BAND NAME KEY:

SCREEN GEMZ: ACTIVE 1979 - 1982 - KARL HYDE AND OTHERS

FREUR: ACTIVE 1982 - 1987 KARL HYDE AND RICK SMITH AND 3 OTHERS

UNDERWORLD - MK I: ACTIVE 1987 - 1990 - KARL HYDE AND RICK SMITH AND OTHERS

UNDERWORLD - MK II: ACTIVE 1990 - 2000 - KARL HYDE, RICK SMITH AND DARREN EMERSON

UNDERWORLD - MK II (AD): (AFTER DARREN) ACTIVE 2000 - PRESENT DAY - KARL HYDE AND RICK SMITH

EAGLES PREY: ACTIVE 1992 - ‘TONTO’S DRUM’: DARREN EMERSON REMIXED, KARL HYDE ON GUITARS & RICK SMITH PROGRAMMING

LEMON INTERUPT: ACTIVE 1992 - SAME MEMBERS AS UNDERWORLD MARK II

STEPPIN RAZOR: ACTIVE 1992 - 1994 - RICK SMITH AND DARREN EMERSON - REMIXING PARTNERSHIP - 'STEPPIN RAZOR' BELOW

FOR FULL DETAILS OF THESE BAND DESCRIPTIONS GO TO HISTORY PAGE

8 BALL

UNRELEASED PROMOTIONAL 12" & EUROPEAN CD5 SINGLE - TRACK ALSO APPEARS ON ‘THE BEACH’ LP SOUNDTRACK

• BLACK COLOURED BALL USED IN POOL & BILLIARDS WITH THE NUMBER 8 WRITTEN UPON IT

• MAGIC ‘8 BALL’ - AMERICAN IN ORIGIN (?) - GIMMICK USED TO DETERMINE DECISIONS -YOU ASK THE MAGIC 8 BALL A QUESTION - THE BALL IS SHAKEN AND ANSWER IS REVEALED…

EIGHT (8)
adjective / noun: A CARDINAL NUMBER AND ITS SYMBOL (8)

BALL
noun: A ROUND BODY; A BULLET; A DANCE

also A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT USED IN VARIOUS SPORTS

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: '8 BALL RECORDS' (US RECORD LABEL)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE WWW.8BALL.COM - SOFTWARE WEBSITE

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE WWW.8BALL.ORG - BILLIARDS WEBSITE

501’s

• MAKE OF JEANS MADE BY LEVIS, AS MENTIONED IN THE LYRICS TO ‘DIRTY’ & ‘DIRTY EPIC’ :

‘…AND I GOT PHONE SEX TO SEE ME THROUGH THE EMPTINESS IN MY 501’S - FREEZE DRIED WITH A NEW RELIGION’

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE WWW.LEVIS.COM - SOFTWARE WEBSITE

215 MILES

CD5 EXTRA TRACK - AS FEATURED ON ’DARK AND LONG’ CD SINGLE - TRACK - #4 - BASICALLY A REMIX OF ‘DARK AND LONG’

• A SET DISTANCE - UNCERTAIN WHAT DISTANCE THIS REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF THE TRACK - PERHAPS THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED BY KARL / UNDERWORLD BETWEEN TOUR VENUES?
  

MILE
noun: 1760 Yards / 1.6093km / 1,609m / 160,930cm / 16,093,000mm

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: '25 MILES (GOT TO KEEP ON)' - EDWIN STARR SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: '60 MILES AN HOUR' - NEW ORDER SINGLE

140996

12" PROMO REMIX (OF ‘PEARL’S GIRL’) AS WRITTEN ON CERTAIN 12" PROMO VERSIONS

(ALSO ISSUED TO THE NME FOR FREE CASSETTE - ‘BLEEPING WITH THE NME’ - ‘140996’ VERSION - ALSO KNOWN AS THE ‘NME MIX’)

140996
meaning: 14TH SEPTEMBER 1996 - THE DATE WHEN THE TRACK WAS RECORDED

A HUNDRED DAYS OFF

UNDERWORLD’S (MK II) (AD) 4TH STUDIO ALBUM - 2 X VINYL LP, CD & PROMOTIONAL CD ALBUM (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• TIME BAND TOOK OFF FROM WORK BEFORE EMBARKING ON THE PROJECT WHICH BECAME THE ALBUM ‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ - SOME PROMOS HAVE IT WRITTEN AS ‘AHUNDREDDAYSOFF’ - THE FINISHED ALBUM HAS NO PUNCTUATION SPACES ON THE COVER.
• ALBUM WAS ORIGINALLY TO BE CALLED ‘ANSUM - A HUNDRED YEARS’ (SEE ANSUM) NOT TOO SURE OF THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE

HUNDRED
adjective: TEN TIMES TEN
noun: TEN TIMES TEN ; THE SYMBOL FOR THIS, X; AN OLD DIVISION OF A COUNTY
NUMBER FORMAT: 100

DAYS
plural: OF DAY

DAY
noun: THE TIME BETWEEN THE RISING AND THE SETTING OF THE SUN; LIGHT; TIME; PARTICULAR PERIOD OF SUCCESS OR INFLUENCE

OFF
adverb: AWAY; DISTANT; DETACHED; OUT OF CONDITION
adjective: CANCELLED; (OF FOOD) HAVING GONE BAD
preposition: AWAY FROM; NOT ON

ALWAYS LIKED A FILM

AS YET UNRELEASED 'NEW' TRACK - PLAYED IN OSAKA JAPAN IN 2003

ALWAYS
adverb: AT ALL TIMES, INVARIABLY

LIKED
verb: TO HAVE LIKED, TO FIND PLEASANT OR ATTRACTIVE

A
indefinite article USED BEFORE A CONSONANT; ONE; ANY: PER

FILM
noun: A MOVIE, A THIN SKIN OR MEMBRANE, A THIN COVERING OR COATING, ETC (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

ANSUM

CD5 EXTRA TRACK AS FEATURED ON ‘DINOSAUR ADVENTURE’ CD SINGLE

ANSUM - POSSIBLE MEANINGS:
‘…AND SOME’ - AS IN THE PHRASE - ‘IT WAS VERY BUSY IN THERE - AND (THEN) SOME…’ AN UNDERSTATEMENT OF SORTS…

OR

‘HANSOM’ - AS IN GOOD LOOKING (MALE)

UNRELATED TO UNDEWRORLD WEBSITE: WWW.ANSUM.COM - (NOT SURE WHAT THIS WEBSITE IS ABOUT AS ITS ALL IN A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE!)

ANSUM - A HUNDRED YEARS

UNDERWORLD (MK II) (AD) UNUSED POSSIBLE NAME FOR THE 4TH STUDIO ALBUM - CHANGED TO ‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’

ANSUM - POSSIBLE MEANINGS:
‘…AND SOME’ - AS IN THE PHRASE - ‘IT WAS VERY BUSY IN THERE - AND (THEN) SOME…’ AN UNDERSTATEMENT OF SORTS…
OR ‘HANSOM’ - AS IN GOOD LOOKING (MALE)

HUNDRED
adjective: TEN TIMES TEN
noun: TEN TIMES TEN ; THE SYMBOL FOR THIS, X; AN OLD DIVISION OF A COUNTY
NUMBER FORMAT - 100

YEARS
plural: OF YEAR -

YEAR
noun: A PERIOD OF THE EARTH’S COMPLETE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN; 12 MONTHS; 365 OR 366 DAYS

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: THE HUNDRED YEARS WAR - WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE THAT LASTED 102 YEARS - 14TH CENTURY

ANTIROM

TOMATO BASED WEDSITE - ANTIROM WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AT LEAST TWO CD-ROMS, WHICH INCLUDED MUSIC MADE ESPECIALLY BY UNDERWORLD.

