me, Stick it in a bong, light it up and chug a f**king, Whitey! Burning holes in my tracky, This sh*t always happens when I?m smoking f**king Rocky, You?ve heard it on the news; you?ve seen it on the telly, Add up for moving Soap Bar down f**king Liz Werry ?I do it like a little cause light the f**king thing as always? I used to smoke Skunky but it was far too smelly, man! [ http://www.rare-lyrics.com ] Smoking on up, Soap Bar in the sky, I?ll smoke Soap Bar ?till I f**king die, Before I die and they lay me to rest, I will always smoke Soap Bar, that?s the best. Most Soap Bar comes from f**king Holland, They make it out of oil, and tires and pollen, Diesel, Miramar, Flat-Press too; These are types of Soap Bar available to you, These little bits of plastic you find inside; You can use those as a quality guide, Of the standard of Soap Bar that you are smoking, The more bits of plastic means the better the toking. Eat a Hash-cake but wait a while, It?ll take about an hour ain?t Draw versatile, You can burn it, eat it, or smoke it in a spliff, Space shakes, Draw gateau?s, you knows it Delia Smith, Lying in your bed dropping blimps on your pubes, Selling Draw to your mates but it?s really Oxo cubes, When you?re cooking up draw, be quick don?t lick it, Cause it?s really f**king hot and it?ll burn your fingers. This bloke said to me; ?You haven?t got a clue, About the damage that Soap Bar can do to you?, I tried to see things from his point of view, But I couldn?t fit my head up his a**hole too, The bloke was wrong, I knows my stuff, I knows if I smoke it, I?m gonna feel rough, My lungs are f**ked and my throat is raw, Cause the thing about Soap Bar; it?s f**king hardcore. Smoking on up, Soap Bar in the sky, I?ll smoke Soap Bar ?till I f**king die, Before I die and they lay me to rest, I will always smoke Soap Bar, that?s the best. Well anyway I think it?s better myself to lean forwards, When smoking Soap Bar, because you are less likely to Blim-Burn, You know what I mean? Innit, check it out man! I got some quality f**king Gold-Seal for you, innit? Shape up all those little bits of plastic what you find inside, right, And then f**king stick them in a teapot, Makes a lovely cup of tea, that does. What I do, stick a fag in the microwave, right, You toke it up, you sticks the Draw on top, And you rams it in a bong and you rams the bong in your f**king head. Yeah that?s like my f**king lungs feel like, They?re f**king collapsing sometimes from the Soap Bar like, You know? -------------------------------- so what do you think of them?
