The Charlatans?(known in the?United States?as?The Charlatans UK) are an?Englishalternative rock?band. The band's line-up currently comprises?Tim Burgess?(vocals),?Mark Collins?(guitar),?Martin Blunt?(bass),?Tony Rogers?(keyboards) and?Jon Brookes?(drums and percussion).[1]
Former members of the band include guitarist Jon Day (Jonathan Baker) (1989–1991), vocalist Baz Ketley (1989) and keyboardist?Rob Collins?(1989–1996), who died in a?car accident?during recording of their fifth album.
In the?UK, all of the band's eleven studio albums have charted in the Top 40 in the?UK Albums Chart, three of them being #1s. They have also achieved seventeen Top 30 singles, and four Top 10 hits in the?UK Singles Chart.
