{{Short description|English alternative rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Boo Radleys | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | origin = Wallasey, England | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative rock * shoegazing * dream pop * Britpop * noise pop * indie pop * neo-psychedelia}} | years_active = 1988–1999, 2021–present | label = {{flatlist| * Action * Creation * Rough Trade * Columbia (US) }} | website = {{URL|https://www.thebooradleys.com/}} | current_members = * Tim Brown * Simon Rowbottom * Rob Cieka | past_members = * Martin Carr * Steve Hewitt }}
'''The Boo Radleys''' are an English alternative rock band who were associated with the shoegazing and Britpop movements in the 1990s. They originally formed in Wallasey, England, in 1988, with singer/guitarist Simon "Sice" Rowbottom, guitarist/songwriter Martin Carr, and bassist Tim Brown. Their name is taken from the character Boo Radley in Harper Lee's 1960 novel, ''To Kill a Mockingbird''.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book | first= Martin C. | last= Strong | year= 2000 | title= The Great Rock Discography | edition= 5th | publisher= Mojo Books | location= Edinburgh | pages= 106–107 | isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref> The band split up in 1999.
In their 11-year-long career, the band had one top-ten single, 1995's "Wake Up Boo!", which charted at no. 9, and a number-one album, ''Wake Up!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/boo%20radleys/|title=Artist Chart History - Boo Radleys|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=22 June 2013}}</ref> The band reunited in 2021, without Carr, and released a single, "A Full Syringe and Memories of You", their first new music since 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-boo-radleys-release-first-new-song-in-23-years-listen/|title=The Boo Radleys Release First New Song in 23 Years|date=8 July 2021|website=Pitchfork.com|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref> Paul Banks of Interpol has cited the band as an influence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1676549/caught-by-the-buzz-a-look-back-at-britpops-b-list/lists/ |title=Caught By The Buzz: A Look Back At Britpop's B-List |last=Everhart |first=John |date=23 April 2014 |website=Stereogum|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
==Career== ===Beginnings=== In 1990, the band's first album ''Ichabod and I'' was released on a small British indie label, Action Records.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=57/8}}</ref> Although not a commercial success, this release brought the band to the attention of Rough Trade Records, to whom they signed.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Around this time, Hewitt was replaced on drums by Rob Cieka.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> Hewitt then went on to drum for Placebo until 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-02 |title=Placebo drummer quits the band |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/placebo-17-1311472 |access-date=16 June 2025 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Almost immediately after the release of the ''Every Heaven'' EP in 1991, Rough Trade collapsed and the Boo Radleys were signed by Alan McGee's Creation Records.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Their first for Creation was ''Everything's Alright Forever'' in 1992, and ''Giant Steps'' (1993) followed.<ref name="Larkin90"/> ''Giant Steps'' was awarded 9/10 by the UK music magazine ''NME'', which stated, "It's an intentional masterpiece, a throw-everything-at-the-wall bric-a-brac of sounds, colours and stolen ideas. That The Boo Radleys (of all people!) have decided to accept their own challenge and create a record as diverse and boundary-bending as this is, at first glance, staggering. Isn't this the job of the U2s and the leisured idols of rock, unable to do anything without the tacit approval of history? Fortunately not. The Boo Radleys are sifting through time (the mid-'60s, mostly) and conjuring up something that's as cut-up and ambitious as anything you'd care to mention".<ref name="NME">{{cite web|title=The Next Big Thing |url=http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giant_steps/press23.htm |publisher=Boo Radleys Official |work=NME |access-date=11 May 2012 |first=Paul |last=Moody}}</ref> Reviewing the album's re-release in 2008, Sic Magazine wrote, "For 64 minutes they were the greatest band on the planet."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sicmagazine.net/articles/625/the-boo-radleys-giant-steps-deluxe-edition |title=The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps, Deluxe Edition |website=Sicmagazine.net |access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref> thumb|The Boo Radleys in 1993.
