This way up

This way up

This way up is a name used by several different acts. One is a project from Lancashire, England, performed under the name of a musician who later changes his name to Mister the Beef Tongue and presents his music as part of a personal mythology centred on “the Beef Tongue”.

Roy Hay’s band

Following Culture Club, Roy Hay forms another band called This Way Up. In 1987 it releases three singles: “Tell Me Why”, “If I Can’t Have You” and “Louise”. An album, Feeling Good About It, also appears in some European countries and in Japan in 1987. These releases do not sell strongly, although “Tell Me Why” reaches number 72 in the UK Singles Chart for one week.

Herts and Essex rock band

Another This Way Up is a band from the Herts and Essex area, formed in late 2006. The group comprises Polly Hardy-Johnson on vocals, Reece Akhtar on guitar, Sean Evans on guitar, Tim McDonnell on drums and Jason Langdon on bass. Their sound is described through comparisons to Kate Nash fronting a rock and metal band, with an emphasis on vocal and guitar melodies over hard rock and metal riffs and drums.

Christian rock group

A further band using the name is a Christian rock group from Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. This version of This Way Up forms in 1999 and splits in 2002. Its members are Wyndham, Malcolm, Leo and Paul.