Moodswings (band)

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Moodswings
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Electronic, ambient, trance
Years active	1992–2002
Labels	Water Music/Varèse Sarabande/Universal Records Arista/BMG Records
Past members	James F. T. Hood Grant Showbiz

Moodswings were a British musical duo composed of Grant Showbiz and James F. T. Hood.

History

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Grant Showbiz was a onetime roadie and guitar tech who later produced albums by the Smiths, Billy Bragg, Silverfish, and Gong.^[1] James Hood was a former drummer for the Pretenders, the Impossible Dreamers, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, and Jeff Beck. After Showbiz and Hood teamed up in 1989, the duo released the album Moodfood (Arista/BMG, 1992), which scored a hit with a remade single of "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Pt. II", which featured vocals by Chrissie Hynde;^[2] (the original song is called "State of Independence" written by Jon Anderson and Vangelis from the Jon and Vangelis album The Friends of Mr Cairo ).^[1] "Spiritual High Pt. III", from the same album, featured samples from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

The Live at Leeds EP (Arista) followed in 1994 (with artwork styled after the album by the Who of the same name), and in 1997, the group released Psychedelicatessen (Arista/BMG),^[2] which featured vocals from Tanita Tikaram, on the song "Oh Happy Day". Grant Showbiz was a member of Moodswings up until the album Horizontal, which James Hood solo-produced (Varèse Sarabande, 2002). Julee Cruise sang vocals on two tracks from Horizontal: "Seems to Remind Me" and "Into the Blue". Hood contributed "Storm in a Teacup" from the same album for the 2005 documentary Do You Believe? Another World Is Possible.