The Housemartins

The Housemartins were a British indie rock band that was active in the 1980s.

The band was formed in 1983 by Paul Heaton on vocals, Stan Cullimore on guitar, Ted Key on bass and Chris Lan

The Housemartins were a British indie rock band that was active in the 1980s.

The band was formed in 1983 by Paul Heaton on vocals, Stan Cullimore on guitar, Ted Key on bass and Chris Lang on drums. The bands membership changed quite a lot over the years. on bass Ted Key was replaced by Norman Cook - the future Fatboy Slim. And drummer Chris Lang was replaced by Hugh Whittaker who in turn was replaced with Dave Hemingway. After the bands split Paul, Dave and roadie Sean Welch went off to form The Beautiful South