Storming out of Northern Ireland in the early 90s, Therapy? were as much a confluence of their influences as they were a distinctive creative force in their own right. Drawing on everything from post-punk, noise rock, metal and dance, the band's abrasive style on their early records nonetheless saw them steadily climb up the charts in the UK.
But if debut Nurse established them as discordant malcontents with an ear for massive melodies, the band's second full-length Troublegum was about to blow the doors of success wide open to them. Sleeker, more melodic and with a sound that frontman Andy Cairns describes as "like The Undertones meets Metallica", Troublegum took Therapy? into the top 10 in the UK, peaking at no. 5 and turning them into unlikely stars.
