Dust Junkys

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dust Junkys | image = | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Manchester, England | genre = Rap rock | years_active = {{start date|1995}}–{{end date|2000}}<br />{{start date|2015}}–present | label = Polydor | associated_acts = MC Tunes | website =  | current_members = Nicky Lockett<br />Sam Brox<br />Steve Ojay<br />Mykey Wilson | past_members = Ganiyu Pierre Gasper | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}

The '''Dust Junkys''' are an English rap rock group, formed in Manchester and originally active between 1995 and 2000, before reforming in 2015.<ref name="vivamanchester">{{Cite web|url=http://vivamanchester.co.uk/underland-presents-dust-junkys-not-quite-done-dusted-reunion-concert/|title=Underland Presents Dust Junkys "Not Quite Done & Dusted", Reunion Concert|website=Vivamanchester.co.uk|accessdate=5 December 2019|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716111949/http://vivamanchester.co.uk/underland-presents-dust-junkys-not-quite-done-dusted-reunion-concert/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following the stalling of his solo career, Nicky Lockett formed the Dust Junkys in 1995,<ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1999) "MC Tunes" in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music'', Virgin Books, {{ISBN|0-7535-0252-6}}, p. 219</ref> with Sam Brox on guitar, Stephen "OJ" Oliver Jones on bass guitar, Mykey Wilson on drums and Ganiyu Pierre Gasper on turntables. The band concentrated on gigging in the Manchester area and then national tours, building audiences for their mix of British hip hop and rock music.

The Dust Junkys were signed to Polydor and released their first single "Living in the Pocket of a Drug Queen?" (1997), followed by "(Nonstopoperation)" and "What Time Is It?" which reached number 39 in the UK chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ |title=Official Charts Company - Dust Junkys |publisher=Official Charts Company |date= |accessdate=2013-02-04}}</ref> The Dust Junkys music was subject to remixes by artists such as Fun Loving Criminals. The track "Fever" was featured on the soundtrack for the Sony PlayStation game, ''Driver 2''.

The most widely recognized piece of Dust Junkys music, originally called "Rinse (Beatbox Wash)", released as the B-side of "Living in the Pocket of a Drug Queen?", came to prominence as the main hook of Fatboy Slim's "Gangster Trippin'". The track peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 2">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 196}}</ref> "Gangster Trippin'" was also featured on the Fatboy Slim album ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'', where 25% of the songwriting credits were attributed to Dust Junkys and MC Tunes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/youve-come-a-long-way-baby-mw0000601192|title=You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=5 December 2019}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Done and ...Dusted'' (Polydor, 1998) * ''Done and ...Dusted Special Edition/Dub and ...Dusted'' (Polydor, 1998)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 3"/> * ''Reboot: Redone and Dusted'' (WikiBeats, 2018)

===Singles=== * "Living in the Pocket of a Drug Queen?" (Polydor, 1997) * "(Nonstopoperation)" (Polydor, 1997) UK#47 * "What Time is It?" (Polydor, 1998) UK#39 * "Nothin' Personal" (Polydor, 1998)<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums 3">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 173}}</ref> Chart No. 62<ref>Graham Betts, ''Collins Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004'', 2004, p. 242, "DUSTJUNKYS UK group with Nicky Lockett (vocals), Steve Oliver Jones (bass), Mykey Wilson ... Polydor 569491 2 NOTHIN' PERSONAL Contains a sample of Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well."</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:English hip-hop groups Category:English rap rock groups Category:Musical groups from Manchester Category:Polydor Records artists