I'm Being Good

Brighton, England's underground music scene was thriving during 1991. Guitarist/vocalist Andrew Clare was a musician in the city who had been running a cassette-only label called Graphic Death since the age of 16. It was under his direction that the pop/rock band I'm Being Good began that year. According to Clare, the project was developed to make music that he wanted to hear outside the confines of what he was capable of doing. The history of the band's name was drawn from two sources -- a line from the Bobby Goldsboro song "Honey" and a short story by Hubert Selby Jr. In its infant stage, I'm Being Good consisted of Clare and a trusty drum machine. Through his various connections in the Brighton music scene, Clare teamed up with bassist Dave Campbell in 1992. By the following year, the group was rounded out by drummer Simon Ounsworth. By this time, Clare's label had mutated from a cassette-only operation into an actual record imprint. The new label name became Infinite Chug, and the first official release was a single by the revised I'm Being Good lineup titled Hate Sturdy Buildings. Late that year, Jason Williams joined the band on bass, which caused Campbell's move to the second guitar spot. In 1994, Ounsworth left I'm Being Good after he came down with glandular fever. The remaining members tapped the shoulder of Tim Hall and asked if he'd join as the band's new drummer. At the time, Hall was playing in the band Garner with Williams. Since Hall already had this connection and knew other members of I'm Being Good, he accepted the invitation. The second single, We Have the Balleeen, was released shortly thereafter on Clare's label once again. It was roughly around this time when the band set out for its first tour of the United Kingdom. The band returned to England...