Yeah, more reports
http://www.vanyaland.com/2015/02/12/report-steve-strange-new-romantic-electronic-music-pioneers-visage-dead-55/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:14 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31449838
― You are swimming in spaghetti. Without a paddle. (snoball), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:20 (nine years ago) link
well that sucks. RIP.
the reunion album was genuinely great and i would have loved to hear more from him..
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
Absolutely gutted.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
glum and shitty news indeed
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
But following the band’s successful first two albums, Visage and the Anvil, Strange became addicted to heroin after first trying the drug while modelling at a Jean Paul Gaultier show in Paris in 1985.“The one thing I regret is heroin,” he told the Guardian in 2000.After that there followed legal problems such as an arrest and suspended sentence for shoplifting a Teletubbies doll and cosmetics set in Bridgend, south Wales.
“The one thing I regret is heroin,” he told the Guardian in 2000.
After that there followed legal problems such as an arrest and suspended sentence for shoplifting a Teletubbies doll and cosmetics set in Bridgend, south Wales.
jeez :(
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Holy shit, 'Mind Of A Toy' just finishes playing and then I come online to read this!
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Thursday, 12 February 2015 22:55 (nine years ago) link
RIP :(
Good stuff from Mr. Ewing
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/13/steve-strange-pop-secret-architects-visage-new-romantics-blitz?CMP=share_btn_tw
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 13 February 2015 00:40 (nine years ago) link
sadly just catching up on this band after today's sad news but definitely some top shelf synth stuff....RIP
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 13 February 2015 01:23 (nine years ago) link
i was wondering why this thread was bumped, so sad. RIP.
had the one popular album by them.
― Bee OK, Friday, 13 February 2015 02:36 (nine years ago) link
The first Visage album is an absolute classic, IMO. Strange obviously brought the visual element, but the cast of musicians working on the project is dazzling:
Steve StrangeMidge Ure (Slik/Rich Kids/Ultravox)John McGeoch (Magazine/Siouxsie & The Banshees/Public Image Ltd.)Dave Formula (Magazine)Billy Currie (Ultravox/Gary Numan)Rusty Egan (Rich Kids)Barry Adamson (Magazine/Pete Shelley/Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)Chris Payne (Gary Numan)Cedric Sharpley (Gary Numan)
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 13 February 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
http://www.kimwilde.com/latest-news/steve-strange-1959-2015/
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Friday, 13 February 2015 10:17 (nine years ago) link
"Visage 'Fade to Grey' explained.An account by one of the original writers (Chris Payne) about how it was written and recorded"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF_jeokUX8
― meisenfek, Saturday, 5 June 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
That's pretty fascinating. I had no idea where the band fit into things, I just assumed they were the usual keyboard guy and singer. But no, they're a keystone act sharing members with Gary Numan, Ultravox, and Magazine, which is pretty neat.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 5 June 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
cool, thanks for sharing, one of my all time fave tracks
― brimstead, Saturday, 5 June 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Now this is how to pay tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfIOKEaYH0
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 April 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link