''Giant Steps'' placed second to ''Debut'' by Björk in the 1993 ''NME'' album of the year list, voted by the paper's contributors, although it came in first place in the subsequent ''NME'' readers' poll. The now-defunct ''Select'' magazine declared ''Giant Steps'' their album of the year for 1993.<ref name="Select Magazine">{{cite web|title=Album of the Year |url=http://www.booradleys.co.uk/giant_steps/press35.htm |publisher=Boo Radleys Official |work=Select Magazine |date=19 January 1993 |first=Stuart |last=Maconie |author-link=Stuart Maconie |access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> The Boo Radleys also appear on the original motion picture soundtrack to the 1993 film ''So I Married An Axe Murderer'' with their cover of The La's song "There She Goes".<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-i-married-an-axe-murderer-mw0000099318</ref>
===''Wake Up!'' and beyond=== Despite critical acclaim and a cult fanbase, the Boo Radleys were still largely unknown to the general public by the time the Britpop phenomenon broke into the mainstream in 1995.<ref name="Larkin90"/> This changed when the band released the upbeat single "Wake Up Boo!" in the spring of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.everyhit.com/retrocharts/1995-March.html |title=Retrochart for March 1995 |website=Everyhit.com |access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref> It made the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 9. The single remained on the chart for two months, by far the band's longest run for any of its singles; later, on 26 October 2009, BFBS Forces Radio launched its live Afghanistan studio output with the track after it topped a listeners poll seeking a suitable first track.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfbs-radio.com/pages/extranet/live-from-afghanistan-i-1401.php |title=Live From Afghanistan |website=Bfbs-radio.com |access-date=14 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119203447/http://www.bfbs-radio.com/pages/extranet/live-from-afghanistan-i-1401.php |archive-date=19 November 2009 }}</ref> Carr describes writing the song watching ''The Big Breakfast'' after a night on acid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.booradleys.co.uk/lyrics.php?id=138 |title=Wake Up Boo! |publisher=Boo Radleys |access-date=4 May 2012}}</ref> The follow-up release, "Find the Answer Within," was the band's only other single to chart for more than two weeks. Their fourth album ''Wake Up!'' (1995), was their commercial peak.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Interviewed in 2005 by the BBC, Carr said: "I tried to have nothing to do with what was being called Britpop. Our whole career was spent trying not to 'fit in'. We just carried on doing what we had been doing. I didn't like most of the new bands or the flag-waving. I didn't like New Labour or idolise Paul Weller and I hated media-generated movements within music".<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=I survived Britpop |first=Stephen |last=Dowling |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4134418.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=11 May 2012 |date=18 August 2005}}</ref> The same year the band featured on ''Help'' with "Oh Brother", exclusive to that release. Help was a charity album aimed at raising funds for War Child, also featuring various other artists such as Radiohead and the Manic Street Preachers.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/help-a-charity-project-for-the-children-of-bosnia-mw0000178205</ref>
In 1996, the Boo Radleys released their fifth album ''C'mon Kids''.<ref name="Larkin90"/> As explained by Rowbottom in an interview in 2005: "We didn't want to scare away the hit-kids, we wanted to take them with us to somewhere that we'd not been before. All we wanted to do was make a different type of album than Wake Up... All we wanted to do was try something new – to keep ourselves fresh and interested. We were very surprised to find that it was seen as a deliberate attempt to scare away newly created fans. That would have been an extremely foolish thing to do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eardrumsmusic.com/2006/05/08/interview-with-sice-ex-boo-radleys-now/ |title=interview with Sice (ex. Boo Radleys, now PAPERLUNG) |publisher=Eardrums Music |date=8 May 2006 |access-date=12 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211132439/http://eardrumsmusic.com/2006/05/08/interview-with-sice-ex-boo-radleys-now/ |archive-date=11 February 2012 }}</ref>
The Boo Radleys' final album was 1998's ''Kingsize''. One single was released from the album, "Free Huey!". The title track was due to have been released as a second single, but the band decided to split up. Sice later told ''Time Out'' magazine: "It was such a relief when Martin phoned me and said he didn't want to make any more records. We'd been wanting it to stop for quite a long time, but I couldn't do it – I didn't want to leave. I wanted the band to end and only Martin could have done that. There was always the fear if I left, that they would just get another singer in and I didn't want that. Never mind not having the heart to tour – I barely had the heart to go down to the studio while we were making Kingsize."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mattpomroy.com/2016/04/02/paperlung/|title=Paperlung|date=2 April 2016|website=Mattpomroy.com|access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref>
