{{Short description|English musical group}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Refimprove|date=September 2009}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sub Sub | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Handforth, Cheshire, England | genre = House, EDM, alternative dance, Madchester | years_active = 1991–1996 | label = Rob's Records | spinoffs = Doves | past_members = Jez Williams<br />Jimi Goodwin<br />Andy Williams }}
'''Sub Sub''' were an English dance act from Handforth, Cheshire composed of Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams.<ref name="LarkinDM"/>
==History== The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together. They had an underground 12" single ("Space Face" in 1991)<ref name="LarkinDM"/> and moderate commercial success in the early 1990s on Rob Gretton's label Rob's Records,<ref name="LarkinDM"/> including the single "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (featuring guest vocalist Melanie Williams) which reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{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= 538}}</ref> The trio's only album, ''Full Fathom Five'', was released in September 1994.<ref name="LarkinDM"/>
After a fire destroyed their recording studio on Blossom Street in the Ancoats area of Manchester on the Williams twins' birthday in 1996, they started as the more indie-oriented act Doves in 1998. An unreleased collection of tracks meant to be featured on the band's second album was issued in 1998 as ''Delta Tapes''.
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart<br />positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | AUS<br /><ref name="ARIA history pages">{{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/ewOmpuu | title= Sub Sub ARIA chart history to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=26 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Full Fathom Five'' | * Released: September 1994<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=327}}</ref> * Label: Rob's Records | 159 |- ! scope="row" | ''Delta Tapes'' | * Released: February 1998 * Label: Cortex Records | — |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- ! width="35"| <small>UK</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/sub%20sub/|title=Sub Sub - UK Chart |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> ! width="35"| <small>AUS</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Australian chart |website=Australian-charts.com |accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="ARIA history pages"/> ! width="35"| <small>BEL<br>(FL)</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Belgian Chart |website=Ultratop.be |accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> ! width="35"| <small>IRE</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Search Sub Sub in Artist|website=irishcharts.ie|access-date=19 October 2022}}</ref> ! width="35"| <small>NED</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=sub+sub&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts |title=Sub Sub - Dutch chart |date=15 October 2014|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> |- | 1991 ! scope="row"| "Space Face" | — || — || — || — || — | align="left"|Single only |- | 1992 ! scope="row"| ''Coast EP'' | — || — || — || — || — | align="left" rowspan="5"| ''Full Fathom Five'' |- | 1993 ! scope="row"| "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" <small>(feat. Melanie Williams)</small> | 3 || 11 || 47 || 13 || 18 |- | rowspan="2"|1994 ! scope="row"| "Respect" | 49 || 104 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| "Angel" | 88 || 198 || — || — || — |- | 1995 ! scope="row"| "Southern Trees" | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1996 ! scope="row"| "Smoking Beagles" <small>(with Tricky)</small> | — || — || — || — || — | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Delta Tapes'' |- | 1997 ! scope="row"| "This Time I'm Not Wrong" <small>(with Bernard Sumner)</small> | 78 || — || — || — || — |- | align="center" colspan="16" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sub+Sub Complete Sub Sub discography at Discogs.com] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070704180430/http://www.mounsey.co.uk/sub-sub_delta_tapes.html Accurate and up to date info finding Sub Sub's "Delta Tapes" on CD]
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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sub, Sub}} Category:English dance music groups Category:English house music groups Category:Musical groups from Cheshire Category:Musical groups from Manchester Category:Madchester groups Category:Alternative dance musical groups Category:English musical trios