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The Wildhearts are a rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The Wildhearts sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music. When The Wildhearts released their first EP Mondo Akimbo a-Go-Go The Wildhearts were touted in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica although this was refuted by The Wildhearts themselves who saw their influences as ranging far wider, as shown in the song "29 X The Pain" which details many of The Wildhearts singer Ginger's influences. The Wildhearts were hugely influential in the mid-1990s, although The Wildhearts themselves never achieved huge success, owing in part to the indifference of radio stations and the mainstream music press, and also many "in camp" problems often relating to recreational drugs and depression. In The Wildhearts turbulent and unpredictable history, many members have come and gone, but they have always been based around founding member Ginger (real name David Walls), the singer, guitarist and predominant songwriter. Despite many of The Wildhearts singles being refused air play on the radio in their early days The Wildhearts still managed to enter the British charts in the top 20, and The Wildhearts has remained at the forefront of the British Rock Scene since 1993.

The Wildhearts has had a fairly chaotic history, splitting up several times, adding and subtracting various members, and their career has been blighted by drug and alcohol related problems throughout. Much of The Wildhearts career was affected by sometimes bitter feuds with their record company, East West.

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