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MASHED POTATO HEDZ - Hip Hop For Idiots

Mashed Potato Hedz (MPH) was first started ages ago in West(side) Sussex when 3 idiots thought they were really funny but actually werent. 

A fourth one was added and they recorded a load of really immature songs that appeal to 15 year old boys and people with brain damage and hardly anyone else. 

They played gigs that were good and the other not so good and then recorded a load more songs.

The Mashed Potato Hedz (named after a scene in Weird Al Yankovic's cult movie "UHF") first started recording rad hip hop craziness in the bedroom of Alex "A-Dub" Woodford in the late 1990s, when A-Dub, Neil "Beatz" Bartlett and Mat "Just Mat" Pitman put down their tea cups and picked up mics. SO that's long before your Goldie Lookin Chains, your MC Pitman and 50 Pence. They discovered a mutual love of mastabation (individually, not together), tea and hip hop and decided that hippity hop just wasnt funny enough.
The original wack(y) MCs realised that bedrooms were best for sleepin in and migrated to the living room of new member Drew "Drewman" aka "Drewvis" Bristow. After several successful recording sessions, the band (whilst on a shopping trip to Brighton) popped in to see their friend Martin who'd changed his name to Krafty Kuts and was DJing some mad Big Beat stuff around Brighton. They gave him a tape of the garbage they'd been turning out. And he played it there and then. A local wheeler dealer was in the store at the time and heard the beats and insane lyrics. He then forced the band to record with him and play a gig.
During this time they saw the departure of founding member A-Dub who went off to have a successful career doing Horrorcore Hip Hop (whatever that is). Shortly afterwards came the "Tougher Than Trevor" EP and a live gig in Brighton. Both rocked various houses, schools and, later, a pub.
After the huge buzz and wide spread praise of these releases came the guys second tho never bothered to finish properly album "Oh Jeremy, It's Those Boys Again" (in exists in full as a kind of demo / slash lofi-hiphop-comedy classic. Whilst not as instant as the previous two releases (less knob jokes), the album featured some really messed up songs and has become known as "The Pauls Boutique Era".  
The band performed another gig at The Beach Club on the same bill as Peshay, Dett & Skibadee and Mark Rae! Fancy eh? Unfortunately, the cool people didnt really get three twats in loud shirts and hair singing about Helen Daniels and threw bottles at them. Gits. They ran and so did former manager Dave. DO you blame him?
The days looked dark. And after much debating, they continued alone. A bit like the Littlest Hobo.
Next came the classic "Merry Christmas, Hairy Valarie" EP, which contained two non hip hop versions of Jingle Bells, an early version of "Your Mum Smells Of Cabbage" and the ... ummm... unforgettable "Pillow Song" - Neil's ode to humping a pillow.
During a turbulent time for the band, Neil was unavailable due to, ahem, 'other commitments' which resulted in the EP "Exercising Every Muscle" which featured the Drew & Mat song "Skool" and the Indestructible Peanuts Of Mary remix of  an early previously unissued monologue performed by Neil called "My Fitness Record Sheet".
Glad tidings came with Bartlett finishing his 'evening class' and a new album soon followed. "How Hard Is It To Go Back To Someone Who Has Seen You Naked And Say That You Were Wrong" (AKA "Hat"). Featured a brand new version of the half finished "Hamsters Paradise", a remix of the classic, unissued demo "Dead Tonys" and several brand new recordings.

August 2013 Update....

Now MPH are back in 2013 after 10 years.  Three new songs were recorded, celebrating Neil's 40th Birthday.  This includes two songs with original founding A-Dub.  Check em out.  We might do more.

April 2015 Update....

We're back again!  New EP this year!  Woooo

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