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Fine Young Cannibals were a British band formed in Birmingham, England in 1984, by bassist David Steele, guitarist Andy Cox (both formerly of The Beat),〔Fine Young Cannibals and Cherry are success stories; (SPORTS FINAL, CN Edition ) Chris Heim.. Chicago Tribune (pre-1997 Fulltext). Chicago, Ill.: 8 Sep 1989. pg. 6〕 and singer Roland Gift (formerly of the Akrylykz). Their self-titled 1985 debut album contained "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of "Suspicious Minds", two songs that were top 40 hits in the UK, Canada, Australia and many European countries. Their 1989 album, ''The Raw & the Cooked'', topped the UK and US Album charts, and contained their two ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones: "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing". In 1990 the band won two Brit Awards: Best British Group, and Best British Album (for ''The Raw & the Cooked'').〔("BRITs Profile: Fine Young Cannibals" ) Brits.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2012〕 Their name came from the 1960 film ''All the Fine Young Cannibals'' starring Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood. == History == The group was formed in 1984 after the dissolution of The Beat, with whom Cox and Steele previously played.〔 The duo of Steele and Cox spent eight months listening to over 500 cassettes of potential singers before settling on Gift. They had difficulty obtaining a record contract but when a video of their song "Johnny Come Home" appeared on British TV show ''The Tube'', recording contract offers flowed in immediately.〔(Kentucky New Era – Google News Archive Search )〕 The band's eponymous debut album was released in 1985, spawning two UK hit singles, "Johnny Come Home" and a cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" featuring additional vocals by Jimmy Somerville.〔 These two songs also became hits internationally, charting in the top 40 in Europe, Canada and Australia, although they failed to make a significant impact on the US charts. Fine Young Cannibals appeared as the house band in a nightclub in the 1987 comedy film ''Tin Men'', set in Baltimore, Maryland, USA in 1963. In the long gap between their first and second albums, Steele and Cox released an instrumental house single under the moniker Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet in 1988, called "Tired Of Getting Pushed Around", which reached No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart and was popular on the U.S. dance chart. During this time, Gift appeared in the movie ''Sammy and Rosie Get Laid''. The band continued their international success with the singles "She Drives Me Crazy" and "Good Thing", from the 1989 album ''The Raw & the Cooked''. Both reached number one in the U.S. singles charts, marking their breakthrough in that territory. ''The Raw & the Cooked'' included three songs the band had recorded for ''Tin Men'' (including "Good Thing"), and their cover of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)" recorded for the film ''Something Wild''.〔 In 1990, the band contributed a cover version of Cole Porter's song "Love for Sale" for the album ''Red Hot + Blue'' produced by the Red Hot Organization, a collection of 20 Cole Porter songs recorded by various artists as a benefit for AIDS research. Fine Young Cannibals broke up in 1992, although they briefly returned to the studio in 1996 to record a new single, "The Flame", which would complement their greatest hits compilation ''The Finest'' released that year.〔 In the early 2000s, Gift (without Steele or Cox) reactivated the band name and toured as Roland Gift and the Fine Young Cannibals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fine Young Cannibals」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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