![]() ![]() The dawning of a new millenium saw an ending to the 'hostilities' as the band buried hatchets, kissed and made friends once more, culminating in a reforming of the group, and a new 'unplugged' album entitled 'Strip' - with live albums following beyond. ![]() While signed to Geffen, the band released what was to be their last album together for fifteen years, "Strange Times" as the band literally fell apart, acrimoniously, with grief after the 1987 sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher. After their second album, "What Does Anything Mean? Basically", they signed with Geffen. They then became unhappy with Statik and tried to get away from them, but were bound by contractual obligations. The band was really pissed when they found out about the reduced version which was released by MCA in the US. The debut album, "Script of the Bridge", was recorded in Rochdale during a six-week period. However, Statik was distributed by Virgin, so they couldn't qualify for the independent charts and were thus overlooked by the music press. CBS dropped them after the one single, despite encouraging sales. They originally signed with CBS, but they disagreed with how they should sound. After the recruitment of drummer John Lever of The Politicians (6), their first single "In Shreds" on CBS, made number 42 on John Peel's Festive Fifty in 1982. The three started without a drummer and got the attention of the legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Mark Burgess had been in The Clichés, while Reg Smithies & Dave Fielding were in Years (3). Post Punk band formed in 1981 in Middleton, 6 miles north of Manchester. ![]()
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