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Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Fools Dance was a short-lived British rock band formed by Simon Gallup after he left The Cure due to a conflict with Robert Smith in 1982.[1] Although Fools Dance recorded a fair amount of material and played a fair amount of gigs in their brief existence, they never released a full-length album. The only material they ever released were two EPs; their self-titled EP and They'll Never Know.

The band dissolved shortly after Gallup rejoined The Cure in 1985. However, in 2006, somebody started up a web page for Fools Dance on MySpace [2], featuring some rare live recordings that have never been released to the public.

Lineup I

Stuart Curran - guitar
Simon Gallup - bass guitar
Matthieu Hartley - keyboards
Ian Huller - vocals
Tot - drums

Lineup II

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

Discography

Fools Dance EP (1985)
They'll Never Know (1987)

Trivia

Matthieu Hartley and Gary Biddles have also both been involved with The Cure; Hartley was their original keyboard player and Biddles was a one-time guest singer and roadie.
When Gary Biddles was permitted to sing "Forever" during the final concert of the Pornography tour in 1982, he prompted a fight onstage after singing: "Smith is a wanker, Tolhurst is a wanker, only Simon is worth anything in this band! The Cure is dead!"[3]
When Simon Gallup rejoined The Cure as they were recording The Head On the Door, the band tapped Ron Howe to play a saxophone solo on the track "A Night Like This."
Gary Biddles later formed another band with Lol Tolhurst called Presence, which released one full-length album called Inside.

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+{{Infobox musical artist 2
-'''Fools Dance''' was a short-lived British rock band founded by [[Simon Gallup]] following his departure from [[The Cure]] in 1982. This band enjoyed some success - mostly in [[Holland]] -during their brief tenure together. However, most critics agreed that they were merely trying to emulate [[The Cure]], albeit not quite as good. The band broke up after [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] asked Gallup to return to [[The Cure]], which he did. While recording the album [[The Head on the Door]], The Cure also tapped another Fools Dance member, Ron Howe, to play the saxophone for the track "A Night Like This".
+|Name = '''Fools Dance'''
+|Background = group_or_band
+|Origin = [[Bath]], [[England]]
+|Instruments =
+|Genre = [[Punk rock]]<br>[[Progressive rock]]<br>[[New Wave]]|
+|Years_active = [[1983]] &ndash; [[1985]]|
+|Label(s) =  Top Hole<br>Contorsion<br>Lambs To The Slaughter - Prism |
+|URL = [http://www.foolsdance.de/index.php? Fools Dance website]
+|Past_members = [[Simon Gallup]]<br>Stuart Curran<br>[[Matthieu Hartley]]<br><br>Ian Huller<br>Tot<br>Gary Biddles<br>Ron Howe<br>Pete Gardner<br>J.J. Burnel|
+}}
+'''Fools Dance''' was a short-lived British rock band formed by [[Simon Gallup]] after he left [[The Cure]] due to a conflict with [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] in 1982.[http://www.planetdis.com/cure/didyouknow.html] Although Fools Dance recorded a fair amount of material and played a fair amount of gigs in their brief existence, they never released a full-length album.  The only material they ever released were two [[EP]]s; their self-titled EP and ''They'll Never Know''.
+The band dissolved shortly after Gallup rejoined The Cure in 1985.  However, in 2006, somebody started up a web page for Fools Dance on [[MySpace]][http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=104202474], featuring some rare live recordings that have never been released to the public.
-After Fools Dance broke up, lead singer Gary Biddles formed another band with [[Lol Tolhurst]] called [[Presence (band)|Presence]], which also sounded very Cure-like, but they only released one full-length album during their short tenure.
+== Lineup I ==
-Since Fools Dance did not have a major record label like [[The Cure]], or [[The Glove]] even, it seems that most of the material that they released nowadays can only be purchased through [[EBay]].
+*Stuart Curran - [[guitar]]
+*Simon Gallup - [[Bass guitar|bass guitar]]
+*Matthieu Hartley - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
+*Ian Huller - [[Singer|vocals]]
+*Tot - [[Drum kit|drums]]
-== Members ==
+==Lineup II ==
 *Gary Biddles - vocals
 *Stuart Curran - guitar
-*[[Simon Gallup]] - bass
+*Simon Gallup - bass
 *Pete Gardner - drums
-*Ron Howe - saxophone
+*Ron Howe - [[saxophone]]
-== Fools Dance EP ==
+== Discography ==
+*[[Fools Dance EP]] (1985)
-:#Priest Hole
+*[[They'll Never Know]] (1987)
-:#Happy Families Waiting (At the Skylab Landing Bay)
-:#I'm So Many (Talk Talk)
+==Trivia==
-:#Sa'ha
+*Matthieu Hartley and Gary Biddles have also both been involved with The Cure; Hartley was their original keyboard player and Biddles was a one-time guest singer and [[roadie]].
-:#Don Diddy Song
+*When Gary Biddles was permitted to sing "[[Forever (The Cure song)|Forever]]" during the final concert of the ''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]'' tour in 1982, he prompted a fight onstage after singing: "Smith is a wanker, Tolhurst is a wanker, only Simon is worth anything in this band! The Cure is dead!"[http://www.planetdis.com/cure/didyouknow.html]
+*When Simon Gallup rejoined The Cure as they were recording [[The Head On the Door]], the band tapped Ron Howe to play a saxophone solo on the track "A Night Like This."
+*Gary Biddles later formed another band with [[Lol Tolhurst]] called [[Presence (band)|Presence]], which released one full-length album called [[Inside (Presence)|Inside]].
 == External links ==