Please can we come play Lunar? i love this festival, i played there a couple of years a go with Bentley Rhythm Ace and had a ball. Plus i am a local boy!!
Best remembered for the international smash "Unbelievable" and incendiary live shows, the British dance-rock quintet EMF formed in Cinderford, England in October 1989. All five members — vocalist James Atkin, guitarist Ian Dench, keyboardist Derry Brownson, bassist Zachary Foley and drummer Mark DeCloedt — were veterans of the local music scene before founding EMF, whose name supposedly stood for "Epsom Mad Funkers" (although it was widely speculated that the initials instead represented "Ecstasy Mother Fuckers"). Within two months of formation, the group played its first gig; after unearthing a Casio sampler and sequencer in a local thrift shop, a light techno element was added to their rock-oriented sound.
By the end of 1990, EMF's infectious debut single Unbelievable had conquered the U.K. charts; it hit number one in the U.S. the following year. The 1991 album Schubert Dip was also successful; spawning further hit singles in “I Believe”, “Children” and "Lies." (The LP also garnered considerable press when Yoko Ono objected to the group's use of a voice sample of Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon; the offending sound bite was later removed from future pressings.)
In 1992, EMF returned with the Unexplained EP and the much darker full-length effort Stigma; and after an extended period of touring the band effectively vanished from sight until 1995's Cha Cha Cha.
The summer of 1995 saw the band abandoning promotion of Cha Cha Cha and teaming up with comics Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on a cover of the Monkees' "I'm a Believer" which reached number 2 on the UK charts.