The Wonder Stuff are a British alternative rock band formed in the Birmingham / Black Country area
in 1986. Originally a four-piece consisting of Miles Hunt (vocals/guitar), Malc Treece
(guitar/vocals), Rob ‘The Bass Thing’ Jones (bass guitar) and Martin Gilks (drums) the band
released two independent EPs on their own ‘The Far Out Recording Company’ in 1987 before
signing to Polydor Records (Universal) later in the same year.
Between 1988 and 1994 they released four Top 20 albums and fifteen Top 20 singles, including
collaborations with Kirsty MacColl on ‘Welcome To The Cheap Seats’ and the Number One single
with comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, ‘Dizzy’.