Grant Showbiz (real name Grant Cunliffe) is a British record producer principally known for his work with The Fall, The Smiths, and Billy Bragg plus as an artist in his own right with Moodswings.[1] He has worked on more albums by both The Fall (15) & Billy Bragg (14) than any other producer, and continues to work with Bragg. Showbiz has been awarded Gold Records for The Smiths' Rank, Billy Bragg's Don't Try This At Home and The Wilco/Bragg collaboration Mermaid Vol.1, and received Grammy nominations for both Mermaid Avenue Vols 1 & 2.
Showbiz started as a soundman for anarcho-hippypunks Here & Now in 1976.[2] Showbiz ran the sound and stage at many free festivals such as Windsor and Stonehenge. Stamping his personality on proceedings, using a microphone plugged into the soundboard, he would often amiably harangue those onstage to get on with it, or off, as circumstances might merit. He quickly forged links with the punk scene, producing albums for Alternative TV & The Fall. In 1979 he set up the Ladbroke Grove-based Street-Level Studio with Kif Kif (ex drummer of Here & Now) & José Gross (ex keyboard player from Here & Now, guitarist from Blank Space and The Real Imitations), going on to record a swathe of bands including The Fall, Alternative TV, Mark Perrys' Good Missionaries, The Door And The Window, 012, World Domination Enterprises, The Mob, Impossible Dreamers, The Astronauts, Blyth Power, Brian Brain, The Petticoats, Androids Of Mu, The Instant Automatons & Take It - many released on the associated pioneering DIY record label Fuck Off Records. At this time Showbiz also began making music himself, playing bass in Blue Midnight (who he continues to record & play live with).
Through connections with Rough Trade Showbiz became The Smiths live sound engineer, working with them from their fifth gig until their last gig in 1986. He produced their live album Rank and recorded their last ever tracks "Work Is a Four Letter Word" and "I Keep Mine Hidden". He filmed a backstage video Reel Around the Fountain of their 1984 UK tour and recorded most of their live shows.[citation needed]
From 1989, Showbiz was member of studio-based band Moodswings until their 2002 album Horizontal.
Showbiz continues to tour as sound engineer for Billy Bragg.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Grant Showbiz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Grant Showbiz real name Grant Cunliffe is a British record producer principally known for his work with The Fall The Smiths and Billy Bragg plus as an artist in his own right with Moodswings 1 He has worked on more albums by both The Fall 15 amp Billy Bragg 14 than any other producer and continues to work with Bragg Showbiz has been awarded Gold Records for The Smiths Rank Billy Bragg s Don t Try This At Home and The Wilco Bragg collaboration Mermaid Vol 1 and received Grammy nominations for both Mermaid Avenue Vols 1 amp 2 Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Discography 3 1 Blue Midnight 3 1 1 Albums 3 1 2 Singles 3 2 Billy Bragg 3 2 1 Albums 3 2 2 Singles 3 3 The Fall 3 3 1 Albums 3 3 2 Singles 3 4 The Smiths 3 4 1 Album 3 4 2 B sides 3 5 Moodswings 3 5 1 Albums 4 References 5 External linksCareer editShowbiz started as a soundman for anarcho hippypunks Here amp Now in 1976 2 Showbiz ran the sound and stage at many free festivals such as Windsor and Stonehenge Stamping his personality on proceedings using a microphone plugged into the soundboard he would often amiably harangue those onstage to get on with it or off as circumstances might merit He quickly forged links with the punk scene producing albums for Alternative TV amp The Fall In 1979 he set up the Ladbroke Grove based Street Level Studio with Kif Kif ex drummer of Here amp Now amp Jose Gross ex keyboard player from Here amp Now guitarist from Blank Space and The Real Imitations going on to record a swathe of bands including The Fall Alternative TV Mark Perrys Good Missionaries The Door And The Window 012 World Domination Enterprises The Mob Impossible Dreamers The Astronauts Blyth Power Brian Brain The Petticoats Androids Of Mu The Instant Automatons amp Take It many released on the associated pioneering DIY record label Fuck Off Records At this time Showbiz also began making music himself playing bass in Blue Midnight who he continues to record amp play live with Through connections with Rough Trade Showbiz became The Smiths live sound engineer working with them from their fifth gig until their last gig in 1986 He produced their live album Rank and recorded their last ever tracks Work Is a Four Letter Word and I Keep Mine Hidden He filmed a backstage video Reel Around the Fountain of their 1984 UK tour and recorded most of their live shows citation needed From 1989 Showbiz was member of studio based band Moodswings until their 2002 album Horizontal Showbiz continues to tour as sound engineer for Billy Bragg Personal life editHe is married to Frank Chickens frontwoman Kazuko Hohki 3 Discography editThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Formatting non use of wikitable s laundry list appearance unreferenced Please help improve this section if you can August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Blue Midnight edit Albums edit Love Not Devotion Le Bal Des Idiots Blue Midnight Father Of Apples Balance Singles edit Street Level E P Just A Dream Billy Bragg edit Albums edit The Internationale Don t Try This At Home William Bloke Bloke On Bloke Mermaid Avenue Vol 1 with Wilco amp Natalie Merchant Reaching To The Converted Mermaid Avenue Vol 2 with Wilco Bill s Bargains Must I Paint You A Picture The Essential Billy Bragg England Half English Live At the Barbican Boxsets Vol 1 amp 2 Mr Love amp Justice Pressure Drop Singles edit The Boy Done Good Take Down The Union Jack Johnny Clash The Fall edit Albums edit Dragnet 1979 Totales Turns 1980 Grotesque 1980 Slates 1981 A Part Of America Therein 1982 Hex Enduction Hour 1982 The Frenz Experiment 1988 Shiftwork 1991 Twenty Seven Points 1995 The Legendary Chaos Tapes 1996 The Unutterable 2000 Country On The Click The Real New Fall LP 2003 Live At Deeply Vale 2005 Imperial Wax Solvent 2008 Last Night At The Palais 2009 Re Mit 2013 Singles edit There s A Ghost In My House 1987 Hi Tension Line 1990 The Chiselers 1996 The Smiths edit Album edit Rank 1988 B sides edit Nowhere Fast Stretch Out And Wait Shakespeare s Sister Meat Is Murder Work Is A Four Letter Word I Keep Mine Hidden Moodswings edit Albums edit Moodfood Live At Leeds PsychedelicatessenReferences edit Ankeny Jason Biography Grant Showbiz Allmusic Retrieved 2011 04 06 Here and Now 1976 Archived from the original on 2015 10 20 Retrieved 2011 04 06 TitleThe Good Wife of Tokyo British Film Institute Retrieved 20 March 2022External links editGrant Showbiz at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Grant Showbiz amp oldid 1180208761, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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