The Lancashire Hotpots
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| Background information | |
| Origin | St Helens, Merseyside, England |
| Genres | Comedy, folk |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Fuss Records |
| Associated acts | Diffusion, Korova, Emmet, Moped, Lyons and Tigers, The Ups |
| Website | www.thelancashirehotpots.net/ |
| Members | Bernard Thresher Dickie Ticker Bob Wriggles Kenny Body Billy McCartney |
| Past members | Willie Eckerslike |
The Lancashire Hotpots are a comedy folk band from St Helens, Merseyside (formerly part of Lancashire), England, formed in December 2006. The group record songs about Lancashire, technology and British culture (e.g. "Chippy Tea", "He's Turned Emo", "eBay Eck"). Their songs make use of Lancashire dialect. Their first single, "He's Turned Emo", gained over 230,000 plays on MySpace (as of 17 March 2008) and was featured on BBC Radio One by Colin Murray. Their debut album, Never Mind The Hotpots was a minor hit, reaching number one comedy album on iTunes in the UK, and number two in the BBC 6 Music Album Charts.
The current members are Bernard Thresher (vocals, guitar, ukulele, drums), Dickie Ticker (bell tree, mandolin, melodica, hand percussion), Bob Wriggles (bass guitar, synth bass), Billy McCartney (keyboards) and Kenny Body (drums), the latter two joining following the death of founder member Willie Eckerslike. Eckerslike (born Tom McGrath; drums, vocals) died 11 May 2010, aged 38.
Bernard Thresher and Bob Wriggles met each other while working at Knowsley Safari Park and subsequently formed their first rock band together, 'Korova'. Whilst working at St Helens College, Bob met Dickie Ticker who was producing electronic music and light hearted remixes under the name 'Diffusion'. The three became interested in working together and after Korova disbanded, Bernard and Bob joined forces with Dickie to create electronic dance music under the new guise of 'Emmet'.
They first dabbled with comedy music producing a remix of Coldplay song 'Clocks' for Radio one DJ Chris Moyles in the style of the band German dance group 'Scooter'. In a play on words they named the side project 'Moped'. The track proved popular with listeners of the show and they went on to produce several more remixes as well as playing live in various clubs around the country. On the request of Chris Moyles, they produced a remix of songs by Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim in order to perform them at an outside broadcast in a pub in Brighton. Cook was a guest on the show and Moped performed the remix live on the show for him. Whilst being interviewed on the show he said he 'felt as though his whole life had flashed before him.'
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