The Crocketts

The Crocketts were signed to Blue Dog Records and released two studio albums: We May Be Skinny & Wirey in 1998 and The Great Brain Robbery in 2000.

The Crocketts formed in late 1996 while band members Davey MacManus, Daniel Harris, Richard Carter and Owen Hopkin were attending Aberystwyth University.

[1] An early lineup of the band known as the Crocketts 20th Century Vikings, featuring second vocalist Hannah Fowler and Graham Salisbury in place of Hopkin, released an EP in 1996 entitled Frog on a Stick.

[4] The song "Stunner" from the EP received airplay on the animated TV series Daria,[1] while "Will You Still Care" was named by Kerrang!

[5] Between late March and early April 2000, the band completed a four-night residency at the Kashmir Klub in London, the final date of which saw the release of their next single "Host".

[17] The band recorded and toured throughout early to mid 2001, including a support slot at a pair of Stereophonics stadium shows in July.

[5] The remaining three members later recorded an EP under the name Klutzville,[3] before Harris also left in May and the band officially broke up.

[5] At the time of their breakup, The Crocketts had been recording material for a planned third album, but the departure of Harris was described as a "tragic and unforeseen blow" which signalled the end of the band.

[20] Shortly after the breakup of The Crocketts, MacManus and Hopkin returned with a new band, The Crimea, and recorded their first album quickly.