WEBSITE: WWW.ANTIROM.COM

AIR TOWEL

‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ ALBUM TRACK #6

AIR
noun: THE ATMOSPHERE; A LIGHT BREEZE; A TUNE ; BEARING
plural noun: AFFECTED MANNER

TOWEL
noun: A CLOTH FOR DRYING

AIR TOWEL
proper noun: (ASSUMED) AN ALTERNATIVE (POSSIBLY JAPANESE) NAME FOR A WASH ROOM HAND DRIER (AUTOMATIC HOT AIR DRIER) (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.AIRTOWLE.COM.AU AUSTRALIAN AIR DRYER TECHNOLOGIES....

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.AIRTOWEL.COM - INFLATABLE BEACH TOWELS....

BABES

GENERALLY GORGEOUS LOOKING WOMEN OR GIRLS - SLANG OF ‘BABY’ - THESE ARE OFTEN SEEN ON NIGHTS OUT IN ROMFORD - ACCORDING TO ‘BORN SLIPPY’ LYRICS! (AS FEATURED IN FHM - SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘BORN SLIPPY NUXX’:

"AND BABES AND BABES AND BABES AND BABES..."

BACK TO MINE

UNDERWORLD (MK. II) (AD) PERSONAL COMPILATION FOR DMC UK - 13TH IN A SERIES OF ALBUMS PRODUCED BY VARIOUS STARS - SEE DISCOGRAPHY FOR MORE DETAILS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

WEBSITE: WWW.DMC.COM - THE BACK TO MINE LABEL

BALLET LANE

‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACK #9

BALLET
noun: THEATRICAL DANCE (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LANE
noun: NARROW ROAD; PATH ETC; A PATH OR STRIP SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR SHIPS, AIRCRAFT OR CARS ETC,.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'PENNY LANE' - BEATLES SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'LOIS LANE' - SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND

UNRELATED TO UNDEWRORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BALLET.CO.UK - UK BALLET WEBSITE

BANSTYLE

SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS ALBUM TRACK - (JOINTLY TITLED WITH ‘SAPPY’S CURRY’) - TRACK #2

BAN
noun: PROHIBITION; A EDICT *vt TO CURSE; TO FORBID

STYLE
noun: MANNER OF DOING ANYTHING; TITLE; FASHION

BANSTYLE
LITERALLY MEANING TO FORBID ‘STYLE’ - AS IN TO BAN FASHION - WHETHER THIS IS WHAT IS INTENDED IS A DIFFERENT MATTER

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'STYLE' - SINGLE BY ORBITAL

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BAND AID' - CHARITY POP GROUP FORMED BY BOB GELDOF AND MIDGE URE IN 1984

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BAND AID' - THE BRAND NAME FOR ELASTOPLAST / STICKING PLASTERS

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BANSTYLE.COM - SLIPSTREAM PARADISE

BEAUCOUP FISH

UNDERWORLD’S (MK II) THIRD STUDIO ALBUM - 2 X VINYL LP, CD, LIMITED CD & MINI DISC (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• STORY OF NAME: DURING A TRIP TO THE STATES, UNDERWORLD MET A MAN FROM LOUISIANA, WHO HAS NOW BECOME A FRIEND OF THEIRS...DURING A FISHING TRIP, KARL RECORDED SNIPPETS OF SPEECH FROM THE MAN (AS THEY DID WITH MANY PEOPLE THEY MET ON THEIR TRAVELS).
  IT WAS DURING PLAYBACK OF THESE TAPES AT THE RECORDING OF ‘JUMBO’ AND ‘CUPS’ THAT UNDERWORLD DISCOVERED THIS PHRASE FROM MR. LOUISIANA…. TOYING OVER ALBUM TITLES…(SEE ‘TONIGHT MATTHEW WE’RE GOING TO BE…UNDERWORLD’)…THEIR BAND MANAGER, STEVE HALL, DECIDED THAT IT WAS AN IDEAL NAME FOR THE TITLE OF THE ‘IN PRODUCTION’ ALBUM…NOT CONVINCED, IT WAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE ALL OF THE BAND AGREED ON IT...

BEAUCOUP
(FRENCH) TRANSLATION: ‘BEAUCOUP’ - EXCELLENT (PRONOUNCED ‘BOW-KOO’)

FISH
noun: A COLD BLOODED ANIMAL LIVING IN WATER, HAVING BACKBONES, GILLS AND FINS.
transitive verb: TO CATCH OR TRY TO CATCH FISH

"I’VE CAUGHT BEAUCOUP FISH IN REVENSBURGH" - QUOTE FROM ‘JUMBO’ - (POSSIBLY ‘REVERENT BURTON’)

BERLIN

CAPITAL CITY OF FORMER EAST GERMANY, NOW GERMAN NATIONAL CAPITAL, ONCE DIVIDED IN TWO BY A WALL WHICH SEPARATED THE COMMUNIST EAST FROM THE FREE WEST (SEE PICTURE OF BRANDENBURG GATE ON RIGHT)

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘PUSH UPSTAIRS’ -

"TINA LIVES IN BERLIN"

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BERLIN.DE - GERMAN GUIDE TO THE CAPITAL CITY

BETHNAL GREEN

TUBE STATION, RESIDENTIAL AREA / SUBURB IN LONDON - THE TUBE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE CENTRAL LINE (SEE MAP ON RIGHT)

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘STAGGER’

NON RELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BETHNALGREEN.COM - BETHNAL GREEN WEBSITE

BIG MOUTH

LEMON INTERUPT / UNDERWORLD (MK II) 12" SINGLE & CD 5 - DOUBLE A SIDE TO ‘ECLIPSE’

• TRACK FEATURES: HARMONICA BY ‘PHILADELPHIA SLIM’ (NOT SURE WHO THIS PERSON IS - POSSIBLY KARL WHO PLAYS IT ON TOUR WHEN THEY DO 'BIG MOUTH')

• BIG MOUTH - REFERS TO THE NAME OF A PERSON WHO PLAYS THE HARMONICA (ASSUMED) (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

BIG
adjective: GREAT; LARGE

MOUTH
noun: ORGAN USED FOR SPEECH, BREATHING, EATING

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'MICKEY’S BIG MOUTH BEER' - US ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BIGMOUTH.COM - BULLSHIT FREE ADVERTISING

BIG SCREEN SATELLITE

NAME OF THIS WEBSITE, AS CREATED BY MATTVAL FROM 'FRUIT AND VEG RECORDS'

• LYRIC FROM ‘DIRTY EPIC’ - SEE LYRICS:

‘…AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS DORIS DAY IN A BIG SCREEN SATELLITE’

BIG
adjective: GREAT; LARGE

SCREEN
noun: A SHIELD FROM DRAUGHTS, HEAT ETC,; A SIEVE; A PARTITION IN A CHURCH; A SHEET ON WHICH PICTURES ARE PROJECTED; AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY

SATELLITE
noun: A SMALL PLANET REVOLVING AROUND A LARGER; A MAN MADE OBJECT ORBITING THE EARTH TO GATHER SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

BLONDE

• LYRIC AS HEARD IN THE TRACKS: BORN SLIPPY / BRUCE LEE / AIR TOWEL / SPOONMAN
  

BLONDE
noun: LIGHT COLOURED HAIR - USED TO DESCRIBE A CERTAIN TYPE OF GIRL (OFTEN FOUND IN ESSEX) (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

BLUESKI

‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ ALBUM TRACK - #7

• BLUES - VOCAL GUITAR BASED MUSIC DERIVED IN THE DEEP SOUTH OF THE STATES IN THE LATE 1940’S - DEVELOPED INTO RHYTHM AND BLUES - (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT) - THE BLUES WAS THE FEELING THAT THE ARTISTS WERE BRING ACROSS IN THE RECORDS - AS IN FEELING BLUE - (DEPRESSED - SEE ‘BLUE’ BELOW)

BLUE
noun: THE COLOUR OF THE SKY; ONE OF THE SEVEN PRIMARY COLOURS; A UNIVERSITY DISTINCTION.
adjective: OF A BLUE COLOUR; SKY-COLOURED; DEPRESSED

SKI
noun: (plural: SKIS) A LONG NARROW RUNNER OF WOOD, METAL OR PLASTIC THAT IS FASTENED TO A BOOT TO ENABLE MOVEMENT ACROSS SNOW
intransitive verb: TO TRAVEL ON SKIS

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'ADAMSKI' - 1990’S RAVE ARTIST - FAMED FOR HIT ‘KILLER’

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'TROTSKY' - RUSSIAN LEADER - EARLY 20th CENTURY

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'NORMSKI' - 1980’S/90’S ‘YOOF’ TV PRESENTER (UK)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BLUESKI.COM - A STRANGE SITE...?

