Years - 1979-83
Best Song - The Passions of Lovers (#28 in UK - 11/7/81)
Origin - Northampton, England
Driving Force - "We're basically four individuals who have been listening
to different things, but when we get together we don't consciously think 'ohh,
that sounds like so-and-so, that sounds good'. But the combination of the
four together creates hopefully, we feel, a new sound that is us and nobody
else. I mean if we thought we sounded like anybody else it would be pointless
going on." - Danielle
Interview in LEXICON
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Years - 1980-? (apparently working on new material with no plans for release)
Best Song - Wonderful Life (#2 in UK)
Origin - Roby, England
Driving Force -
Years - 1979-
Best Song - I've Seen the World (#65 in UK as b-side of Gods Kitchen)
Origin - London, England
Driving Force - "We're not the kind ofpeopl who attempt to put some sort
of important message across to the world in our music 'coz we haven't got
an important message."
Years - 1981-88
Best Song - Nowhere Girl
Origin - Mansfield, England
Driving Force - Aborted - Studio 10 - B-Movie - Everest the Hard Way - Chimes
- Soft as Ghosts - Six Sed Red - MCX - Pete Murphy - Then Jerico - One -
Slaughterhouse 5! The members of this band got around abit! Dead Good - Dream
- Sire. Post-punk keyboard/guitar band classified an New Romantics guaranteeing
a hard time for their credibility.
Years - 1980-2012
Best Song - Men With Secrets
Origin - USA
Driving Force - Joseph Byrd - "To Richard who has seen the future from Joseph
who only imagined it". And in the early days a TR 606!
Years - 1980-83 - Now re-forming (Anabella Lwin has teamed up with bassist
Leigh Gorman in a re-vamped version of the band, drummer Eshan Khadroo fills
the spot originally occupied by Dave Barbarossa)
Best Song - I Want
Candy (#6 in UK - 3/7/82, #23 in Oz)
Origin - London, England
Driving Force - "Our main criticism of Malcolm (McLaren) is that he's too
intellectual. We do have intellectual elements in what we do, but the music
is basically about shagging."
Years - 1984-86
Best Song - Smalltown
Boy (#3 in UK - 23/6/84)
Origin - London, England
Driving Force - "With three queers and a couple of synths lying around, we
were bound to come up with something good. We're such a creative lot really."
Larry Steinbachek
Years - 1979-82 (recent live show)
Best Song - Video Killed
the Radio Star (#1 in UK - 20-27/10/79)
Origin - England
Driving Force - Excellent production by Trevor Horn
