Altered Images
| Altered Images | |
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| General information | |
| origin | Glasgow |
| Genre (s) | New wave |
| founding | 1979 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| former members | |
singing |
Clare Grogan (1979-1984) |
guitar |
John McElhone (1979-1984) |
guitar |
Gerard 'Caesar' McNulty (1979-1981) |
bass |
Tony McDaid (1979/1981) |
Drums |
Michael 'Tich' Anderson (1979-1982) |
guitar |
Jim McKinven (1981-1982) |
guitar |
Steve Lironi (1982-1984) |
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Altered Images was a British pop / new wave band formed in Glasgow in March 1979 and disbanded in 1984.
Band history
Together with Clare Grogan ( vocals ) and Gerard 'Caesar' McNulty ( guitar ), school friends John McElhone (guitar), Tony McDaid ( electric bass ) and Michael 'Tich' Anderson ( drums ) founded Altered Images in March 1979. The name goes back to the cover of the Buzzcocks single Promises from 1978. Singer Grogan has appeared in the British films Gregory's Girl and Comfort and Joy . In August of the same year the group made their live debut at the Glasgow Club Countdown.
First demo tapes got bassist Steve Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees to include Altered Images in the opening act of their England tour in 1980. Severin also produced her first single Dead Pop Stars for Epic in February 1981 , which "addressed the short-lived fame in the pop business both critically and self-ironically", but was ignored by the audience. The well-known British radio DJ John Peel became aware of the band after a performance at the Futurama Festival in Leeds, Northern England . The successor Happy Birthday, produced by Martin Rushent , fared completely different from Dead Pop Stars . The single became a surprise hit in 1981 and reached number two in the British singles charts .
Happy Birthday was also the title of the first album that was recorded under the direction of Steve Severin. Jim McKinven (guitar) was added to the line-up for the recordings. McKinven replaced Gerard "Caesar" McNulty, who founded the band The Wake after his departure. For their second record Pinky Blue , recorded in the spring of 1982, Martin Rushent could again be engaged as producer. The album delivered three hit singles, including a cover version of Neil Diamond's song Sung Blue . McKinven and Anderson left the band in July 1982. McKinven was replaced by Steve Lironi , but the band remained without a permanent drummer. The single Don't Talk To Me About Love produced by Mike Chapman in March 1983 was also successful in the charts. In June 1983 the third album Bite was released . Mike Chapman took over the production of the album together with Tony Visconti , who arranged the strings in addition to the production of some tracks.
In 1984, Altered Images officially broke up. Grogan pursued her acting career and released solo records, guitarist Johnny McElhone first founded the band Hipsway , which was able to record a chart success in the British singles charts and Billboard Hot 100 with the single The Honeythief , before he founded the band Texas together with Sharleen Spiteri in 1986 .
Discography
- Happy Birthday (1981, Epic )
- Pinky Blue (1982, Epic)
- Bite (1983, Epic)
Web links
- Altered Images in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Altered Images at Allmusic (English)
- Lyrics of Altered Images on LyricWiki
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
- ↑ Dave Wilson: Rock Formations: Categorical Answers To How Band Names Were Formed . ISBN 0-9748483-5-2 , pp. 74 .
- ^ Christian Graf and Burghard Rausch: Rock Music Lexicon . Europa / Vol. 1. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-16428-1 , pp. 28 ff .