The Hare and Hoofe started life as The Muddied Waters, plying their trade on the North London R&B circuit, where they saw their more talented contemporaries achieve mainstream fame and fortune. Disillusioned by this they went to Europe to hone their stage act, but due to a lack of fluency in Flemish found themselves booked onto the notoriously gruelling Zeebrugge 'Funtime Show Scene' for three years rather than the three months they were anticipating.

Returning to London they realised that music had progressed light years beyond their energetic-but-basic blues covers, so immediately ordered a state-of-the-art recording studio and modular synthesizer set-up from the famous Jenkinson’s Electronic Sound Enterprises for their shared houseboat.

However, when they received the quote, they realised their meagre savings were nowhere near adequate, so had to make do with cheaper, more basic alternatives bought from junk shops and classified adverts in the back of specialist, electronic-hobbyist magazines.

Around this time, work began on an ambitious stage show based around a theory that in the future all public transport would be through a network of clear perspex tubes, driven by a series of state-controlled hydraulic power stations, and the alienation felt by a young man unhappy that the unelected government can tell him where he has to go.

The project was shelved after being turned down by every major, and indeed minor, London theatre as being 'completely unworkable and stupid', although their revolutionary number 'The World Coin' is believed to date from these sessions. Exploring their shared Kentish roots they began work on a more workable and economically sensible concept, based on local folk tradition which forms the backbone of their set to this day. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.