BOOTLEG BABIES

LYRIC FROM ‘JUANITA’

• NAME OF THE RTSR TRADE (RIDE THE SAINTED RHYTHMS) SITE’S ‘BOOTLEG’ LIVE COMPILATION CD SET - SEE ‘RIDE THE SAINTED RHYTHMS’

BOOTLEG
noun: ITEM PRODUCED WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER AND OR THE PRODUCER OF THE ORIGINAL

BASICALLY A FAKE OR COPY - BOOTLEGGING WAS RIFE IN THE US DURING TIMES OF PROHIBITION — WHEN GANGS AND MOBSTERS WOULD PRODUCE BOOTLEG ALCOHOL - MOONSHINE IS ONE TYPE OF THIS. HERE, IN THIS CONTEXT, THE WORD BOOTLEG IS MORE APPROPRIATE TO MUSIC - UNLICENSED RECORDINGS OF TRACKS ARE CALLED BOOTLEGS, AND THIS COMPILATION WAS PRODUCED USING ‘BOOTLEG’ MATERIAL RECORDED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST OR PRODUCER OF THE ORIGINAL (SUCH AS A RADIO STATION)

BOOTLEG
noun: ALSO A NAME FOR A CUT OF TROUSER USUALLY DENIM, WHERE THE LEG OF THE TROUSER ALLOWS FOR THE WEARING OF BOOTS UNDERNEATH (USUALLY COWBOYS)
SEE ALSO ‘BROWN ACID’ - AN UNDERWORLD BOOTLEG 12"

BABIES
plural: OF BABY

BABY
noun: A CHILD JUST BORN; A YOUNG ANIMAL (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

BORN SLIPPY

BIGGEST SELLING UNDERWORLD SINGLE - 12", 12" REMIX, 12" RE-RELEASE, 3 X EUROPEAN 12" PHAT PACK, 2 X CD5, 2 x CD5 RE-RELEASE SINGLES & VARIOUS BOOTLEGS - ALSO APPEARED ON ‘TRAINSPOTTING’ LP SOUNDTRACK - NOT ON ANY UNDERWORLD STUDIO LP

• STORY OF NAME: NAME OF A GREYHOUND (DOG RAN AT ROMFORD DOG RACING TRACK - SEE ‘ROMFORD’)

• POST STORY OF NAME: A YATCH WAS NAMED AFTER THE RECORD…AND NOW FEATURES IN IT’S OWN WEBSITE (GO TO HTTP://WWW.BORNSLIPPY.COM FOR MORE DETAILS) (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO VERSIONS OF BORN SLIPPY - AN INSTRUMENTAL, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL TRACK AND THE ‘BORN SLIPPY (NUXX)’ OR ‘BORN SLIPPY - NUXX’ VERSIONS (WITH OR WITHOUT THE BRACKETS), WHICH INCLUDE THE VOCAL BY KARL HYDE, INCLUDING THE NOW INFAMOUS LAGER LAGER LAGER LYRICS.

BORN
present participle: OF BEAR TO BRING FORTH

SLIPPY
adjective: CAUSING TO SLIP; BEING SLIPPERY

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BORN TO RUN' - BRUCE SPINGSTEEN SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BORN TO BE WILD' - SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BORN IN THE USA' - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SINGLE

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BORNLIPPY.COM - THE BOAT WEBSITE

BROWN ACID

• BOOTLEG REMIX OF BORN SLIPPY & DARK AND LONG OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN - MUCH SOUGHT AFTER - INCLUDES SAMPLES FROM PINK FLOYD AND APHEX TWIN - POSSIBLY BY DJ HANI

BROWN ACID
NAME OF TRACK COMES FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT (THE SAMPLE USED) REGARDING A BAD BATCH OF BROWN ACID BEING DISTRIBUTED AT A PINK FLOYD GIG (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

SEE ALSO ‘BOOTLEG’

BRUCE LEE

‘BEAUCOUP FISH’ ALBUM TRACK - 12" & CD5 SINGLE

BRUCE LEE
DECEASED MARTIAL ARTS EXPERT AND ACTOR OF ESTEEMED IMPORTANCE IN KUNG FU MOVIES - INCLUDING: ‘WAY OF THE DRAGON’ & ‘ENTER THE DRAGON’ (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BRUCELEE.COM - THE MAIN MAN'S WEBSITE - ENTER THE DRAGON

BUNGALOW

REMIX NAME: SUBTITLE OF ‘KING OF SNAKE’ - (RICK’S BUNGALOW MIX)

BUNGALOW
noun: A ONE STOREYED HOUSE (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BUNGALOW.COM - ERR...NOT SURE WHAT'S HERE BUT THERE IS A WATERFALL MP3..

BURTS

REMIX NAME: SUBTITLE OF DARK AND LONG

BURT
proper noun: BOYS NAME, AS IN BURT REYNOLDS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.BURTS.COM - FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS

CARP DREAMS…KOI

‘PEARL’S GIRL’ SINGLE REMIX 12" - (SUBTITLE TO THE TRACK - AS ‘PEARL’S GIRL CARP DREAMS… KOI’)

CARP
intransitive verb: TO FIND FAULT noun: A VORACIOUS FISH

DREAMS
plural: OF DREAM -

DREAM
noun: A VISION IN SLEEP; AN IDLE FANCY AN AMBITION
transitive verb / intransitive verb: TO HAVE DREAMS; TO FANCY,

KOI
noun: SPECIFIC TYPE OF CARP (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

NOTE: NISHIKIGOI - JAPANESE NAME FOR KOI CARP.

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.KOICARP.NET - FISHY WEBSITE

CHERRY PIE

CD5 EXTRA TRACK AS FEATURED ON ‘PEARL’S GIRL’ CD SINGLE - CHERRY PIE IS A REMIX OF ‘ROWLA’

CHERRY
noun: (USUALLY) A TREE AND ITS SMALL RED OR BLACK FRUIT; A BRIGHT RED COLOUR

PIE
noun: MEAT OR FRUIT WITH PASTE COVERING BAKED; UNSORTED TYPE

(SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.CHERRYPIE.ORG - ROCK BAND WEBSITE

CLOUD HAT REMEMBER THIS

• PHRASE SCRATCHED INTO THE RUNOUT GROOVE OF ‘THE HUMP’ SINGLE - NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT IT MEANS BUT THEN THAT’S NOT UNUSUAL WITH UNDERWORLD…

CLOUD
noun: A MASS OF VISIBLE VAPOUR HIGH IN THE AIR; A CROWD; GLOOM transitive verb: TO DARKEN; TO OBSCURE; TO HIDE (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

HAT
noun: HEAD COVERING (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

REMEMBER
transitive verb / intransitive verb: TO RECOLLECT; RECALL; OBSERVE; BEAR IN MIND

THIS
adjective, pronoun (plural: THESE) THAT WHICH IS NEAR OR PRESENT

COLLECT

JUNIOR BOYS OWN LABEL OFFSHOOT - EARLY UNDERWORLD PROMO / PRE-RELEASES ISSUED ON THIS LABEL - SEE DISCOGRAPHY AND JUNIOR BOYS OWN PAGES FOR MORE DETAILS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

