Editing Chumbawamba (section)

==Band history==

===Early years (1982–84)===

[[File:Boff Whalley TFF.JPG|thumb|Founder member [[Boff Whalley]] performing in 2012]]

Chumbawamba formed in [[Burnley]] in 1982 with an initial line-up of [[Boff Whalley|Allan "Boff" Whalley]], Danbert Nobacon (born Nigel Hunter), and Midge, all three previously members of the band Chimp Eats Banana, shortly afterwards joined by Lou Watts.<ref name="Glasper">Glasper, Ian (2006) ''The Day the Country Died: a History of Anarcho-punk 1980–1984'', Cherry Red Books, {{ISBN|978-1-901447-70-5}}, pp. 375–384</ref>  The band made their live debut in January 1982. Their first vinyl release was a track ("Three Years Later") on the [[Crass Records]] compilation album ''[[Bullshit Detector]] 2''.<ref name="Glasper" />  They were initially inspired musically by bands as diverse as [[The Fall (band)|the Fall]], [[PiL]], [[Wire (band)|Wire]], and [[Adam and the Ants]] and politically by the anarchist stance of [[Crass]].<ref name="Glasper" />  Another of the band's early releases was under the name "Skin Disease", parodying the [[Oi!]] bands of the time so successfully that they were included on ''Back On The Streets'', an Oi! compilation EP put together by ''Sounds'' magazine journalist [[Garry Bushell]].<ref name="Glasper" />  

By the end of 1982, the band had expanded to include [[Alice Nutter (writer)|Alice Nutter]] (of Ow My Hair's on Fire), and [[Dunstan Bruce|Dunstan "Dunst" Bruce]] (of Men in a Suitcase) and were living in a [[Squatting|squat]] in [[Armley]], [[Leeds]], on Carr Crofts road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/74128-Sky-Trees|title=Sky & Trees Label|website=[[Discogs]]|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> Harry "Daz" Hamer and Mavis "Mave" Dillon (aka David Mills, Man Afraid) - members, along with Whalley, of Barnsley punk band Passion Killers - joined soon after.<ref name="Glasper" /> Simon "Commonknowledge" Lanzon, who had been a member of [[Donovan]]'s band [[Open Road (band)|Open Road]] in the early 1970s, appeared on most of the band's early releases but was not usually listed as a band member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://badcatrecords.com/LANZONhusband.htm|website=Bad Cat Records|title=Simon Lanzon}}</ref>

Stalwarts of the [[cassette culture]] scene, the band released a number of [[cassette tape|tapes]] on their own [[Sky and Trees Records]] including ''Be Happy Despite It All'' - a split compilation with Passion Killers - and ''Raising Heck With Chumbawamba'', and were featured on many compilations. Chumbawamba were at the forefront of the 1980s [[anarcho-punk]] movement, frequently playing benefit gigs in squats and small halls for causes such as [[animal rights]], the [[anti-war]] movement, and community groups. The band's collective political views are often described as [[anarchism]] or [[anarcho-communist]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vanderbilt |first=Mike |date=2022-01-24 |title=25 years ago, Chumbawamba smuggled anarchist ideals onto the U.S. pop charts |url=https://www.avclub.com/chumbawamba-tubthumping-anarchist-25th-anniversary-1848412497 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en-us}}</ref> They made several songs about the [[UK miners' strike (1984-1985)|UK miners' strike]], including the cassette ''Common Ground'' and a song dedicated to the [[pit village]] of [[Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire|Fitzwilliam]], which was one of the worst cases of economic decline following the strike.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicdb.laadhari.com/Chumbawamba/Fitzwilliam/459081-lyrics.html |title=Fitzwilliam lyrics |website=Musicdb.laadhari.com |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822192523/http://musicdb.laadhari.com/Chumbawamba/Fitzwilliam/459081-lyrics.html |archive-date=22 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===With Agit-Prop Records (1985–89)===
[[File:Chumbawamba Luton Library May 1985.jpg|thumb|upright|The band performing at Luton library in 1985]]

