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There are 2 bands with this name. 1. McCarthy were a British indie pop band, formed in Barking, East London in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden, Tim Gane, John Williamson and Gary Baker. They mixed a sweetly melodic style, dominated by Gane's 12-string guitar playing, with Eden's overtly political lyrics, often satirical in tone, which reflected the band's far left leanings. After a string of singles, including 'Red Sleeping Beauty' and 'Frans Hals', and a track on the NME C86 album, their debut album 'I Am A Wallet' was released in 1987 to much critical acclaim. Two further singles appeared in early 1988, then an EP in February 1989 was followed by a second album, 'The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth', which was considerably less well received. A year later, in 1990, they released a third album 'Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today', on which they were joined by Gane's girlfriend Lætitia Sadier on vocals. The album suggested a new willingness to experiment musically, and was seen by critics as something of a return to form, but it in fact proved to be their swansong and they split soon afterwards. Gane and Sadier went on to form Stereolab, while Eden formed Herzfeld while studying Literature. McCarthy were a major early influence on the Manic Street Preachers who covered 'We Are All Bourgeois Now', which appeared as a hidden track on the CD of their 'Know Your Enemy' album, as well as 'Charles Windsor', which appeared as a b-side on their Life Becoming A Landslide...

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• Red Sleeping Beauty
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• An Mp Speaks
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• The Well of Loneliness
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• Celestial City
  Celestial City
• We Are All Bourgeois Now
  We Are All Bourgeois Now
• Antinature
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• Frans Hals
  Frans Hals
• The Funeral
  The Funeral
• Monetaries
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• Keep an Open Mind or Else
  Keep an Open Mind or Else
• Charles Windsor
  Charles Windsor
• Should the Bible Be Banned
  Should the Bible Be Banned
• The Way of the World
  The Way of the World
• The Fall
  The Fall
• Kill Kill Kill Kill
  Kill Kill Kill Kill
• The International Narcotics Traffic
  The International Narcotics Traffic
• A Child Soon in Chains
  A Child Soon in Chains
• Comrade Era
  Comrade Era
• God Made the Virus
  God Made the Virus
• The Procession of Popular Capitalism
  The Procession of Popular Capitalism
• The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne
  The Vision of Peregrine Worsthorne
• The Wicked Palace Revolution
  The Wicked Palace Revolution
• In the Dark Times
  In the Dark Times
• Something Wrong Somewhere
  Something Wrong Somewhere
• An M.P. Speaks
  An M.P. Speaks
• From the Damned
  From the Damned
• Get a Knife Between Your Teeth
  Get a Knife Between Your Teeth
• This Nelson Rockefeller
  This Nelson Rockefeller
• Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand
  Now Is the Time for an Iron Hand
• The Enemy Is at Home (For the Fat Lady)
  The Enemy Is at Home (For the Fat Lady)
• I Worked Myself Up From Nothing
  I Worked Myself Up From Nothing
• I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man
  I'm on the Side of Mankind as Much as the Next Man
• Boy Meets Girl So What
  Boy Meets Girl So What
• And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race
  And Tomorrow the Stock Exchange Will Be the Human Race
• You're Alive
  You're Alive
• I'm Not a Patriot But...
  I'm Not a Patriot But...
• The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers
  The Drinking Song of the Merchant Bankers
• Governing Takes Brains
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• The Well-Fed Point of View
  The Well-Fed Point of View
• Use a Bank I'd Rather Die
  Use a Bank I'd Rather Die
• You'll Have to Put an End to Them
  You'll Have to Put an End to Them
• Child Soon In Chains
  Child Soon In Chains
• The Myth Of The North - South Divide
  The Myth Of The North - South Divide
• Take the Shortest Way With the Men of Violence
  Take the Shortest Way With the Men of Violence
• An Address to the Better Off
  An Address to the Better Off
• Hands Off or Die
  Hands Off or Die
• Write to Your M.P. Today
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• We Are All Born Creeps
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• All Your Questions Answered
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• Throw Him Out He's Breaking My Heart
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