COLLECT
intransitive verb / transitive verb: TO BRING TOGETHER; TO INFER; TO ARRANGE; TO ACCUMULATE THINGS AS A HOBBY

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.COLLECT.COM - COLLECTING WEBSITE

CONFUSION THE WAITRESS

‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ ALBUM TRACK - #3

• STORY OF NAME (I): DARREN AND RICK RECKONED KARL FANCIED BOTH A WAITRESS AND A NURSE AND THAT HE WAS UNDECIDED ON WHO TO GO OUT WITH SO HE HAD ‘CONFUSION’ OVER THE WAITRESS...WELL THAT’S THE STORY THEY OFFERED DURING AN INTERVIEW AT THE TIME …

• STORY OF NAME (II): ASSUME THAT THIS TITLE EMERGED ‘OFFICIALLY’ FROM A NOTE MADE ON KARL’S NOTEPAD WHILST SAT AT A TABLE IN A DINER - WHILST WATCHING WAITRESSES - KARL HAS SOME LYRICAL OBSESSIONS - SUCH AS WAITRESSES - SEE KARL’S OBSESSIONS ON THE KARL HYDE PAGE

CONFUSION
noun: DISORDER

WAITRESS
noun: (FEMALE) SERVANT IN ATTENDANCE AT TABLE (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.CONFUSION.COM - CHOPPER MOTORCYCLES WEBSITE

COWGIRL
‘DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN’ ALBUM TRACK - 12" SINGLE, 12" REMIX, 12" LIVE VERSION & 2 X CD5

• NOTE - COWGIRLS ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THIS SONG

COWGIRL (OR BOY)
noun: PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR CATTLE

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.COWGIRL.NET FOR MORE COWGIRL INFO (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

CUPS

‘BEAUCOUP FISH’ ALBUM TRACK - #1 - A REMIXED VERSION ALSO FEATURED ON THE JUMBO 12" & CD SINGLE

CUPS
plural: OF CUP

CUP
noun: A SMALL DRINKING VESSEL WITH A HANDLE; ITS CONTENTS; A CUP-SHAPED TROPHY ; OFTEN SILVER OR ORNAMENTAL
~ also ~ noun: BRAZIER MEASUREMENT: A - GG (‘A’ BEING SMALLEST ‘GG’ BEING LARGEST)
~ also ~ noun: NAME OF A CARD IN ‘TAROT’
~ also ~ noun: TROPHY AWARDED TO WINNING PARTICIPANTS IN TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUES -THE BEST KNOWN CUPS: ‘THE FIFA WORLD CUP’ - FOOTBALL / ‘RYDER CUP’ - GOLF / ‘STANLEY CUP’ - ICE HOCKEY / ‘DAVIS CUP’ - TENNIS (SEE PICTURE OF WORLD CUP ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.CUPS.ORG - UNIX PRINTING SYSTEMS WEBSITE

DARK AND LONG

‘DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN’ ALBUM TRACK - #1 - 12" SINGLE, 12" REMIX 12" & CD5

• STORY OF NAME (I): ALL VERSIONS OF THIS TRACK ARE BOTH ‘DARK’ AND VERY ‘LONG’ IN LENGTH

• STORY OF NAME (II): SEXUAL REFERENCE
  

DARK
adjective: WITHOUT LIGHT; GLOOMY; SECRET; IGNORANT; HAVING BROWN OR BLACK SKIN OR HAIR (SEE DARK GLOOMY PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LONG
adjective: NOT SHORT; PROTRACTED; LATE; TEDIOUS; SLOW; FAR-REACHING; WELL SUPPLIED *vt: TO DESIRE EARNESTLY

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.LONG.COM - TECHNOLOGY FOR BETTER BUILDINGS

DARLING DEPARTMENT, THE

• PR COMPANY THAT REPRESNTS UNDERWORLD AMONG OTHERS

WEBSITE: WWW.DARLINGUK.COM

DARK TRAIN

12" REMIX NAME OF SINGLE ‘DARK & LONG’

DARK
adjective WITHOUT LIGHT; GLOOMY; SECRET; IGNORANT; HAVING BROWN OR BLACK SKIN OR HAIR

TRAIN
noun MULTI PERSON TRANSPORT VEHICLE THAT RUNS ON RAILS OR TRACKS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.DARKTRAIN.NET - GERMAN TRAIN 'MAGAZINE' WEBSITE (IN GERMAN)

DAVE

DAVE
noun: BOYS NAME - SHORT FOR DAVID, FAMED FOR SLAYING GOLIATH (SEE PICTURE OF A 'DAVID' ON RIGHT - DAVID BECKHAM)

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘PEARL’S GIRL’ - WE ARE UNSURE WHO DAVE IS, BUT

‘DAVE IS FLOATING…’

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.DAVE.COM - HOME DESIGN WEBSITE

DORIS DAY

ICONIC SILVER SCREEN STAR

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘DIRTY’

(SEE PICTURE OF DORIS DAY IN 'MOONLIGHT BAY' ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.DORISDAY.COM - DORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION

DEEP ARCH

CD5 EXTRA TRACK AS FEATURED ON ‘DARK AND LONG’ CD SINGLE - DEEP ARCH IS A REMIX OF ‘BORN SLIPPY’

DEEP
adjective: BEING FAR BELOW THE SURFACE: INVOLVED: ENGROSSED: PROFOUND: INTENSE: SECRET: ARTFUL
noun: THE SEA

ARCH
noun: STRUCTURAL BRIDGE, USUALLY STONE, SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS - MOST FAMOUS ARCHES MARBLE ARCH - LONDON; THE ARC DE TRIUMPHE - PARIS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

DEEP BLUE MOROCCO

• LYRIC FROM ‘PEARL’S GIRL’

• ALSO - AN UNDERWORLD LYRICS BASED WEBSITE - FOR LYRICS SEE ALSO OUR LYRIC SECTION
  

DEEP
adjective: BEING FAR BELOW THE SURFACE: INVOLVED: ENGROSSED: PROFOUND: INTENSE: SECRET: ARTFUL
noun: THE SEA

BLUE
noun: THE COLOUR OF THE SKY; ONE OF THE SEVEN PRIMARY COLOURS; A UNIVERSITY DISTINCTION.
adjective: OF A BLUE COLOUR; SKY-COLOURED; DEPRESSED

MOROCCO
proper noun: NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNDERWORLD LYRICS WEBSITE: DEEP BLUE MOROCCO

DEEP PAN

PROMO ONLY UNDERWORLD (MK II) 12" SINGLE, ALSO REMIX NAME OF ‘BORN SLIPPY’ SINGLE

• TYPE OF PIZZA BASE - SO-NAMED AFTER THE TYPE OF PAN, IN WHICH IT IS BAKED. GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE AN AMERICAN INVENTION TO MAKE THE DOUGH-LESS THIN CRUST ITALIAN STYLE PIZZA MORE APPEALING TO A US MARKET (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: DEEP DISH (US DJ / PRODUCTION PARTNERSHIP) - WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER NAME FOR A ‘DEEP PAN’ PIZZA DISH IN THE US

DEEP
adjective: BEING FAR BELOW THE SURFACE: INVOLVED: ENGROSSED: PROFOUND: INTENSE: SECRET: ARTFUL
noun: THE SEA

PAN
noun: BROAD SHALLOW VESSEL FOR COOKING; THE BOWL OF A LAVATORY

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.DEEPPANPIZZA.CO.UK - UK PIZZA RESTURANT WEBSITE

DINOSAUR ADVENTURE 3D

‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACK #8 - (ALSO SECOND SINGLE RELEASE FROM ALBUM)

DINOSAUR
noun: PREHISTORIC CREATURE - AS PORTRAYED IN FILMS SUCH AS JURASSIC PARK

ADVENTURE
noun: HAZARDOUS ENTERPRISE; AN EXCITING
transitive verb / intransitive verb: EXPERIENCE TO RISK OR HAZARD