By the mid-1980s Chumbawamba had begun to release material using the [[vinyl record|vinyl]] format on their own [[Agit-Prop records|Agit-Prop]] record label, which had evolved from an earlier project, [[Sky and Trees Records]]. The first release was the ''Revolution'' [[Extended play|EP]] in 1985, which quickly sold out of its initial run, and was re-pressed, reaching No.&nbsp;4 in the [[UK Indie Chart]], and staying in the chart for 34 weeks.<ref name="Glasper" /> The first LP, ''[[Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records]]'' (1986), was a critique of the [[Live Aid]] concert organised by [[Bob Geldof]], which the band argued was primarily a cosmetic spectacle designed to draw attention away from the real political causes of [[world hunger]].<ref name="Glasper" />

The band toured Europe with Dutch band [[The Ex (band)|the Ex]], and a collaboration between members of the two bands, under the name "Antidote", led to the release of an EP, ''Destroy Fascism!'', inspired by hardcore punk band [[Heresy (band)|Heresy]], with whom they had also toured.<ref name="Glasper" /> Both the Ex and Chumbawamba were released on cassette tape in Poland during this period, when music censorship was entrenched in [[Iron Curtain]] nations. The "RED" label, based in [[Wrocław]] in south-west Poland during the late 1980s, only released cassette tapes and, despite the limits enforced by Polish authorities, was able to release Chumbawamba's music, in addition to bands from the USSR, East Germany and Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Total rewind: 10 key moments in the life of the cassette|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/30/cassette-store-day-music-tapes|access-date=17 March 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 August 2013|author=Jude Rogers | author-link = Jude Rogers }}</ref>

Chumbawamba's second album, ''[[Never Mind the Ballots|Never Mind the Ballots...Here's the Rest of Your Lives]]'', was released in 1987, coinciding with the general election, and questions the validity of the British democratic system of the time.<ref name="Glasper" /> The band adopted another moniker, Scab Aid,<ref group=Note>[[:wikt:scab#Noun|Scab]] is a derogatory term for a worker who continues to work while others are on strike; a [[strikebreaker]]</ref> for the "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]" song release that parodied a version of the [[Beatles]] song recorded by the popstar supergroup [[Ferry Aid]] to raise money for victims of the [[MS Herald of Free Enterprise|Zeebrugge ferry disaster]].<ref name="Glasper" />

[[Image:Danbert2.jpg|thumb|Vocalist Danbert Nobacon at the [[University of Birmingham]], 1986, supporting [[Conflict (band)|Conflict]]]]

The 1988 album ''[[English Rebel Songs 1381–1914]]'' was a recording of traditional songs.

===With One Little Indian Records (1990–96)===
By the late 1980s and early 1990s, Chumbawamba had begun to absorb influences from [[techno music]] and [[rave culture]]. The band members quit their day jobs to begin concentrating on music full-time as they could now guarantee sales of 10,000 and they moved away from their original anarcho-punk roots, evolving a pop sensibility with releases such as ''[[Slap!]]'' (1990) and the [[Sampling (music)|sample]]-heavy ''[[Shhh (Chumbawamba album)|Shhh]]'' (1992) (originally intended to be released as ''Jesus H Christ!'', this album had to be withdrawn and re-recorded because of [[copyright]] problems). They also toured the United States for the first time in 1990.<ref name="Glasper" />

When [[Jason Donovan]] took ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' magazine to court that same year for claiming he was lying by denying he was [[Homosexuality|gay]], Chumbawamba responded by printing up hundreds of "Jason Donovan – Queer As Fuck" T-shirts and giving them away free with the single "[[Behave (Chumbawamba song)|Behave]]".

