The group, named after a 1981 collection of sci-fi short stories by George R. R. Martin, released seven singles and an EP with Mann between 1988 and 1992 as well as an album.
[citation needed] The Sandkings were the opening act for Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses in the early 1990s, but Mann left the band because of creative differences.
It became the fastest selling single in the United Kingdom in over thirty years, since The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love".
Critic Jon Savage wrote, "Staring into the cameras, as sexy/strange as Mick Jagger in 1965, Mann cast the nation under his spell.
In 2004, Mann staged a competition in which he asked fans to sum up their lives in one word, which he would then write into the song lyrics of his new album.
[7] In 2008, Mann co-founded the Indomina Group, an independent studio based in Los Angeles and the Dominican Republic.