3D
noun: THREE DIMENSIONAL

ALSO COMPUTER GAME - FROM WHICH KARL DERIVED TITLE - GAME WAS SEEN LYING AROUND AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD NAME FOR A TRACK... (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

DIRTY

LEMON INTERUPT / UNDERWORLD (MK II) 12" PROMO ONLY SINGLE AND EUROPEAN CD5

• STORY OF NAME: THE FEELING FROM TOO MUCH ‘PHONE SEX’ AS REFERRED TO IN THE SONG ‘DIRTY’ SEE ALSO ‘DIRTY EPIC’

• ALSO THE NAME OF (ONE OF) THE OFFICIAL UNDERWORLD WEBSITES - HTTP://WWW.DIRTY.ORG - RUN BY SCOTT WARNER IN THE US - THIS IS A FAN BASED SITE AND IS SUPPORTED 100% BY UNDERWORLD
  

DIRTY
adjective: SOILED WITH DIRT; MEAN; DISHONEST; OBSCENE
transitive verb: TO SOIL; TO SULLY

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: DIRRTY - CHRISTINA AGUILERA TRACK

DIRTY EPIC

‘DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN’ ALBUM TRACK - #6 - 12" SINGLE & CD5

EPIC - TERM USED TO DESCRIBE RECORDS THAT ARE OVER 10 MINUTES IN LENGTH - PHRASE COINED BY FANS OF DJ SASHA AND JOHN DIGWEED TO DESCRIBE THE SOUNDSCAPES CREATED WITH TRANCE RECORDS - THE OFFICIAL MEDIA ‘SHORT-LIVED’ PHRASE WAS - ‘EPIC HOUSE’

• NOTE ‘DIRTY EPIC’ IS A RE-RECORDED VERSION OF ‘DIRTY’

DIRTY
adjective: SOILED WITH DIRT; MEAN; DISHONEST; OBSCENE
transitive verb: TO SOIL; TO SULLY

EPIC
adjective: HEROIC; IN GRAND STYLE. *n: A HEROIC POEM

ALSO MAJOR RECORD COMPANY NAME - EPIC RECORDS

DIRTY GUITAR

LIMITED REMIXED 1-SIDED 12" SINGLE - ALSO RE-RELEASED PROMO 12"

• NOTE - THIS IS A RE-RECORDED VERSION OF ‘DIRTY’ FEATURING VOCALS AND GUITARS!!
  

DIRTY
adjective: SOILED WITH DIRT; MEAN; DISHONEST; OBSCENE
transitive verb: TO SOIL; TO SULLY

GUITAR
noun: STRINGED INSTRUMENT (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT OF KARL HYDE WITH HIS GUITAR)

DOBRA PET

• SUBTITLE OF ‘BRUCE LEE’ CD SINGLE - NOT A REMIX AS SUCH

• SUBTITLE NAME AS FOUND ON THE BRUCE LEE CD SINGLE - POSSIBLE DERIVED FROM ONE OF KARL’S FAMOUS DICTAPHONE RECORDINGS

DOBRA
NO ENGLISH MEANING (?)

PET
noun: A DARLING; A FAVOURITE; A DOMESTIC ANIMAL KEPT AS A COMPANION (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)
adjective: CHERISHED

DOGS

• THE BANDS FASCINATION IN DOGS COMES FROM THE REGULAR VISITS THE BAND MADE TO ROMFORD DOG RACING TRACK DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF MAKING THE ‘DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN’ ALBUM
  

• ‘DOGS’ LYRICS HEARD IN THE TRACKS: BORN SLIPPY / MMM…SKYSCRAPER I LOVE YOU / DIRTY GUITAR / SAPPY’S CURRY / KING OF SNAKE
  

• DOG NAMES ALSO FEATURE IN THE TITLES OF AT LEAST THREE UNDERWORLD TRACKS - BORN SLIPPY (GREYHOUND) / SAPPY’S CURRY (GREYHOUND) / PEARL’S GIRL (GREYHOUND) - AND ALSO - DOGMAN GO WOOF (BELOW)

DOG
noun: A DOMESTIC QUADRUPED
transitive verb: TO FOLLOW CLOSELY

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.DOGS.CO.UK - UK DOG WEBSITE

DOGMAN GO WOOF

12" SINGLE & CD5 ONLY RELEASE - ON FLIP SIDE TO TRACK CALLED ‘SPIKEE’ - NOT ON ANY ALBUM

• THE PHRASE ‘DOGMAN GO WOOF’ WAS ALSO SCRATCHED INTO THE RUN OUT GROOVE OF MOTHER EARTH 12" — WHICH WAS RELEASED WAY BEFORE THE SPIKEE / DOGMAN GO WOOF SINGLE - NO IDEA WHO ‘DOGMAN’ IS - MAYBE A MEMBER OF UNDERWORLD?

DOG
noun: A DOMESTIC QUADRUPED
transitive verb: TO FOLLOW CLOSELY

MAN
noun: A HUMAN BEING; A MALE ADULT; MANKIND; A MALE SERVANT; A HUSBAND; AN ORDINARY SOLDIER; A MEMBER OF A TEAM
~ also ~ HIPPY / DRUG SLANG REFERENCE OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE A FELLOW BEING - AS IN ‘HEY MAN!‘

GO
intransitive verb / transitive verb: TO MOVE ON A COURSE; TO PROCEED; TO WORK PROPERLY; TO ACT; SOUND; AS SPECIFIED; TO RESULT; TO BECOME; TO BE ACCEPTED OR VALID; TO LEAVE; TO DEPART; TO DIE; TO BE ALLOTTED OR SOLID; TO BE ABLE TO PASS (THROUGH); TO FIT (INTO); TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING DIVIDED (INTO); TO UNDERTAKE (DUTIES ETC.); TO FALL ASLEEP; TO TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED - also - TRAVEL BOARD GAME POPULAR IN THE 1970'S (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

WOOF
noun: A NOISE MADE BY A DOG - SIMILAR TO A BARK

DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN

UNDERWORLD’S (MK II) FIRST STUDIO ALBUM - DOUBLE VINYL & CD & CASSETTE (SEE PICTURE OF CD ON RIGHT)

• STORY OF NAME: - COLLECTION OF WORDS THAT SEEMED RIGHT TOGETHER?
  

DUB
transitive verb: (past tense DUBBED) TO CONFER A KNIGHTHOOD ON BY TOUCHING WITH A SWORD
~ also ~ A TERM DERIVED FROM THE WEST INDIES (POSSIBLY JAMAICA) TO DESCRIBE A STYLE OF MUSIC STRIPPED OF LYRICAL CONTENT. MANY DJ S OF THE LATE 1970’S IN THE WEST INDIES USED TO PRESS UP DUB VERSIONS OF THE POPULAR REGGAE SONGS SO THAT THE LOCAL MC (MASTER OF CEREMONIES) WOULD BE ABLE TO ‘FREE STYLE’ RAP OVER THEM - THESE WERE KNOWN AS ‘DUB PLATES’

NO
adjective: EXPRESSING NEGATION
noun: A DENIAL; A REFUSAL; A NEGATIVE VOTE OR VOTER
adjective: NONE

BASS
adjective: THE LOWEST PART IN MUSICAL HARMONY; THE LOWEST MALE VOICE
~ also ~ LOW FREQUENCY SOUND - THE BASIS OF MOST DANCE MELODIES. (SEE ‘RIVER OF BASS’)
~ also ~ TYPE OF GUITAR USED TO CREATE THE ‘BASS’ SOUND

WITH
preposition: EXPRESSING NEARNESS OR CONNECTION; AMONG ; POSSESSING

MY
pronoun: THE POSSESSIVE CASE SING OF I

HEAD
noun: THE PART OF AN ANIMAL OR HUMAN BODY CONTAINING THE BRAIN, EYES, EARS, NOSE AND MOUTH; THE TOP PART OF ANYTHING; THE FOREMOST PART; THE CHIEF PERSON