After signing to the independent [[One Little Indian Records|One Little Indian]] record label, ''[[Anarchy (Chumbawamba album)|Anarchy]]'' (1994) lyrically remained as politically uncompromising as ever, continuing to address issues such as [[homophobia]] (see song "[[Homophobia (song)|Homophobia]]",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chumba.com/media/1_homophobia.ram|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730150244/http://www.chumba.com/media/1_homophobia.ram|url-status=dead|title=Chumba.com|archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>  the [[music video]] of which features the [[Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence]]), the [[Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994|Criminal Justice Act]] and the rise of [[fascism]] in the UK following the election of [[Derek Beackon]], a [[British National Party]] councillor in south-east London in 1993.
The album was the band's biggest success to date, reaching the [[UK Album Chart|top 30]] in the UK and the singles "Timebomb" and "Enough Is Enough" both entering the low end of the [[UK Singles Chart]]. The latter featured [[Credit to the Nation]]'s rapper MC Fusion. The live shows to support the album were recorded and went to make up their first live album ''[[Showbusiness!]]'', released in 1995.
One Little Indian also re-released Chumbawamba's back catalogue, which meant that the first three albums were released on [[Compact disc|CD]] for the first time. The first two, ''Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records'' (1985) and ''Never Mind the Ballots'' (1987), were repackaged as one disc under the title ''First 2''.

Chumbawamba parted with One Little Indian during the recording of the 1996 album ''[[Swingin' with Raymond]]'', although they did release one last CD entitled ''Portraits of Anarchists'', which came with copies of [[Casey Orr]]'s book of the same name.

===With EMI Records (1997–2001)===
==== Controversy over EMI signing ====
Chumbawamba signed to [[EMI]] in Europe in 1997,<ref name="SuprisinglyAwesome">{{SuprisinglyAwesome|4-tubthumping|TubThumping}}</ref> a move that was viewed as controversial by many of their followers. They had been involved with a compilation LP called ''Fuck EMI'' in 1989, and had criticised the label in many of their earlier songs. 

The anarcho-punk band [[Oi Polloi]] (with whom Chumbawamba had previously toured and worked with on the 'Punk Aid' ''Smash the [[Poll tax (Great Britain)|Poll Tax]]'' [[Extended play|EP]]) released an 'anti-Chumbawamba' [[split EP]] with Riot/Clone, [[Bus Station Loonies]], Anxiety Society, The Chineapple Punks, Love Chips and Peas, and [[Wat Tyler (band)|Wat Tyler]], called ''Bare Faced Hypocrisy Sells Records'' ([[Ruptured Ambitions]] 1998). 

Chumbawamba argued that EMI had severed the link with weapons manufacturer [[Thorn Electrical Industries|Thorn]] a few years previously, and that experience had taught them that, in a capitalist environment, almost every record company operates on capitalist principles: "Our previous record label One Little Indian didn't have the evil symbolic significance of EMI however they were completely motivated by profit." They added that this move brought with it the opportunity to make the band financially viable as well as to communicate their message to a wider audience.<ref name=sorted>{{cite web|publisher=[[Sorted (magazine)|Sorted]]|url=http://www.sortedmagazine.com/archive/magazine/features/chumba.htm|title=Chumbawamba – Fighters not Writers|first=Donnacha|last=DeLong|date=1997}}</ref>

====''Tubthumper'' - mainstream success and political controversy (1997–99)====
[[File:Jude Abbott TFF.JPG|thumb|Jude Abbott joined the band in 1996 and would remain a member until the band's split in 2012]]

In 1997, Chumbawamba scored their biggest chart hit with "[[Tubthumping]]" (UK No.&nbsp;2, US No.&nbsp;6), which featured an audio sample of actor [[Pete Postlethwaite]]'s performance in the film ''[[Brassed Off]]'' on the album version.<ref name=TI>{{cite web |work= [[The Independent]] |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pete-postlethwaite-distinctive-prolific-actor-acclaimed-by-spielberg-as-the-best-in-the-world-2175128.html|title=Pete Postlethwaite: Distinctive, prolific actor, acclaimed by Spielberg as 'the best in the world'| first= Tom| last= Vallance|date=4 January 2011}}</ref> 

