Freeez
Freeez | |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Disco , funk , post-disco |
founding | 1978 |
Founding members | |
John Rocca | |
Peter Maas | |
Paul Morgan | |
Andy Stennet | |
former members | |
singing |
Alison Gordon |
Gordon Sullivan | |
John Whitmore |
Freeez was a British disco and funk group that was founded in 1978 and had a worldwide success with the title IOU in 1983 .
biography
John Rocca was initially a record seller in London and mainly sold jazz and funk records from the USA . A regular had him sing in his band. In the following six months there were joint appearances at an Afro hairdresser .
In 1978 Rocca founded the formation Freeez together with Peter Maas, Paul Morgan and Andy Stennett. It was named after a funk instrumental by Rodney Franklin called The Groove . This song had sudden pauses in which everything freezes as if it were frozen. “Freeez!” Also means “Stop - stand still!” And is called by American police officers when they stop suspicious people.
In 1978 Freeez released their first single Keep in Touch on their own label Pink Rhythm , which was a hit in the UK charts (number 49). In 1981 the group switched to the Beggars Banquet label and released the single Southern Freeze . The single reached the top 10 in the UK (number eight). A few weeks later, Flying High rose to position 35 in the domestic charts .
At times the band now had up to seven members, including Gordon Sullivan, George Whitmore and singer Alison Gordon. Due to various differences of opinion, Freeez shrank down to two people, John Rocca and Peter Maas, in 1983. In the same year, the US wrote House - producer Arthur Baker for the duo the title I. O. U. , which in the British charts second place in the German single charts in eighth place and in Switzerland reached number five.
The follow-up single Pop Goes My Love was placed in autumn 1983 at position 26 in Great Britain and at position 52 in Germany. Love's Gonna Get You , which only reached number 80 in the UK charts in November 1983, was the last Freeez hit for the time being. A short time later, the musicians separated. Rocca and Stennet founded the unsuccessful Pink Rhythm project, while Maas, Morgan, Billy Crichton and Louis Smith continued Freeez without much notice. Only John Rocca had some success as a soloist.
In early 1987 I. O. U. returned to the UK charts as a remix and reached number 23. A new version of Southern Freeez was there at number 63 in the middle of the year.
I. O. U. has been covered several times . The 2002s version of the Phonkillaz from Cologne was used as theme music of RTL telecast the 80s show .
Discography
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Albums
- 1981: Southern Freeze
- 1983: IOU
- 1983: Gonna Get You
- 1984: Anti-Freeez (re-release of older pieces)
- 1985: Idle Vice
- 1993: Freeez Frame! - The Best of Freeez
Singles
- 1980: Keep in Touch
- 1980: Stay / Hot Footing It
- 1981: Flying High
- 1981: Southern Freeze
- 1981: Anti-Freeez
- 1982: One to One
- 1983: IOU
- 1983: Pop Goes My Love
- 1983: Love's Gonna Get You
- 1983: IOU (Megamix) (Promo)
- 1983: A - E - I - O - U (Mexico only)
- 1983: Gonna Get You Megamix (Promo)
- 1985: That Beats My Patience
- 1985: Train of Thoughts
- 1987: I Want It to Be Real
- 1990: IOU / Southern Freeez
- 2005: IOU / Pop Goes My Love / Love's Gonna Get You
literature
- Frank Laufenberg: Frank Laufenberg's Rock and Pop Lexicon Vol. 1 , ISBN 3-612-26206-8 .
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Web links
- Freeez at Allmusic (English)
- Freeez at Discogs (English)
- Freeez ( Memento from July 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) at Br-online.de