The Charlatans (UK)
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Friendly (1990), their debut album of atmospheric,
enigmatic Hammond organ-driven rock went gold only three days
after it was released. The album produced the single, The
Only One I Know.
To avoid confusion with the famed San Francisco band of the
60s, the group were officially known in the US and Canada as The
Charlatans UK.
They also went to great lengths to distance themselves
from the much-hyped Madchester scene which produced The Stone
Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets, among others. Their
actual home-base was Northwich, roughly equidistant between
Manchester and Liverpool.
Rob Collins was killed on 23 July 1996 when he lost control
of the car he was driving near Gwent, Wales, after celebrating a
friend's birthday with the rest of the band at a local pub. The
one passenger in the car escaped uninjured. Collins was 33.
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