Cuban Boys

Cuban Boys, an English electronic group and production team, formed in 1998. The band initially included Skreen B, Ricardo Autobahn, B.L. Underwood ("Blu"), and Jenny McLaren. They utilized the internet for publicity and released their first track "Diophantus Arithmetica" anonymously online. Their breakthrough came with the single "Oh My God! They Killed Kenny!" (1998), which featured sampled dialogue from South Park and was extensively played by John Peel on BBC Radio 1. This led to a six-track EP, Blueprint for Modernisation. The band's most significant hit was "Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia", which reached number 4 in the UK charts in December 1999. Their debut album, Eastwood, was released through EMI in 2000 but suffered poor sales despite the success of their single. Following this commercial failure, Cuban Boys were dropped by EMI and focused on internet downloads, releasing several limited release singles and EPs. The band ceased to be active around 2001, with members pursuing other projects. In 2008, they released The Satellite Junkyard, their first full album since Eastwood, followed by Art vs Commerce - The Singles Collection, House of Beauty / self-published (2010), and Machines (2017).