A compilation album, ''Find the Way Out'', was released in 2005, and a further compilation ''The Best of the Boo Radleys'' appeared in 2007.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-boo-radleys-mw0001529141</ref>
===Disbandment=== The Boo Radleys disbanded in early 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bosman |first=Julie |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/books/25mock.html |title=A Classic Turns 50, and Parties Are Planned |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 2010}}</ref> Brown built a popular recording studio before going on to John Moores University for teacher training. He progressed on to teaching information technology at St Louis's Grammar School in Kilkeel, County Down, in Ulster, and also taught at Park High School in Birkenhead.<ref>{{cite journal|editor1-first=Paul|editor1-last=Rees|date=December 2003|title=Where Are They Now?|journal=Q|issue=210|page=42}}</ref>
Under the name Bravecaptain, Carr has since released six albums, including ''The Fingertip Saint Sessions Volume 1'', ''Go with Yourself'', ''Advertisements for Myself'' (2002) and ''All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace'' (2004). His most recent album was titled ''Distractions''. Carr has since announced that he will be retiring the Bravecaptain name to work on new projects, but these will not include reforming the Boo Radleys. His first solo album ''Ye Gods (And Little Fishes)'' was released in mid 2009 and re-released on vinyl in 2024 on the AV8 label. After signing to the Hamburg label, Tapete, he released two albums, 'The Breaks' (2914) and 'New Shapes Of Life' (2017). In 2025 he released the odds and sods LP 'The Canton Hours' on his Sonny Boy Records label. Carr has made videos for The Lilac Time, Love, Ace of Cups and Sons of Adam among others. He is also collagist. Cieka is now a member of the band Domino Bones, alongside Mark "Bez" Berry, formerly of Happy Mondays.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
After an album in 1996 (''First Fruits'') under the name Eggman, while still a member of the Boo Radleys, Rowbottom walked away from music for several years after the split. Then, following a guest vocal on Bravecaptain's, ''All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace'', and also two songs with the Japanese musician Ryo Matsui's solo project, Meister, he formed Paperlung.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/leave-them-all-behind/|title=Leave Them All Behind|website=3:AM Magazine|date=11 July 2007|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref> The band featured Rowbottom on vocals, Simon Gardiner on bass, Ben Datlen on guitar and Guillaume Jambel of Transcargo on drums. They released two singles, "The Days That God Sold You" (2006) and "Do What Thou Will", and an album, ''Balance'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/boo-radleys-frontman-is-back-60853|title=Boo Radleys Frontman Is Back|website=Uncut|date=9 August 2007|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref>
===Reunion and new music=== In 2020, it was reported that some members of the Boo Radleys were coming together to record new music to mark 25 years since the band's heyday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51508813|title=Boo Radleys bassist Tim Brown on moving from Top of the Pops to teaching|publisher=BBC|date=15 February 2020|access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref>
In July 2021, the band released their first new single in 23 years, "A Full Syringe and Memories of You", part of an EP of the same name. Upon the single's release, it was confirmed that original guitarist Martin Carr was not invited to take part in the reunion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-the-boo-radleys-a-full-syringe-and-memories-of-you-their-first-new-song-in-23-years-2988422|title=Listen to The Boo Radleys' 'A Full Syringe And Memories Of You', their first new song in 23 years|website=Nme.com|date=8 July 2021|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
The band's seventh studio album, ''Keep on with Falling'', was released on 11 March 2022. ''Eight'' was announced in January 2023 to be released in the same year alongside the new single "Seeker".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-boo-radleys-share-new-single-seeker-reissue-giant-steps-and-announce-2023-uk-and-ireland-tour-3386911|title=The Boo Radleys share new single 'Seeker', reissue 'Giant Steps' and announce 2023 UK and Ireland tour|website=Nme.com|date=26 January 2023|access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>
In 2025, the band's 1992 single "Lazarus" was used as the ending theme song for the Japanese anime series ''Lazarus'', directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-26 |title=Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA's Lazarus Anime Reveals Theme Songs, Visual |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-12-13/shinichiro-watanabe-mappa-lazarus-anime-reveals-theme-songs-visual/.218992 |access-date=2025-09-26 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref>
The band returned in 2026 with their ninth album, ''In Spite of Everything''.
