― Colin Meeder, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
No, that's 'Being Bolied'...although if you boiled someone, they'd fade to grey. Apologies, it's Friday. On the subject of Tar, it featured strongly on the History of House Mnunsic programme.
― Jez, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
fade to grey is class. i'm djing at some bloody 80s night thing on wednesday and i desperately need to hunt down a copy, i've only got the mp3 and no cd burner.
― Wyndham Earl, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Snotty Moore, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i like the girls on top remix, the two pieces arguably work together combined then they do in their original contexts.
― Paul, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Not Important, Monday, 20 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
(I think that's how the song goes.)
(Disappearing quietly into the landscape again, now.)
― Those Beautiful Lines (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 27 May 2004 07:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Does J McGeoch play on the second album? That bendy twiddly riff shit on the first album is hot.
― Fergal (Ferg), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Visage reunion for new album http://www.intuitivemusic.com/content/view/1323/97/
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link
No love for "The Damned Don't Cry"? Visage has thee best videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfkJow29lk
― Spinspin Sugah, Thursday, 9 July 2009 05:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Awesome track. Another track that gets no love (even though Junior Boys included it on their Get Physical mix):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1tDTr3m1Yk&fmt=18
― uncannydan, Thursday, 9 July 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
new album not as bad as i would have expected
― glycemic index joe (electricsound), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
http://www.visage.cc/
― glycemic index joe (electricsound), Wednesday, 22 May 2013 00:31 (ten years ago) link
this has been growing on me quite a lot. it's completely ridiculous but they've clearly put a lot of effort into it
― multi-purpose food (electricsound), Friday, 14 June 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
slept on
― kel's vintage port (electricsound), Saturday, 14 December 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
Just heard from a friend of his that Steve Strange has died...
RIP
― Stop the tape I got spittle all over my moustache. (Talcum Mucker), Thursday, 12 February 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
confirmed sadlyhttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=654302044698442
― Eric Burdon & War, On Drugs (Cosmic Slop), Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
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