Fools Dance

Fools Dance
One of four album covers for Fools Dance. From left to right: Pete Gardner, Ron Howe, Gary Biddles, Simon Gallup, Stuart Curran.
Background information
Origin	Horley, Surrey, England
Genres	Punk rock, progressive rock, new wave
Years active	1983–1987
Labels	Top Hole Contorsion Lambs to the Slaughter - Prism
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

Fools Dance were an English rock band active from 1983-1987, chiefly noted for their connection to The Cure.

History

Fools Dance was formed in Horley, Surrey in 1983 under the name 'The Cry' and consisted of Ian Fuller on vocals, Stuart Curran on guitar, Simon Gallup on bass guitar, Tot on drums, and Matthieu Hartley on keyboards. Shortly after playing their first and only gig as The Cry at the Covent Garden Rock Garden on 19 April 1983, Ian and Tot left. Over the next few months, the band recruited vocalist Gary Biddles and went through a succession of drummers, using drum machines when they had none. Eventually, the group changed their name to 'Fools Can Dance' but shortly after found themselves reduced to a trio once again following the departure of Matthieu Hartley. After performing just one gig under the moniker 'Fools Can Dance', they shortened it to simply 'Fools Dance' and recruited saxophonist Ron Howe and drummer Pete Gardner.

Despite Gallup's prior involvement with The Cure, Fools Dance ultimately had more of a following in the Low Countries than they did in their native UK, making it difficult to find the time to record a full-length album. Eventually, the lineup of Biddles, Curran, Gallup, Gardner, and Howe laid down the five tracks of what would ultimately be their self-titled debut EP, Fools Dance. By this time, however, Gallup had patched things up with Robert Smith and accepted his offer to return to The Cure.

Line-up

The Cry

• Stuart Curran – guitar
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar
• Paul Thompson – drums
• Matthieu Hartley – keyboards
• Ian Fuller – vocals

Fools Dance

• Gary Biddles – vocals
• Stuart Curran – guitar
• Simon Gallup – bass guitar, lead vocals (on track 4 of They'll Never Know)
• Pete Gardner – drums
• Ron Howe – saxophone
• J.J. Burnel – bass guitar (on track 1 of They'll Never Know)
• Campbell MacKellar – guitar (on track 1 of They'll Never Know)
• Paul Thompson – drums (on track 1 of They'll Never Know)
• Mark Wilson – bass guitar (during short-lived relaunch in the late 1980s)

Discography

Fools Dance

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)

They'll Never Know

Cover of They'll Never Know

All tracks written by Biddles, Gallup and 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"

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"

External links

• Fools Dance at picturesofyou.us
• Lyrics