Moodswings (band)

Moodswings
Origin	UK
Genres	Electronic music Ambient Trance music
Years active	1992–2002
Labels	Water Music/Varèse Sarabande/Universal Records Arista/BMG Records
Associated acts	The Smiths
Members	James F.T. Hood
Past members	James F.T. Hood Grant Showbiz

Moodswings is a musical duo composed of Grant Showbiz and James F.T. Hood. Grant Showbiz was a onetime roadie and guitar tech who later produced albums by The Smiths, Billy Bragg, Silverfish, and Gong. James Hood was a former drummer for The Pretenders, The Impossible Dreamers, Kid Creole & the Coconuts and Jeff Beck. After Showbiz and Hood teamed up in 1989, the duo released the album Moodfood (Arista/BMG, 1992), which scored a hit with a remade single of "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Pt. II," which featured vocals by Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders). "Spiritual High Pt. III," from the same album, featured samples from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. "Spiritual High II" was played during the closing credits of the 1992 Bridget Fonda film Single White Female, and was included on The Pretenders' 2000 album Greatest Hits.

The Live at Leeds EP (Arista) followed in 1994 (with artwork styled after the album by the Who of the same name), and in 1997, the group released Psychedelicatessen (Arista/BMG), which featured vocals from Tanita Tikaram, on the song "Oh Happy Day". Grant Showbiz was a member of Moodswings up until the album Horizontal, which James Hood solo-produced (Varèse Sarabande, 2002). Julee Cruise sings vocals on two tracks from Horizontal: "Seems to Remind Me" and "Into the Blue." James Hood contributed "Storm in a Teacup" from the same album for the 2005 documentary Do You Believe? Another World is Possible.

Discography

• Moodfood (1992)
• Live at Leeds (1994)
• Psychedelicatessen (1997)
• Horizontal (2002)

DVDs

• Open Space - Volume 1 (Spiritual High video) (2006)
• Pretenders Greatest Hits (Spiritual High video) (2006)
• The Velvet Lounge (Into the Blue video) (2002)

External links

• Moodswings discography at Discogs