B-Movie (band)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Remembrance Day
  UK 61 04/18/1981 (3 weeks)
Nowhere girl
  UK 67 03/27/1982 (4 weeks)
A Letter from Afar
  UK 81 01/21/1984 (3 weeks)

B-Movie was a British band from Mansfield that existed from 1979 to 1985.

Career

The band's roots were in post-punk and new wave , later their style developed further towards synthpop . Its members were Steve Hovington (vocals), Paul Statham (guitar), Graham Boffey (drums) and Rick Holliday (keyboard). Her more significant singles included Remembrance Day and Nowhere Girl . Especially the song Nowhere Girl developed into a classic in German discotheques in the 1980s and 1990s. The band performed again in March 2006 at The Metro club in London. On September 18, 2010 the band made their first appearance in Germany in Plauen. Since 2012 the band has been on tour with new song material again.

Discography

Albums

  • Rememberance Day (1980, Cherry Red Records)
  • Forever Running (1985, Sire Records)
  • The Age of Illusion (2013, No Emb Blanc)
  • Climate of Fear (2016, No Emb Blanc)

Singles and EPs

  • Take Three 7 "EP (1980, Dead Good Records)
  • Nowhere Girl 12 "EP (1980, Dead Good Records)
  • Remembrance Day (1981, Some Bizzare / Deram)
  • Marilyn Dreams (1982, Some Bizzare / Sire)
  • A Letter from Afar (1985, Sire)
  • Switch On - Switch Off (1985, Sire)
  • Polar Opposites (1989, Wax Records)
  • Distant Skies EP (2013, No Emb Blanc)

Compilations

  • The Dead Good Tapes (1988, Wax Records)
  • Volume 1 - Remembrance Days (1995, Dead Good Records)
  • Volume 2 - Radio Days (1995, Dead Good Records)
  • Remembrance Days - The Dead Good Years (1997, Cherry Red)
  • BBC Radio Sessions 1981-84 (2001, Cherry Red)
  • The Platinum Collection (2006, Warner Platinum Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: UK
  2. ^ Remembrance Day Festival myspace

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