The single was followed by the album ''[[Tubthumper]]'', which incorporated elements of [[pop rock]], [[dance-pop]], and [[alternative rock]].<ref name="lollipop">{{cite web|last1=Hefflon|first1=Scott|title=Chumbawamba – Tubthumper – Interview|url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1997/12/chumbawamba-tubthumper-interview/|website=Lollipop Magazine|date=December 1997|accessdate=28 March 2021}}</ref> The album was the first to feature Jude Abbott on trumpet, wind instruments and vocals, replacing Mavis Dillon.

In early 1998 with "[[Amnesia (Chumbawamba song)|Amnesia]]" was released as the second single from the album, and reached No.&nbsp;10 in the UK. During this period Chumbawamba gained some notoriety over several controversial incidents, starting in August 1997 when Nutter was quoted in the British music paper ''[[Melody Maker]]'' as saying, "Nothing can change the fact that we like it when cops get killed."<ref name="MM Aug 97">{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=16 August 1997 |title=Lager is an Energy! |magazine= [[Melody Maker]] |publisher=IPC Magazines, Ltd. |page=18 }}</ref> The comment was met with outrage in Britain's tabloid press and was condemned by the [[Police Federation of England and Wales]].<ref name="MM Jan 98">{{cite magazine |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=3 January 1998 |title=Anarchy in the USA |magazine=[[Melody Maker]] |publisher=IPC Magazines, Ltd. |page=25 }}</ref> The band resisted pressure from EMI to issue an apology and Nutter only clarified her comment by stating, "If you're working class they won't protect you. When you hear about them, it's in the context of them abusing people, y'know, miscarriages of justice. We don't have a party when cops die, you know we don't."<ref name="MM Jan 98" />

In January 1998 Nutter appeared on the American political talk show ''[[Politically Incorrect]]'' and advised fans of their music who could not afford to buy their CDs to steal them from large chains such as [[HMV]] and [[Virgin Megastores|Virgin]], which prompted Virgin to remove the album from the shelves and start selling it from behind the counter.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |title=This Week in Entertainment History: January&nbsp;16,&nbsp;2016 – 22&nbsp;January&nbsp;2006 | website= [[KKTV]].com |archive-date=21 November 2011 |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=deviated |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111121230835/http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html  }}</ref>

A few weeks later, provoked by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government's refusal to support the [[Liverpool dockers' strike (1995–98)|Liverpool Dockworkers' Strike]], the band performed "Tubthumping" at the 1998 [[BRIT Awards]] with the lyric changed to include "New Labour sold out the dockers, just like they'll sell out the rest of us", and vocalist Danbert Nobacon later poured a jug of water over [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Deputy Prime Minister]] [[John Prescott]], who was in the audience.<ref name="Glasper" />

In the late 1990s, the band turned down $1.5 million from [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] to use the song "Tubthumping" in a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] advertisement.<ref name=nologo>{{cite book| last= Klein| first= Naomi |title= No Logo| place= New York| publisher= Picador| year= 2000| page= 301}}</ref> According to the band, the decision took approximately "30 seconds" to make.

In the [[EA Sports]] soccer game ''[[World Cup 98 (video game)|World Cup 98]]'', the song "Tubthumping" is one of the soundtrack titles.

In 2002, [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] paid Chumbawamba a sum of either $70,000 or $100,000 to use the song "[[Pass It Along]]" from the ''WYSIWYG'' album for a [[Pontiac Vibe]] television advertisement. Chumbawamba gave the money to the anti-[[corporation|corporate]] activist groups [[Independent Media Center|Indymedia]] and CorpWatch, who used the money to launch an information and environmental campaign against GM.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html |title=General Motors gets tub-thumped |website=[[Salon.com]] |first= Iain |last= Aitch |date=30 January 2002 |access-date=22 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070807045535/http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/30/chumbawamba/index.html |archive-date= 7 August 2007  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last= Rowan| first= David | url= https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jan/27/davidrowan.theobserver |title= Chumbawamba's tune turns the tables on US car giant| work= The Observer| via= theguardian.com| date= 27 January 2002| access-date= 3 March 2011}}</ref>

EMI released the band's first collection album which featured a mixed bag of songs from between 1985 and 1998 under the title ''[[Uneasy Listening (Chumbawamba album)|Uneasy Listening]]''.

