The Experimental Pop Band was formed in Bristol (England) by Davey Woodward, who had already led a mediocre pop outfit, the Brilliant Corners, whose albums Growing Up Absurd (SS20, 1985), with Meet Me On Thursday, What's In A Word (SS20, 1986), with Laugh I Could've Cried and Somebody Up There Likes Me (McQueen, 1988) were among the most tedious and predictable of ornate Brit-pop.

The new group debuted with the EPs The Lounge (Swarf Finger, 1996) and Experimental Pop Band (Swarf Finger, 1996). The former features a half-hearted attempt at pop-soul (James Remains) and an effervescent novelty (Les Chanteurs Et Le Grand Orchestre), but little of notice. The latter toys with trip-hop (Boutique In My Backyard) and drum'n'bass (Oslo). The Eps were collected on Woof (Swarf Finger, 1997).

Discgrotesque (Swarf Finger, 1998) jumps on the trip-hop bandwagon, albeit bridging it with bubblegum and soul. Not a terribly original move.

Homesick (Swarf Finger, 1999) is equally unimaginative in its high-tech interpretation of easy listening and lounge music.

The Tracksuit Trilogy (Swarf FInger, 2001) and Tarmac And Flames (Cooking Vinyl, 2003) are even less original revisitations of pop stereotypes.