Crazy P are based in Nottingham, England and began in 1996 at the hands of Chris Todd and Jim Baron. Sharing a love of all things soulful and funky the pair attracted the attention of Paperecordings, Manchester, where they released their debut single "Summer Bummer", to high acclaim.
The album "a Nice Hot Bath With...." followed, which put the Penis sound firmly on the map. It was prime time for some vocal action so for their next single release the boys dragged local socialite Danielle Moore into the studio, luckly she could sing and low and behold "You Started Something" was unleashed.
"The Wicked is Music" album followed, a far more ambitious outing than the first, featuring 4 vocals tracks with Danielle and much more "live" twiddling and playing. Requests for live shows followed so more personal were drafted in..Tim Davis (bass, with plenty of Penis experience having already contributed towards the first 2 albums), Mav (percussion, the cream resident had also performed on the last album. As a five piece the band started making a bit of a name for themselves. With the release of "The Wicked.." in Australia, things really started hotting up in true Ozzy fashion.
After plenty of radio play the 5 piece went out there to tour and had the pleasure of playing infront of 1500 fans in sydney. Australia has become a bit of a second home for the band as they've been going out every year ever since. A change of label was to come, as sadly Paperecording was winding down buisness, to Shiva records. "24 hour phsycadellic Freekout" was the first release.
The album featured 6 new tracks and 4 Crazy Penis remixes. A new member, Mat Klose on drums, a friend of Chris' from his college days, was enlisted and work began on the next "true" artist album "A Night On Earth".
This album saw a name change (the "enis" was lobbed of in favour of a more asexual Crazy P) and developed the live sound that the band had been cultivating after a few years of gigging. The album features a quite a few session performances from local Nottingham musicians as well as clasic electronic outings such as "Lady T" (featuring Rachael Foster) and "life's My Friend" (featuring Tim Davis on vocals). 2005 was a big year for the guys as they landed a support slot with Faithless on the UK tour in November/December and stood them in good stead for 2006 with has had them gigging back in Oz and all over the UK and Ireland.
They also did a half hour session on Radio1 on Pete Tongs show, at the Maida Vale stuios. With lots of summer festivals this year and a return to Oz in the new year the pace doesn't seem to be slowing for the Crazy kids! PS, check out Hot Toddy and Ron Basejam on my space, Chris And Jim's respective side projects.