MAN
noun: A HUMAN BEING; A MALE ADULT; MANKIND; A MALE SERVANT; A HUSBAND; AN ORDINARY SOLDIER; A MEMBER OF A TEAM
~ also ~ HIPPY / DRUG SLANG REFERENCE OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE A FELLOW BEING - AS IN ‘HEY MAN!‘

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH : ‘(BASS) HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?’ - SIMON HARRIS HOUSE 12" SINGLE (1989)

ECLIPSE

UNDERWORLD (MK II), AS LEMON INTERUPT - 12" SINGLE - DOUBLE A SIDE TO ‘BIG MOUTH’

ECLIPSE
noun: AN OBSCURING OF THE LIGHT OF THE SUN, MOON ETC, BY SOME OTHER BODY; AN OVERSHADOWING (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)
transitive verb: TO DARKEN TO SURPASS

~ INTERESTING FACT ~ THE LAST TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS IN 1999 ON AUGUST 11th 1999

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.ECLIPSE.ORG - A UNIVERSAL TOOL PLATFORM

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

REVERED SCIENTIST - ECCENTRIC IN HIS APPEARANCE AND VIEWS, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY A GENIUS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘PEARL’S GIRL’

'OLD MAN EINSTEIN CRAZY IN HIS ATTIC'

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.ALBERTEINSTEIN.INFO - AN ALBERT EINSTEIN RELATED WEBSITE

ELVIS

SEE 'PRESLEY'

ERASER OF LOVE

• LYRIC TAKEN FROM ‘COWGIRL’ - AN ERASER OF LOVE IS PROBABLY SOMEONE WHO DISMISSES LOVING ANOTHER PERSON. (PROBABLY ANOTHER NONSENSICAL LYRIC FROM KARL HYDE)
  

ERASE
transitive verb: TO RUB OUT; TO REMOVE A RECORDING FROM MAGNETIC TAPE; TO REMOVE DATA FROM A COMPUTER MEMORY OR STORAGE MEDIUM

ERASER
noun: A PERSON WHO ERASES
~ also ~ noun: A RUBBER IMPLEMENT USED FOR REMOVING PENCIL MARKS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

OF
preposition: DENOTING SOURCE; CAUSE ETC.

LOVE
transitive verb: TO REGARD WITH AFFECTION; TO LIKE ; TO DELIGHT IN
intransitive verb: TO BE IN LOVE;
noun: WARM AFFECTION; THE PASSIONATE AFFECTION FOR ANOTHER; A WORD OF ENDEARMENT

ESSGEE

‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACK #7

• NO ACTUAL KNOWN MEANING - WILL ENDEAVOUR TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS MEANS OR IS REFERENCE TO (PROBABLY ANOTHER NONSENSICAL LYRIC FROM KARL HYDE)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.ESSGEE.COM - AUSTRALIAN THEARTRE COMPANY WHO PUT ON THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING

UNDERWORLD’S (MK II) FIRST ‘LIVE’ ALBUM - CD, VIDEO AND DVD (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• STORY OF NAME: TITLE TAKEN FROM REPETITIVE LYRICS IN THE SINGLE ‘COWGIRL’.

• NOTE: THIS ALBUM DOES NOT INCLUDE ‘EVERYTHING’ - IT DOES HOWEVER INCLUDE CD-ROM LINKS TO AS YET UNRELEASED MATERIALS…WHICH IS CLOSE TO ‘EVERYTHING’ RELATING TO UNDERWORLD

• THIS LP / CD / DVD IS GROUNDBREAKING IN IT’S CONTENTS AND IS ONE OF THE FIRST INTERACTIVE MUSIC DVD’S - IT’S CONTENT IS CONSIDERED THE BENCHMARK BY WHICH FUTURE MUSIC DVD PACKAGES MUST FOLLOW

EVERYTHING
pronoun: ALL THINGS; ALL; SOMETHING OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE

FARRINGDON STREET

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘DIRTY’

FARRINGDON
proper noun TUBE STATION IN LONDON - STATION IS FOUND ON THE METROPOLITAN / CIRCLE / HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINES (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

FOOTWEAR REPAIRS BY CRAFTSMEN AT COMPETITIVE PRICES

WAX TRAX / TVT - VIDEO COMPILATION - A COMPILATION OF 11 OF UNDERWORLD’S BIGGEST VIDEOS (US ONLY) (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

• STORY OF NAME: (ASSUMED) TITLE ORIGINATED FROM AN ADVERTISING HOARDING SEEN (BY KARL?) IN THE US (OR UK), OUTSIDE A SHOE REPAIR STORE…

FREUR

UNDERWORLD BEFORE THEY WERE CALLED ‘UNDERWORLD’

• STARTED AS A 5 PIECE EIGHTIES POP BAND WHICH INCLUDED KARL HYDE AND RICK SMITH - (FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO FREUR IN THE HISTORY SECTION)

FREUR
proper noun HAS NO ACTUAL ENGLISH MEANING, IN FACT FREUR WERE NOT KNOWN AS FREUR UNTIL QUESTIONED ON HOW THE OFFICIAL SQUIGGLE (THEIR ACTUAL NAME) WAS PRONOUNCED - (SEE FREUR FOR MORE DETAILS) (PICTURE OF THE SQUIGGLE ON RIGHT)

GLORY! GLORY!

UNDERWORLD MK I ‘UNDERNEATH THE RADAR TRACK - #1 + UNDERWORLD MK I SINGLE 7", SINGLE 12" SINGLE CD5

GLORY
noun PRAISE; HONOUR; RENOWN; SPLENDOUR
intransitive verb TO REJOICE; TO EXULT

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.GLORY.COM - BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

GREEN, REVEREND AL

LEGENDARY GOSPEL, SOUL & BLUES SINGER - WHO ORDANED HIMSELF AS A MINISTER - HENCE THE 'REVEREND (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘PEARL’S GIRL’

'RIOJA, RIOJA REVERAND AL GREEN'

HAMBURG

PROVINCIAL CITY OF GERMANY

• LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: ‘PEARL’S GIRL’

"HAMBURG, PARIS THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE…"

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.HAMBURG.DE - GERMAN CAPITAL CITY WEBSITE (IN GERMAN)

AS FEATURED ON THE TRACK BIG MOUTH - WE ARE UNSURE WHO THIS PERSON IS - BUT HE IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOUTH ORGAN PLAYER ON THE TRACK ‘BIG MOUTH’

PHILADELPHIA
noun. SMALL WIND INSTRUMENT THAT PRODUCES TONES WHEN AIR IS BLOWN OR SUCKED ACROSS A SERIES OF METAL REEDS; A MOUTH ORGAN

SLIM
adjective SLIGHT; SLENDER; CUNNING

IT MUST BE ASSUMED THAT THE HARMONICA ON THIS TRACK IS A SAMPLE FROM A BLUES HARMONICA PLAYER SIMILAR TO 'HARMONICA SLIM' (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

HEADSET

’TWO MONTHS OFF’ CD5 BONUS TRACK #3 - NOT ON ANY ALBUM

HEAD
noun THE PART OF AN ANIMAL OR HUMAN BODY CONTAINING THE BRAIN, EYES, EARS, NOSE AND MOUTH; THE TOP PART OF ANYTHING; THE FOREMOST PART; THE CHIEF PERSON

SET
transitive verb TO PLACE IN POSITION; TO FIX; TO APPOINT; TO REGULATE OR ADJUST; TO FIT TO MUSIC; TO ADORN TO SPREAD (SAILS)
intransitive verb TO SINK BELOW THE HORIZON; TO SOLIDIFY; TO TEND; TO POINT OUT GAME; TO APPLY ONES SELF
noun COLLECTION OF THINGS USED TOGETHER; A GROUP OF GAMES; PERSONS ASSOCIATED

HEADSET
noun OBJECT WORN BY TELEPHONISTS TO AID COMMUNICATIONS - SIMILAR TO A HANDSET - BUT WORN ON THE HEAD

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.HEADSET.COM - WE KNOW HEADSETS...HEADSET WEBSITE - WHAT ELSE?

