Mongrel (band)

Mongrel
Mongrel
Origin	Sheffield / London, England
Genres	Hip hop; indie rock;
Years active	2008–2009
Past members	Matt Helders; Jon McClure; Andy Nicholson; Lowkey; Drew McConnell; Joe Moskow;

Mongrel were a British band formed in 2008, founded by former Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson. Alongside Nicholson in the band were Joe Moskow, both of Reverend and The Makers, Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell as well as London rapper Lowkey from the Poisonous Poets.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Mongrel released their first album Better Than Heavy on 7 March 2009. In 2011 McClure was asked if there were plans to release anymore music he said Mongrel was a side project and a one off.^[4]

Better Than Heavy

Better Than Heavy was released on Saturday 7 March 2009 free in The Independent newspaper. For the album, McClure stated "We had Saul Williams come in and do a thing on it [. . .] We're really taking a few people to task, kind of like we're Public Enemy or something."^[5] It was the first time a British band had given their début album away free with a national newspaper on release.^[6] The full release, 23 March 2009, contains two CDs, Disc 2 is a reworked version of "Better Than Heavy" by Adrian Sherwood at On-U Sound Studios, tracks are re-titled Dub versions.

Discography

Albums

Better Than Heavy (2009)

References

^ Fletcher, Alex (19 May 2008). "Ex-Arctic reveals new group Mongrel". Digital Spy.
^ "Monkeys 'supergroup' to perform". 31 October 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ Michaels, Sean (5 January 2009). "Indie supergroup to record with Venezuelan president". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^ "x.com".
^ "Doherty, M.I.A. Eyed For Ex-Arctic Monkey Project". Billboard.
^ "Indie supergroup Mongrel to release debut album free with The Independent". The Independent. 27 February 2009.

External links

Mongrel on Myspace

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[1] Fletcher, Alex (19 May 2008). "Ex-Arctic reveals new group Mongrel". Digital Spy.

[2] "Monkeys 'supergroup' to perform". 31 October 2008 – via news.bbc.co.uk.

[3] Michaels, Sean (5 January 2009). "Indie supergroup to record with Venezuelan president". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

[4] "x.com".

[5] "Doherty, M.I.A. Eyed For Ex-Arctic Monkey Project". Billboard.

[6] "Indie supergroup Mongrel to release debut album free with The Independent". The Independent. 27 February 2009.

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