by Dan Donnelly on guitar and Tony Arthy on drums, with Arthy having parted company with Jesus Jones. Arthy had previously worked with Hunt in an earlier, but unreleased incarnation of The Miles Hunt Club in 2001. In March 2016, a PledgeMusic-funded album, 30 Goes Around the Sun, was released to celebrate 30 years since the band's very first rehearsal in the heart of The Black Country. This coincided with a UK tour during March and April. This album became their first studio release to enter the Top 40 since 1994. In 2019, the band announced a new lineup, with founder member Malc Treece returning on guitar replacing Donnelly, Pete Howard of The Clash replacing Arthy on drums, and former The Mission guitarist Mark Thwaite replacing McCarthy on bass. After a short tour at the start of the year, the group announced they would be releasing a new album Better Being Lucky towards the end of 2019, featuring several songs co-written by Thwaite on guitar, which would be followed by a tour where the group would play The Eight Legged Groove Machine and Hup albums in full alongside other tracks from their back catalogue and the new album. Thwaite moved to guitar on the live shows promoting the new album with Tim Sewell taking over bass duties. Timeline Discography The Eight Legged Groove Machine (1988) Hup (1989) Never Loved Elvis (1991) Construction for the Modern Idiot (1993) Escape from Rubbish Island (2004) Suspended by Stars (2006) Oh No It's... The Wonder Stuff (2012) 30 Goes Around the Sun (2016) Better Being Lucky (2019) Videos and DVDs Eleven Appalling Promos (1990) Welcome to the Cheap Seats (1992) Greatest Hits: Finally Live (1994) Construction for the Modern Vidiot (2003) Hup Live (2010) Never Loved Elvis Live (2012) Oh Yeah, It's the Wonder Stuff (2014) References External links Official website English alternative rock groups Musical groups established in 1986 Musical groups disestablished in 1994 Musical groups reestablished in 2000 Musical groups from West Midlands (county) Polydor Records artists 1986 establishments in the United Kingdom