The The is an English musical and multimedia group that have been active in various forms since 1978, with singer/songwriter/frontman Matt Johnson being the only constant band member. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Matt Johnson (born 15 August 1961, in London, England) is the founder and only constant member of the multimedia band, The Releases are fairly few and far between for the band, but over the years The The have sold several million albums internationally and achieved critical acclaim — their 1983 album Soul Mining was voted the third best album of the year by British music magazine Melody Maker. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly Music Newspaper This album featured the song "Uncertain Smile", which at one point was voted the third greatest song ever by Australian Triple J radio listeners. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Triple J is a nationally-networked government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation) mainly aimed

During The The's more prolific period of releases, from Soul Mining (1983) to Dusk (1992), most artwork used on the albums and single releases was produced by Matt Johnson's brother Andrew Johnson. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 Andy Johnson is the older brother of The The's Matt Johnson. He is an artist best known for designing the record sleeves of The The in the 1980s and 1990s which The artwork has a distinctive style, and sometimes courted controversy, most notably the initial release of the single "Infected" which was withdrawn from sale and re-issued with an edited version of the cover art.

Recently, The The have enjoyed a small surge of attention in the United States thanks to an M&M's advertising campaign, which has been using the band's song "This is the Day" as its theme music. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the M&M's Chocolate Candies are Candy -coated pieces of Chocolate with the letter "m" inscribed on them produced by Mars Incorporated.

Members

Current members

• Matt Johnson - vocals, bass guitar, harmonica
• Eric Schermerhorn - guitars
• Earl Harvin - drums

Past members

Note that from 1983-1988, and frequently thereafter, Matt Johnson was the only official member of The The. Matt Johnson (born 15 August 1961, in London, England) is the founder and only constant member of the multimedia band, The Eric Schermerhorn is an American Guitarist and Composer. He played with Iggy Pop, and David Bowie on the Tin Machine Earl Harvin is a drummer and percussionist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin Germany Other official members have included:

• Johnny Marr - guitars and harmonica (1988–1994) (see also The Smiths and Modest Mouse)
• Keith Laws - keyboards (1979-1982)
• James Eller - bass guitar (1988–1994)
• D. Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher on 31 October 1963 in Ardwick, Manchester) is an English Guitarist, The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 Modest Mouse are an American Alternative rock band formed in 1993 in Issaquah Washington by singer/lyricist/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer C. Collard - keyboards (1991–1997)
• Dave Palmer - drums (1988–1994) (see also ABC)

Collaborators

The following musicians were not official members of The The, but made notable contributions to various recordings by the band. ABC are an English pop band that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990

• J. G. Thirlwell - Tapes, samples, percussion (1979–2006) (see also Foetus)
• Jools Holland - Piano (1982)
• Steve Hogarth - Piano (1986)
• Thomas Leer - Keyboards (1979–1983)
• Sinéad O'Connor - vocals (1988–1989)
• Neneh Cherry - vocals (1985–1986)
• Anna Domino - vocals (1985–1986)
• Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar (1994–1996)
• Jim Fitting - harmonica (1993-1995)
• Keith Joyner - guitar, vocals
• Zeke Manyika - Drums (see also Orange Juice)
• Peter Ashworth - Drums aka Triash
• Tim Johnson - bass guitar

Original UK 45 rpm single picture cover:The The - Sweet Bird Of Truth

Discography

• See Without Being Seen (1978) (Lazarus - very limited cassette release)
• Spirits (1979) (Unreleased)
• Burning Blue Soul (1981) (originally credited to Matt Johnson - re-release as The The)
• The Pornography Of Despair (1982) (Unreleased)
• Soul Mining (1983)
• Infected (1986)
• Heartland Five Track Special (1986)
• Sweet Bird of Truth (1987) (12")
• Mind Bomb (1989)
• Dusk (1992)
• Solitude (1993)
• Slow Emotion Replay (1993) (12")
• Hanky Panky (1995)
• Gun Sluts (1997) (Unreleased)
• NakedSelf (2000)
• 45 RPM (2002)
• London Town Box Set (2002)
• Silent Tongue (2002) (Unreleased, a compilation of The The’s film music. James George Thirlwell (born January 29, 1960) aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is an Foetus is the primary musical outlet of Industrial music pioneer J Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English Pianist, Bandleader Steve Hogarth (born Ronald Steven Hoggarth on May 14, 1959 in Kendal) also known as " h " is vocalist with the British Thomas Leer is a British musician who as well as releasing a number of albums and singles in his own right was also one half (the other being Claudia Brücken Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnɚ (born 8 December 1966 is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter Neneh Cherry (born Neneh Mariann Karlsson on March 10, 1964 in Stockholm) is a two-time Grammy Award -nominated and MTV Europe Anna Domino (nee Anna Virginia Taylor Delory is a Tokyo-born Indie rock artist who has released several recordings under that moniker Gail Ann Dorsey (born 20 November 1962 is an American Bass guitarist and vocalist with a distinguished session career most notably her long association Orange juice is a Fruit juice obtained by squeezing pressing or otherwise crushing the interior of an orange. Peter Ashworth is a UK photographer Peter Ashworth initially specialized in music photography between 1979 and 2000 Timothy Johnson or Tim Johnson is a name shared by the following individuals Sports personalities Tim Johnson (baseball (born 1949 Burning Blue Soul (1981 is an album released under the artist name of Matt Johnson. Pornography of Despair is an unreleased album by Matt Johnson the man behind British rock/pop/indie band The The. Soul Mining was Matt Johnson 's second album (his first Burning Blue Soul, was released in 1981 as Matt Johnson though reissues have tended to use Infected was The The 's second album (if one excludes Burning Blue Soul and The Pornography Of Despair, which was never Mind Bomb is the 4th album by The The, released by Some Bizarre/Epic on July 11, 1989 and recorded between October 1988 and May 1989 Dusk is the 5th album by The The, recorded in 1992 and released by Sony Records in January 1993 An album by The The consisting mainly of remixes and tracks from other albums An album by The The consisting only of cover versions of country singer Hank Williams songs NakedSelf is a 2000 album by The The. Track listing (US Limited Edition CD "Boiling Point" ( Eric Schermerhorn 45 RPM is a collection of songs by The The. 45 RPM was released in 2002 )

With NakedSelf, the band moved from its previous label, Sony, to Interscope. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with Interscope Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label

Singles

External links

• This is The The Day (Official Website)
• The The MySpage Page
• True Happiness This Way Lies
• The Ultimate The The Discography
• TheThe Bootleg Discussion Forum
• TheThe Regresando a Casa...