Karl Hyde is the singer, guitarist, lyrical genius and enthralling frontman of Underworld, his long-running collaboration with musician and composer Rick Smith.

His mainstream breakthrough came with the release of the 1996 film Trainspotting in which Born Slippy .NUXX featured prominently. Karl Hyde has said fondly that, thanks to the legacy of that track:

To some people, I’m just that shouty bloke."

Karl Hyde is known for his often unintelligible stream of consciousness lyrical style and rhapsodic live performances.