Also in 1998 came a Japan-only mini album, ''Amnesia'', consisting of [[country and western]] style versions of recent hits "Tubthumping" and "Amnesia" alongside earlier songs like "Mouthful of Shit".

In 1998, Chumbawamba also contributed to the album released by the Polish [["Never Again" Association]] as a part of its Music Against Racism campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ONE RACE – HUMAN RACE. MUSIC AGAINST RACISM ON VINYL|url=https://www.nigdywiecej.org/en/our-news/195-articles-from-2021/4605-one-race-human-race-music-against-racism-on-vinyl|access-date=2021-07-21|website="NEVER AGAIN" ASSOCIATION|language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2021 the album was reissued as vinyl record ''One Race – Human Race. Music Against Racism: Part 2''.

As a millennium present, Chumbawamba sent out a limited edition single to everyone on their mailing list. The song was a shoop-shoop-style ballad, "[[Tony Blair (song)|Tony Blair]]", which read like a heartbroken letter to an ex-lover who had broken all his promises. The band would send another free single out two years later, this time a re-worked version of [[the Beatles]]' song "[[Her Majesty (Chumbawamba song)|Her Majesty]]" to coincide with the [[Queen Elizabeth II|Queen]]'s Golden Jubilee, with lyrics denouncing royalty.

==== ''WYSIWYG'' and leaving EMI (2000–01) ====

[[File:Neil Ferguson TFF.JPG|thumb|Neil Ferguson, who had engineered and produced the band's music since 1985, became a band member in 1999]]

Chumbawamba released the album ''[[WYSIWYG (album)|WYSIWYG]]'' in 2000, which included a cover of the early [[Bee Gees]] song "[[New York Mining Disaster]]". The single "[[She's Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy]]" was backed by "Passenger List For Doomed Flight 1721", a song that listed all of the people that the band would like to see "disappear". The list of unfortunates included Tony Blair, [[Ally McBeal]] and [[Bono]]. Chumbawamba parted from EMI in 2001. The band later said that they got what they wanted from the deal with EMI: "we released some great records, we travelled all over the world, appeared on all these TV programmes, and we made loads of money, a lot of which we gave away or ploughed into worthwhile causes".<ref name="Glasper" />

To celebrate their 20 years together, the band made a [[documentary film]] based on footage that they had recorded over the past two decades. Originally intended to be simply a compilation of their videos, the result was entitled ''Well Done, Now Sod off''. The title was taken from an early review of a Chumbawamba record and the film included both lovers and haters of the band.

=== With Mutt Records (2002–04)===

Chumbawamba formed Mutt Records, their own record label, in 2002. It released their albums ''[[Readymades (album)|Readymades]]'' (2002), ''[[Revengers Tragedy (album)|Revenger's Tragedy]]'' (2003 soundtrack), and ''[[Un (album)|Un]]'' (2004).<ref name=Larkin>{{Cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |language=en |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |publisher=Omnibus Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA133 }}</ref>

=== With No Masters Records (2005–11)===

[[File:Chumbawamba.jpg|thumb|The final 5-person line-up of the band in 2007 (l-r Ferguson, Watts, Whalley, Abbott, Moody)]]

In 2005, Chumbawamba moved to a cut-down acoustic lineup. This saw the departure of long-time members Danbert Nobacon, Alice Nutter, Harry Hamer and Dunstan Bruce, leaving a 4-person lineup featuring founder members Lou Watts and Boff Whalley with later additions Jude Abbott and long-term producer Neil Ferguson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukfestivalguides.com/artists/chumbawamba/|title=Chumbawamba|website=UK Festival Guides}}</ref> 

