MC Tunes

Tunes first worked with 808 State on the 1990 album The North at Its Heights (ZTT Records). The album was a moderate success, reaching number 26 in the UK Albums Chart,{{cite book In 1992, Tunes recorded the single "Digital Bad Boy" / "Could You Understand" (Juice Box) with A Guy Called Gerald. 'The Only Rhyme That Bites' video was recorded in the basement of the old Express Newspapers building on Great Ancoats Street. == Damage by Stereo ==

With the success of the 808 State collaborations and his growing reputation on the global hip hop scene, ZTT Records signed a separate deal with MC Tunes. With the project being overseen by Trevor Horn, recording began at Sarm Studios on a series of tracks in 1991. The result was nine tracks which, with an addition of a new version of "Dance Yourself To Death" produced by the Dust Brothers, were intended to be released in album format under the title Damage by Stereo. It is unclear why at the time of its making the album was not released but, in 2012, the entire collection of missing master tapes were rediscovered. In April 2014, it was announced that "Damage by Stereo" was to be released by Peter Hook's Haçienda Records label. On 9 February 2015, Damage By Stereo was eventually released, almost 24 years after it was originally recorded. The album was made available on a limited edition double CD, Serial Number HAC018, featuring the 10 original tracks intended for the album and a five track bonus disc featuring dance remixes by 808 State's Andy Barker, DJ & Producer Mark Wells, the Dust Brothers, TtrueAR and The Laboratory Project. Two slightly different versions of the CD were manufactured. One hundred copies were created for guests at the official album launch party held at South Manchester, with another limited batch of CDs being produced for general release. The album was also made available digitally through Hacienda Records and on various other digital platforms including iTunes and Spotify. MC Tunes released "Dance Yourself To Death" with 808 State and The Dust Brothers on 4 November 2022. ==Dust Junkys==

Following the stalling of his solo career, Tunes formed the Dust Junkys in 1995, The Dust Junkys music was subject to remixes by artists such as Fun Loving Criminals. The track "Fever" was featured on the soundtrack for the Sony PlayStation game, Driver 2. The most widely recognized piece of Dust Junkys music, originally called "Rinse (Beatbox Wash)", released as the B-side of "Living in the Pocket of a Drug Queen?", came to prominence as the main hook of Fatboy Slim's "Gangster Trippin'". The track peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.{{cite book ==Filmography==

In 1990, ZTT Records commissioned film maker Howard Walmsley to create a film to promote MC Tunes music career. This became the foundation for a film called Nish Clish Banging, The MC Tunes Tapes which was completed in 2011, and shown in art house cinemas in the North West of England. The University of Central Lancashire screened the film to a capacity crowd at the Mitchell and Kenyon cinema in Preston, Lancashire, on 15 November 2012. The screening was followed by Terry Christian conducting an interview with Lockett and Walmsley, and a question and answer session with the audience. In the interview, Tunes candidly talked about the controversy that had surrounded his career and personal life. In addition to being featured in music promotional films, in 2007 Tunes played himself in the independent feature film, Diary of a Bad Lad. ==Discography==

MC Tunes Albums • The North at Its Heights (ZTT, 1990) • Damage by Stereo (Hacienda Records, 2015) Singles • "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (ZTT, 1990) • "Tunes Splits the Atom" (ZTT, 1990) • "Primary Rhyming" (ZTT, 1990) • "The Only Rhyme That Bites" (re-issue) (ZTT, 1992) • "The Only Rhyme That Bites '99" (ZTT, 1999) • "The Only Rhyme That Bites '99(17 Remastered)" (ZTT, 2017) Dust Junkys Albums • Done and ...Dusted (Polydor, 1998) • Done and ...Dusted Special Edition/Dub and ...Dusted (Polydor, 1998) • Reboot: Redone and Dusted (WikiBeats, 2018) Singles • "Living in the Pocket of a Drug Queen?" (Polydor, 1997) • "(Nonstopoperation)" (Polydor, 1997) • "What Time is It?" (Polydor, 1998) • "Nothin' Personal" (Polydor, 1998){{cite book ==References==