Fools Dance

Fools Dance
Origin	Horley, Surrey, England
Genres	Punk rock, progressive rock, new wave
Years active	1983–1985
Past members	Stuart Curran Simon Gallup Paul Thompson Matthieu Hartley Ian Huller Gary Biddles J.J. Burnel Pete Gardner Ron Howe Campbell MacKellar Mark Wilson
Website	Fools Dance website

Fools Dance was a short-lived British rock band, formed in 1982 by Simon Gallup after he left The Cure due to a conflict with Robert Smith. Initially calling themselves The Cry, the band played their first gig at the Covent Garden Rock Garden on 19 April 1983. Although Fools Dance recorded a number of songs and played a number of gigs in their brief existence, they never released a full-length album. The only material they ever released were two EPs; a self-titled EP and They'll Never Know.

The band dissolved shortly after Gallup reconciled with Smith and rejoined The Cure in 1985. However, a Fools Dance Myspace page was put up in August 2006.

Line-up

The Cry

• Stuart Curran - guitar
• Simon Gallup - bass guitar
• Tot (aka Paul Thompson) - drums
• Matthieu Hartley - keyboards
• Ian Huller - vocals

Fools Dance

• Stuart Curran - guitar
• Simon Gallup - bass, lead vocals (on "The Ring")
• Tot (aka Paul Thompson) - drums (on "They'll Never Know")
• Gary Biddles - vocals
• J.J. Burnel - bass (on "They'll Never Know")
• Pete Gardner - drums
• Ron Howe - saxophone
• Campbell MacKellar - guitar, keyboards (on "They'll Never Know")
• Mark Wilson - bass (during short-lived relaunch in the late 1980s)

Discography

Fools Dance

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1986
1987 | Recorded = | Genre = Punk rock, progressive rock, new wave| | Length =

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• Universe Productions
• Contorsion
• Top Hole Records
• Lambs to the Slaughter Records

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Priest Hole" (Track 3 on Universe Productions version)
2.	"Happy Families Waiting (At the Skylab Landing Bay)" (Track 4 on Universe Productions version)
3.	"I'm So Many (Talk Talk)" (Track 5 on Universe Productions version)
4.	"Sa'Ha" (Track 1 on Universe Productions version)
5.	"The Don Diddy Song" (Track 2 on Universe Productions version)

Fools Dance

• Gary Biddles - vocals
• Stuart Curran - guitar
• Simon Gallup - bass guitar
• Pete Gardner - drums
• Ron Howe - saxophone

Production

• Brian Crook, Frank Skarth'haly, Ted Page - producers

They'll Never Know

Untitled

All tracks written by Biddles/Gallup/Curran, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"They'll Never Know"	Biddles/McKeller/Thompson
2.	"The Collector"
3.	"Empty Hours"
4.	"The Ring"

Fools Dance

• Vocals: Gary Biddles (Tracks 1-3), Simon Gallup (Track 4)
• Guitar: Campbell MacKellar (Track 1), Stuart Curran (Tracks 2-4)
• Bass: J.J. Burnel (Track 1), Gallup (Tracks 2-4)
• Drums: Paul "Tot" Thomson (Track 1), Pete Gardner (Tracks 2-4)
• Saxophone: Ron Hose (Tracks 2-4)

Production

• Producer: Fools Dance (Tracks 1 & 3), Frank Skarth-Haley (Tracks 2 and 4)
• Engineers: Colin Richardson (Track 1), Skarth-Haley (Tracks 2 and 4), Fools Dance (Track 3)

Unreleased songs

• "Old Door"
• "Wonderful Weekend"
• "Sin"
• "Turn Me Back to Animal"
• "Spinning Around"
• "The Burn"
• "Remembrance Day"
• "Where Do You Sleep"
• "Snakeskin World"
• "Bowdiddly Song"
• "Turning Back"
• "Tapestry"
• "Canaries Out"

References

External links

• Tour Program
• Fools Dance at picturesofyou.us
• Interview with Gary Biddles
• Interview with Ron Howe
• Lyrics