[[No Masters]] Records released Chumbawamba's ''[[A Singsong and a Scrap]]'' in 2005.{{r|Larkin}}

In 2007, Chumbawamba played at the [[Glastonbury Festival]].<ref>{{cite web | title = First bands confirmed for Glastonbury 2007 | url = https://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/25741 | publisher = [[NME]] | date = 10 January 2007 | access-date =18 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127104405/http://www.nme.com/news/glastonbury/25741 |archive-date=2007-01-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2007, the band announced via their website that a new album was in the works, stating that "the new album will be acoustic and probably won't sound like ''A Singsong and a Scrap''".

[[File:Phil Moody TFF.JPG|thumb|Phil Moody joined the band in 2007]]

The result was ''[[The Boy Bands Have Won]]'', released on 3 March 2008 in the UK and 14 March in mainland Europe. The record contained 25 tracks, some of them full-length songs, some of them no more than a minute long and was again acoustic folk in style. The album is the debut of Phil Moody as a band member, and features the [[Oysterband]], [[Roy Bailey (folk singer)|Roy Bailey]] and [[Barry Coope]] amongst others.

In late 2009 Chumbawamba toured northern England in their self-penned pantomime, a comedy musical entitled ''Riot, Rebellion & Bloody Insurrection'' with the Red Ladder Theatre Company. In late February 2010 they released their 15th album, titled ''[[ABCDEFG (album)|ABCDEFG]]''.

In September 2011, past and present band members protested when the [[UK Independence Party]] used "Tubthumping" at their annual conference.<ref>{{cite news|author=Alexandra Topping |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/sep/09/chumbawumba-tubthumping-crazy-ukip-song |title=Chumbawamba go Tubthumping crazy over Ukip's use of No1 hit &#124; Politics |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date= 9 September 2011|access-date=10 September 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

===Break-up and post-breakup activities (2012–present)===
[[File:Lou Watts TFF.JPG|thumb|Founder member Lou Watts performing in 2012]]

On 8 July 2012, Chumbawamba announced that they would be disbanding at the end of the year. On their website they opened the statement with "That's it then, it's the end. With neither a whimper, a bang or a reunion." They stated they would continue with individual efforts, and ended their official statement:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chumba.com/end.php |title=Chumbawamba |website=Chumba.com |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228052417/http://www.chumba.com/end.php |archive-date=28 February 2014  }}</ref>
<blockquote>
We do, of course, reserve the right to re-emerge as Chumbawamba doing something else entirely (certainly not touring and putting out albums every 2 or 3 years). But frankly, that's not very likely. Thirty years of being snotty, eclectic, funny, contrary and just plain weird. What a privilege, and what a good time we've had.
</blockquote>

In December 2012, the final UK show, filmed at the [[Leeds City Varieties]] on Halloween night, was released as Chumbawamba's only live DVD, entitled ''[[Going, Going – Live at Leeds City Varieties]]''.

A mail-order EP, ''[[In Memoriam: Margaret Thatcher]]'', was released on 8 April 2013. The CD had been recorded around 2005 and made available for pre-order at gigs and on the group's website, to be issued upon the death of [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name="Streaming version">{{cite news|title=In Memorium|url=http://www.factmag.com/2013/04/10/stream-chumbawambas-in-memoriam-an-ep-recorded-in-2005-and-made-available-upon-margaret-thatchers-death/|newspaper=Fact Magazine|date=10 April 2013 |access-date=10 April 2013|author1=Fact }}</ref>

==== Post-breakup band member activities ====

[[File:Dunstan Bruce from Chumbawamba, the Opera North chorus and Hope & Social on stage at the Awakening. LEEDS 2023.jpg|thumb|Dunstan Bruce performing "Tubthumping" with [[Opera North]] and [[Hope & Social]] for the launch of the [[Leeds 2023]] year of culture]]