HOMELESS TREES

LYRIC FROM ‘JUANITA’
ALSO NAME OF UNDERWORLD WEBSITE CREATED BY….FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.HOMELESSTREES.COM

HOME
noun ONES OWN ABODE; RESIDENCES; NATIVE PLACE; A HOUSEHOLD; AN INSTITUTION FOR AGED PEOPLE, ORPHANS, ETC,.

HOMELESS
noun A PERSON WITHOUT A HOME

TREES
plural OF TREE (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

TREE
noun WOODY PLANT WITH TRUNK AND BRANCHES

HOMELESS TREES
phrase TREES WITHOUT HOMES

I NEED A DOCTOR

UNDERWORLD MK I PROMO SINGLE AND ‘UNDERNEATH THE RADAR’ ALBUM TRACK - #7

NEED
noun WANT; NECESSITY; POVERTY
transitive verb / intransitive verb TO LACK TO REQUIRE; TO BE OBLIGED

DOCTOR
noun A LEARNED PERSON; A PHYSICIAN (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.INEEDADOCTOR.COM - US DOCTOR WEBSITE

IN THE BELLY OF SAINT PAUL

KARL HYDE AND JOHN WARWICKER BOOK - FOLLOW UP TO THE MMM...SKYSCRAPER BOOK (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT) A JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY AROUND LONDON

IN
pref TO PUTIN OR ONTO, TO GO IN OR INTO

BELLY
noun THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BODY OF CERTAIN VERTEBRATES, SUCH AS SNAKES AND FISH, THE STOMACH, AN APPETITE FOR FOOD

OF
preposition: DENOTING SOURCE; CAUSE ETC.

SAINT
noun A PERSON OFFICIALLY RECOGINSED, ESPECIALLY CANONIZATION, AS BEING ENTITLED TO PUBLIC VENERATION AND CAPABLE OF INTERCEDING FOR PEOPLE ON EARTH

PAUL
proper noun BOYS NAME

SAINT PAUL - SAINT ONE OF THE 12 DICIPLES, CATHEDRAL IN LONDON FROM WHERE THE NAME IN THE BOOK TITLE CAME

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.STPAULS.CO.UK - CATHEDRAL WEBSITE

IRISH PUB IN KYOKO

REMIX NAME OF ’COWGIRL’

• ASSUME THAT THIS IS A REFERENCE TO AN PUB OF IRISH ORIGIN LOCATED IN KYOKO - SOMEWHERE IN JAPAN
  KYOTO IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR BEING THE PLACE WHERE THE EARTH SUMMIT TOOK PLACE IN THE YEAR 2000 FEATURING MOST OF THE EARTH’S NATIONS DISCUSSING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES — THE ‘KYOTO AGREEMENT’ ON GREENHOUSE EMMISSIONS WAS THE RESULT OF THIS SUMMIT

IRISH
noun LANGUAGE OF IRELAND; A PERSON FROM IRELAND

PUB
abbreviation OF PUBLIC HOUSE

PUBLIC HOUSE
noun A HOUSE OR INN WHERE ALCOHOLIC DRINK IS SOLD AND DRUNK (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT OF A TYPICAL IRISH PUB)

JUANITA

‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ ALBUM TRACK (SPLIT WITH / KITELESS / TO DREAM OF LOVE) - TRACK #1

• STORY OF NAME: NAME OF A SPANISH GIRL WHO WORKED IN THE OFFICES BELOW DESIGN COLLECTIVE ‘TOMATO’ - UNDERWORLD, THE BAND, WOULD SEE JUANITA MOST DAYS WHILST RECORDING THE ‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ LP…APPARENTLY SHE’S ‘LONG’…ACCORDING TO RICK

• JUANITA STILL WORKS FOR TOMATO AND IS A VOCALIST ON BOTH ‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACKS: ‘TWO MONTHS OFF’ AND ‘LITTLE SPEAKER’

JUANITA
proper noun GIRL’S NAME OF SPANISH OR LATINO ORIGIN

JUANITA PAGE ON BSS

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.JUANITAS.COM - MEXICAN RESTURANT WEBSITE

JUKES PRODUCTIONS

• UNDERWORLD'S MANAGEMENT COMPANY - FROM 1992 UPTO AND INCLUDING 'EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING' (NOT ENTIRELY SURE IF THEY ARE STILL RELEVANT - ALTHOUGH THEIR WEBSITE IS STILL RUNNING - SEE LINK BELOW)

WEBSITE: WWW.JUKESPRODUCTIONS.CO.UK

JUMBO

‘BEAUCOUP FISH’ ALBUM TRACK - #3 - 12" SINGLE & CD5

JUMBO
noun SOMETHING VERY LARGE OF ITS SIZE
~ also ~ AMERICANISED UNIT OF MEASUREMENT - AS IN ‘JUMBO HOT DOG’ / ‘JUMBO COFFEE’
~ also ~ SLANG TERM FOR AIRPLANES - AS IN ‘JUMBO JET’

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.JUMBO.COM - SHAREWARE WEBSITE

JUNIOR BOYS OWN (JBO)

UNDERWORLD’S LONG SERVING RECORD LABEL ESTABLISHED IN 1988

• JBO FORMED IN 1988, EXPANDED FROM ORIGINS AS BOYS OWN (SEE JUNIOR BOYS OWN PAGES FOR MORE DETAILS). INITIALLY STARTED AS A DANCE MUSIC / LADS FANZINE - WHICH DEVELOPED INTO ONE OF DANCE MUSIC’S MOST ESTABLISHED RECORD LABELS, ALSO UNDERWORLD’S RECORD LABEL WITH WHOM, THEY STILL RESIDE.

• AKA: JUNIOR / JBO / JUNIOR BOYS OWN
  LABEL OFF-SHOOTS: COLLECT (AKA: COLLECT BOYS OWN) / FUJU / APALOOSO
  

JUNIOR
adjective YOUNGER IN AGE; OF MORE RECENT OR LOWER STATUS - OFTEN ABBREVIATED TO JNR.

BOYS
noun A MALE CHILD (plural) CHILDREN

OWN
adjective BELONGING TO ONESELF OR ITSELF
transitive verb TO POSSESS BY RIGHT; TO AVOW; TO CONCEDE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'BOYZONE' - IRISH BOY BAND

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'JUNIOR SANCHEZ' - US DJ

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'JUNIOR VASQUEZ' - US DJ

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'JOB' - A BOOK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT or JOB - AN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

OFFICIAL JBO WEBSITE: WWW.JUNIORRECORDS.COM

OUR JUNIOR PAGE ON BSS

KING OF SNAKE

‘BEAUCOUP FISH’ ALBUM TRACK - #4 - 12" SINGLE (USED TO PROMOTE THE ALBUM PRIOR TO RELEASE) & CD5 & 12" REMIX

• STORY OF NAME: ON A TRIP TO JAPAN KARL DISCOVERED SNAKE FIGHTING TOURNAMENTS IN WHICH SNAKES, MONGOOSE AND OTHER ANIMALS WOULD FIGHT EACH OTHER AS A FORM OF GAMBLING, ULTIMATELY THE BEST FIGHTER WAS PRONOUNCED ‘KING OF SNAKE’….

