Half Man Half Biscuit

Half Man Half Biscuit (Nigel Blackwell, Neil Crossley, Ken Hancock and Carl Henry) often abbreviated to "HMHB", are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and

Half Man Half Biscuit (Nigel Blackwell, Neil Crossley, Ken Hancock and Carl Henry) often abbreviated to "HMHB", are a UK rock band from Birkenhead, active sporadically since the mid-1980s, known for their satirical, sardonic and sometimes surrealistic songs, and often championed by DJ John Peel. The band are huge fans of Tranmere Rovers, and once famously turned down the chance to appear on seminal 80`s rock show The Tube, as Tranmere were playing that night.

Their musical styles often parody simple popular genres, while their lyrics are dense with cultural allusions, usually to UK popular culture. Songwriter Nigel Blackwell has a love of language and most of the songs contain several words or terms that have never before been used in popular music. It is unlikely that any one person would be able to recognise all of the terms and allusions in the songs, and websites such as provide information to help decipher them.