After leaving Chumbawamba, vocalist Dunstan Bruce founded Dandy Films, an independent film and video company whose projects have included a "video blog" of [[Levellers (band)|the Levellers]]' UK tour during 2010 and [[Sham 69]]'s tour of China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://magazine.brighton.co.uk/Home/Editorial/A%20Weapon%20Called%20The%20Word:%20Levellers%20Go%20Grassroots%20With%20Debut%20Reissue/21_38_3166 |title=Brighton Magazine – A Weapon Called The Word: Levellers Go Grassroots With Debut Reissue |website=Magazine.brighton.co.uk |access-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930051249/http://magazine.brighton.co.uk/Home/Editorial/A%20Weapon%20Called%20The%20Word:%20Levellers%20Go%20Grassroots%20With%20Debut%20Reissue/21_38_3166 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012 former Chumbawamba members Dunstan Bruce and Harry Hamer formed a new band, Interrobang?!, with guitarist Stephen Griffin of London-based [[Regular Fries]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interrobangband.co.uk/|title=Interrobang?!|website=Interrobang?!|access-date=16 September 2018}}</ref>

In August 2017, Dunstan Bruce, Boff Whalley and Jude Abbott were interviewed on [[BBC]]'s ''[[The One Show]]'' from the Leeds City Varieties and near their former home celebrating 20 years since the release of "[[Tubthumping]]".

Chumbawamba is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and participated in a 2018 Radio PSA for them.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|title=Radio – Artists Against Racism|website=Artistsagainstracism.org|access-date=16 September 2018|archive-date=7 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007213912/http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Former member Alice Nutter has had a number of plays performed at the [[Leeds Playhouse]], where she took a writing course in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-15|title=Leeds Playhouse marks 50 years with dramas rolling back the decades|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/apr/15/leeds-playhouse-maxine-peake-simon-armitage-alice-nutter-50-years|access-date=2021-07-03|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> A neon sculpture on the side of the theatre features the lyric "I get knocked down but I get up again" from the band's single "[[Tubthumping]]".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lockdown 'knocked down' Leeds Playhouse but it 'got back up again' for Leeds communities|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/lockdown-knocked-down-leeds-playhouse-but-it-got-back-up-again-for-leeds-communities-3188625|access-date=2021-07-03|website=Yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk|date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==== Documentary ====
On 1 July 2015 Dunstan Bruce started a [[Kickstarter]] to fund a documentary titled ''I Get Knocked Down (The Untold Story of Chumbawamba)'' that told the band's entire history from different members' perspective. He surpassed his £40,000 goal.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Get Knocked Down (The Untold Story of Chumbawamba)|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunstanbruce/i-get-knocked-down-the-untold-story-of-chumbawamba/|author=Dunstan Bruce|publisher=[[Kickstarter]]|date=1 July 2015|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> That same year, Chumbawamba was the featured subject on two [[podcast]]s produced by [[Gimlet Media]]: ''StartUp'' #16 "The Secret Formula"<ref name="StartUp #16">{{cite web |last1=Blumberg |first1=Alex |title=StartUp #16 The Secret Formula |url=https://gimletmedia.com/shows/startup/brhob6/gimlet-16-the-secret-formula |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092554/https://gimletmedia.com/episode/16-the-secret-formula/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=21 December 2015 |publisher=Gimlet Media}}</ref> and ''Surprisingly Awesome'' #4 "Tubthumping".<ref name="Surprisingly Awesome">{{cite web |last1=McKay |first1=Adam |date=2015-12-01 |title=Surprisingly Awesome #4 Tubthumping |url=https://gimletmedia.com/shows/surprisingly-awesome/z3hz9j/4-tubthumping |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115524/https://gimletmedia.com/episode/tubthumping/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=21 December 2015 |website=Gimlet Media}}</ref>