IN REALITY THE ‘KING OF SNAKE’ IS PROBABLY THE COBRA, BUT THIS IS OPEN TO DEBATE…BUT NOT HERE…(SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

KING
noun A MAN WHO RULES A COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE; A MAN WITH THE TITLE OF A RULER, BUT WITH LIMITED POWER TO RULE

SNAKE
noun A LIMBLESS, SCALY REPTILE WITH A LONG TAPERING BODY, OFTEN WITH SALIVARY GLANDS MODIFIED TO PRODUCE VENOM

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'KING OF PAIN' - POLICE SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'KING OF THE ROAD' - PROCLAIMERS SINGLE

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: 'KING OF THE HILL' - CARTOON SERIES

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.KINGSNAKE.COM - A NICE SNAKE WEBSITE

KITELESS

COMPILATION VIDEO TITLE AND ‘SECOND TOUGHEST IN THE INFANTS’ ALBUM ‘MEGA MIXED’ TRACK (SPLIT WITH: JUANITA / TO DREAM OF LOVE) - #1

KITE
noun A LIGHT PAPER-COVERED FRAME FOR FLYING IN THE AIR (KITE-LESS - ASSUME MEANS WITHOUT A KITE?)

KITTENS

‘BEAUCOUP FISH’ ALBUM TRACK - #8 - ‘KING OF SNAKE’ 12" PROMO ONLY TRACK

SEE ALSO ‘STACK MY FRIDGE UP (SMFU)’

INTERESTING FACT: ‘KITTEN’ IS ALSO THE NAME OF THE VOCALIST ON THE LEMON INTERUPT SINGLE - ‘ECLIPSE’
NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: MISS KITTEN (DJ - ARTIST)

KITTENS
plural noun - YOUNG CATS (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.KITTENS.COM - AAHHH CUTE CAT WEBSITE

LAGER

DRINK OF CHOICE OF THE BAND UNDERWORLD - EXCEPT FOR KARL WHO NOW ABSTAINS FROM DRINKING (SEE ‘HISTORY’)

‘LAGER LAGER LAGER’ - CHANT REFRAIN FROM THE BIG SELLING ‘BORN SLIPPY’ SINGLE - MENTION OF THIS TO NON-UNDERWORLD FANS AND IT WILL INSTANTLY RING BELLS WITH THEM - POSSIBLY UNDERWORLD MOST FAMOUS LYRIC!

LAGER
noun A LIGHT BEER
~ also~ PALE ALCOHOLIC DRINK MADE FROM HOPS

"SHOUTING LAGER, LAGER, LAGER"

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.LAGER.COM.TW - TAIWANESE ONLINE GAMING

LAWNMOWER

LAWNMOWER SLEEVE
proper noun FAN / COLLECTOR’S DESCRIPTION OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF ‘BORN SLIPPY’ - THIS IS BASED UPON THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT OF THE SLEEVE (DESIGNED BY TOMATO) - WHICH IS A BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE OF A LAWNMOWER -SEE ALSO ‘TRACTOR’ - WHICH IS THE 12" REMIX PICTURE COVER VERSION

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.LAWNMOWERWORLD.CO.UK - THE BRITISH LAWNMOWER MUSEUM

LEMON INTERUPT

UNDERWORLD’S EARLY ALTER EGO NAME - UNDERWORLD RECORDED UNDER THIS NAME - SEE ALSO ‘LEMON WORLD’:
THE TRACKS LEMON INTERUPT RECORDED WERE:
DIRTY | BIG MOUTH | ECLIPSE | MINNEAPOLIS

LEMON
noun YELLOW COLOURED CITRUS FRUIT (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

INTERUPT
intransitive verb TO BREAK IN UPON (CORRECTLY SPELT AS ‘INTERRUPT’)

LEMON WORLD

NAME OF UNDERWORLD’S RECORDING STUDIO - POSSIBLY IN RICK’S ROMFORD HOME? - MOST UNDERWORLD PRODUCTION, STEPPIN RAZOR REMIX AND OTHER UNDERWORLD REMIX WORK IN THE EARLY 1990’S WAS DONE HERE…

LIKE A SWIMMER

’DINOSAUR ADVENTURE 3D ’ CD5 2 BONUS TRACK #2 - NOT ON ANY ALBUM

LIKE
adjective EQUAL, SIMILAR, : RESEMBLING adverb, preposition SIMILARITY, transitive & intransitive verb TO BE FOND OF ; TO BE PLEASED; TO APPROVE noun A LIKE ; A COUNTERPART

A
indefinite article USED BEFORE A CONSONANT; ONE; ANY: PER

SWIMMER
verb TO SWIM; present participle SWIMMING past tense SWAM past participle SWUM intransitive verb TO FLOAT; TO MOVE THROUGH WATER; TO BE DIZZY; transitive verb TO PASS BY SWIMMING noun ACT OF SWIMMING - A SWIMMER IS A PERSON WHO 'SWIMS' (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LITTLE SPEAKER

‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACK - #5

A LITTLE SPEAKER IN AUDIO TERMS IS A ‘TWEETER’ - PROBABLY ARE SMALLER SPEAKERS…OTHER LARGER SPEAKERS ARE WOOFERS, AND SUB WOOFERS

LITTLE
adjective SMALL; SHORT.
adverb IN A SMALL DEGREE; LESS; SLIGHTLY; NOT IN THE LEAST.
noun SMALL IN AMOUNT, DEGREE, ETC,.

SPEAKER
noun ONE WHO SPEAKS; THE PRESIDING OFFICIAL IN A LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY; A BOX LIKE INSTRUMENT USED TO EMIT SOUND FROM AN AMPLIFIER (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

LIVERPOOL STREET

LYRIC AS MENTIONED IN THE TRACK: PUPPIES’

LIVERPOOL STREET
proper noun TUBE STATION / STREET IN LONDON - TUBE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE METROPOLITAN / CIRCLE / HAMMERSMITH & CITY LINES (SEE PICTURE OF STATION ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: LIVERPOOL STREET STATION - DEPARTURE BOARDS FOR YOUR TRAIN TIMES FROM LIVERPOOL ST

LUETIN

‘A HUNDRED DAYS OFF’ ALBUM TRACK - #10

• NO ACTUAL MEANING - WILL ENDEAVOUR TO FIND OUT WHERE THIS NAME HAS ORIGINATED - POSSIBLY A STRANGE SPELLING OF ‘LOOTING’
  

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: LUTON - PROVINCIAL TOWN IN BEDFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

MAN LOOP

UNDERWORLDLIVE.COM MP3 DOWNLOAD TRACK - PRODUCED BT RICK SMITH - 250501 - THIS IS AN EDIT OF ‘THING IN A BOOK’

MAN
noun A HUMAN BEING; A MALE ADULT; MANKIND; A MALE SERVANT; A HUSBAND; AN ORDINARY SOLDIER; A MEMBER OF A TEAM
~ also ~ HIPPY / DRUG SLANG REFERENCE OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE A FELLOW BEING - AS IN ‘HEY MAN!‘

LOOP
noun A LINE THAT CURVES BACK AND CROSSES ITSELF; A SIMILAR ROUNDED SHAPE IN CORD, ROPE, ETC, CROSSED ON ITSELF; A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS IN A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT ARE EXECUTED REPEATEDLY; A SEGMENT OF FILM OR MAGNETIC TAPE.
transitive verb / intransitive verb TO MAKE A LOOP OF; TO FASTEN WITH A LOOP; TO FORM A LOOP OR LOOPS

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH: LOOPZ THE ORBITAL WEBSITE

M.E.

‘DUBNOBASSWITHMYHEADMAN’ ALBUM TRACK - ABBREVIATION OF MOTHER EARTH - UNDERWORLD’S FIRST SINGLE AS UNDERWORLD MK II

M.E.
abbreviation. - OF MOTHER EARTH

SEE ALSO ‘MOTHER EARTH’

MINNEAPOLIS

LEMON INTERUPT 12" SINGLE

MINNEAPOLIS
CENTRAL NORTHERN STATE CAPITAL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SEE PICTURE ON RIGHT)

UNRELATED TO UNDERWORLD WEBSITE: WWW.MINNEAPOLIS.COM - CITY BASED WEBSITE - CHECK IT OUT IF YOUR GONNA GO TO MINNEAPOLIS