5 Things you may not know about Cornershop…

We at Cornershop HQ are surprised and gladened how the band are often described and at times horrified. So we thought we would leave a few titbits before we eventually get to the main body of information. Therefore we will be putting up extra curricular snacks over the next month. Wikipedia being so Waki.

  1. First English group to work with Dan the Automator of Kool Keith Dr Octagon & sadly more laterly for Gorillaz fame. See Candyman track for Nike
  2. The London club night Buttoned Down Disco is named after the track Buttoned Down Disco from the Clinton Album
  3. Original Cornershop drummer David D Chambers used a lawnmower grass collector as part of his initial drum kit with the group
  4. Laura Marling & Jeffrey Lewis had their cover version of Eminem’s Brain Damage recorded by Tjinder at his Sassy P Studios.
  5. Cornershop were the last group to work with Allen Ginsberg on track ‘When The Light Appears Boy’