Fat Les?
Fat Les is a group formed by three mates:
Keith Allen, Damien Hirst, and Alex James
- What do they do?
Keith Allen is a
comedian and actor, he has
starred in many comedies and films. He was
also the successful city dweller in the video
for Blur's Country House. His previous attempt
at a world cup song for England was very
successful. 'World In Motion' reached no.1 in
the UK singles Charts back in 1990. This was
written for The Italian World Cup.
Damien Hirst is a
very successful Artist. He
has made millions on his bizarre artwork.
He has proved himself to be one of the best
British artists around. Damien also directed
the Country House video for Blur, back in 1995.
He has absolutely no interest in Football and is
from up North.
Alex
James should you know not, is the
bassist for blur. He has proved to be a hit with
the ladies, making special appearances in
'Elle' magazine.
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- Is anyone else
involved?
Accompanying them in the video and sometimes
on stage: Dennis Pennis, Harry Enfield, Matt
Lucas. Dennis Pennis dressed up as Ginger Spice
on stage for the Pepsi Chart Show.
- Former Clash lead
singer Joe Strummer also joined
Fat Les for the Christmas single ' Goblin in the
Office'
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Why the name Fat Les?
Keith and Damien explained that the name is not
after 'Fat Lesbians' nor 'Fat Les Ferdinand', it is
however 'The Fat Sound you get from a Gibson Les
Paul'
I don't believe that!
surely that's not the right
reason for the name.
Correct. Fat Les is a term for the stereotypical
English Football Fan. Fat, Loud, smelly, rude, and
likes a good old take away.
Why Vindaloo?
Why not.
Who's idea was all
this?
None other than Alex James. He made up the tune
and it went from there
Why Doesn't Alex James
ever appear with
Damien Hirst and Keith Allen?
Alex is not allowed to promote the single, which
includes not performing on stage. This is Something
to do with contracts he has signed with Food records.
A few people weren't very happy when he decided to
form another band called 'me me me' and release a
single called 'Hanging Around'.
What's on the vindaloo
video?
The video is a parody of The Verve's 'Bittersweet
Symphony' video. It has Dennis Pennis dressed up
as Richard Ashcroft walking down the same road
as featured in Bitersweet Symphony. He is followed
by Keith Allen, Harry Enfield Characters, George
Dawes and many more.
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