 The Madness was a line @-@ up of Madness without Mark Bedford , Daniel Woodgate and Mike Barson , active between 1988 and 1989 . Formed by Suggs , Chas Smash , Lee Thompson and Chris Foreman in 1988 , they distinguished this line @-@ up from the previous Madness line @-@ up only by adding the word " The " to the band 's name . The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and many on @-@ line discographies consider this band to be the same as " Madness " . Lee Thompson and Chris Foreman also alluded to this view on their album Crunch ! , which was dedicated to " the good ship Madness and all who sailed in her ( 1979 to 1989 ) " . 
