Facts: - years active: 1987 & ndash ; present - past members: marcus stephens jon wilson adams colin james craig morrison mike powell jonny - caption: meat beat manifesto live in 2008 - origin: swindon , wiltshire , england - label: mute , thirsty ear , planet mu , tino corp. . , wax trax ! , nothing , brainwashed - genre: electronica techno idm dubstep experimental breakbeat jungle dub big beat house trip hop industrial dance hardcore - name: meat beat manifesto - image size: 250px - background: group_or_band - image: meat beat manifesto.jpg - current members: jack dangers lynn farmer mark pistel benjamin stokes Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of meat beat manifesto .
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meat beat manifesto , often shortened as meat beat , manifesto or mbm , is an electronic music group originally consisting of jack dangers and jonny stephens formed in 1987 in swindon , united kingdom .the band , fronted by dangers -lrb- the only permanent member -rrb- , has proven versatile over the years , experimenting with techno , dubstep , drum and bass , idm , industrial , dub and jazz fusion while touring the world and influencing major acts such as nine inch nails , the chemical brothers and the prodigy .some of the band 's earlier work has been credited with influencing the rise of the trip hop , big beat , and drum and bass genres .