FROM busking the subways of Hammersmith to cult icon status, The Men They Couldn't Hang are celebrating 24 years together with a tour that takes in Bury Met on Saturday.
First appearing as support to the then Pogue Mahone - indeed, some of the band members were in Shane MacGowan's previous band - TMTCH began to attract attention with a John Peel session and number one indie single The Green Fields Of France.
First album, Night Of A Thousand Candles, was released in 1985 and included the singles Ironmasters and Greenback Dollar.
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In 1986 the band released their second album How Green is the Valley before 1988's Waiting For Bonaparte heralded a growing live reputation.
The band decided to call it a day in 1990 but reformed two years later for the 10th anniversary of the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden, a venue the band had played so many times it seemed like home.
Two sold out shows became a Christmas mini tour and soon the band were playing again yearly before the yearning to make another record saw 1996 produce Never Born To Follow.
In 2002 the band completed The Cherry Red Jukebox, probably their finest work to date. A live DVD of their 20th anniversary show at the Carling Islington Academy is also now available and TMTCH are about to record a new album.
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Kat Dibbits
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