==Members== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Current lineup=== * Simon "Sice" Rowbottom – vocals, guitar (1988–1999, 2021–present), keyboards (2021-present) * Tim Brown – bass, keyboards (1988–1999, 2021–present), guitar (2021-present) * Rob Cieka – drums, percussion (1990–1999, 2021–present)
=== Former members === * Martin Carr – guitar, vocals, keyboards (1988–1999) * Steve Hewitt – drums (1990) {{col-2}}
=== Session musicians === * Roddy Lorimer – flugelhorn, trumpet (1992) * Steve Kitchen – flugelhorn, trumpet (1993) * Chris Moore – trumpet (1993) * Lindsay Johnston – cello (1993) * Margaret Fielder – cello (1993) * Jackie Toy – clarinet, bass clarinet (1993) * Meriel Barham – vocals (1993) {{col-end}}
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==Discography== {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = The Boo Radleys | Image = | Caption = | Alt = | Studio = 9 | Live = | Compilation = 3 | Video = | Music videos = | Tribute = | EP = 6 | Singles = 18 | B-sides = | Soundtrack = 1 }}
The discography of the Boo Radleys consists of nine studio albums, three compilation albums, six extended-plays, and eighteen singles one of which ("Lazarus") was released twice, along with remixes of the same song, and their final single ("Kingsize") which was cancelled before release.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Information !| Chart positions |- !width="35"|<small>UK</small><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> |- | 1990 |align="left"| ''Ichabod and I'' *Released: July 1990 *Label: Action | – |- | 1992 |align="left"| ''Everything's Alright Forever'' *Released: March 1992 *Label: Creation | 55 |- | 1993 |align="left"| ''Giant Steps'' *Released: August 1993 *Label: Creation | 17 |- | 1995 |align="left"| ''Wake Up!'' *Released: March 1995 *Label: Creation | 1 |- | 1996 |align="left"| ''C'mon Kids'' *Released: September 1996 *Label: Creation | 20 |- | 1998 |align="left"| ''Kingsize'' *Released: October 1998 *Label: Creation | 62 |- | 2022 |align="left"| ''Keep on with Falling'' *Released: March 2022 *Label: Boostr | – |- | 2023 |align="left"| ''Eight'' *Released: June 2023 *Label: Boostr | – |- | 2026 |align="left"| ''In Spite of Everything'' *Released: May 2026 *Label: Boostr | – |}
===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- ! Year ! Information |- | 1992 |align="left"| ''Learning to Walk'' *Released: November 1992 *Label: Rough Trade |- | 2005 |align="left"| ''Find the Way Out'' *Released: July 2005 *Label: Castle Music |- | 2007 |align="left"| ''The Best of the Boo Radleys'' *Released: May 2007 *Label: Camden |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Information ! Chart positions |- !width="35"|<small>UK</small><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> |- | 1990 |align="left"| ''Kaleidoscope'' *Label: Rough Trade | – |- | rowspan="2"| 1991 |align="left"| ''Every Heaven'' *Label: Rough Trade | – |- |align="left"| ''Boo Up!'' *Label: Rough Trade | – |- | rowspan="2"| 1992 |align="left"| ''Adrenalin'' <small>(aka "Lazy Day" promo on Columbia in US)</small> *Label: Creation | – |- |align="left"| ''Boo! Forever'' <small>(credited as a double A-side "Does This Hurt" / "Boo! Forever" for chart purposes)</small> *Label: Creation | 67 |- | 2021 |align="left"| ''"A full Syringe and Memories of You"'' *Label: Boostr | – |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Title !colspan="4"| Chart positions !rowspan="2"| Album |- !width="35"|<small>UK</small><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= 70}}</ref> !width="35"|<small>IE</small> !width="35"|<small>NZ</small> !width="35"|<small>US Alt</small> |- | rowspan="3"| 1992 |align="left"| "Lazy Day" | – | – | – | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Everything's Alright Forever'' |- |align="left"| "Does this Hurt?" | 67 | – | – | – |- |align="left"| "Lazarus" | 76 | – | – | 30 | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="5"| ''Giant Steps'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1993 |align="left"| "I Hang Suspended" | 77 | – | – | – |- |align="left"| "Wish I Was Skinny" | 75 | – | – | – |- | rowspan="2"| 1994 |align="left"| "Barney (...and Me)" | 48 | – | – | 30 |- |align="left"| "Lazarus" <small>(remixes)</small> | 50 | – | – | – |- | rowspan="4"| 1995 |align="left"| "Wake Up Boo!" | 9 | 25 | 35 | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Wake Up!'' |- |align="left"| "Find the Answer Within" | 37 | – | – | – |- |align="left"| "It's Lulu" | 25 | – | – | – |- |align="left"| "From the Bench at Belvidere" | 24 | – | – | – |align="left"| — |- | rowspan="2"| 1996 |align="left"| "What's in the Box (See Whatcha Got)" | 25 | – | – | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''C'mon Kids'' |- |align="left"| "C'mon Kids" | 18 | – | – | – |- | 1997 |align="left"| "Ride the Tiger" | 38 | – | – | – |- | rowspan="2"| 1998 |align="left"| "Free Huey" | 54 | – | – | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Kingsize'' |- |align="left"| "Kingsize" <small>(cancelled)</small> | – | – | – | – |- | rowspan="2"| 2021 |align="left"| "A Full Syringe and Memories of You" | – | – | – | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"| ''Keep on with Falling'' |- |align="left"| "I've Had Enough I'm Out" | – | – | – | – |- | 2022 |align="left"| "Keep on with Falling" | – | – | – | – |- | rowspan="2"| 2023 |align="left"| "Seeker" | – | – | – | – | style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"| ''Eight'' |- |align="left"| "The Unconscious" | – | – | – | – |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
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