Visage

Visage was a New Romantic band that began life in 1978 in the London, England nightclub Billy's. Initially, the band comprised Steve Strange, (a former member of the punk band Moors Murderers) and DJ Rusty Egan (formerly the drummer with The Rich Kids).

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Midge Ure (who had also been involved with The Rich Kids) was interested in working with Strange and Egan, and the trio recorded a demo which included their version of the Zager and Evans hit "In The Year 2525".

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With the addition of Ultravox's Billy Currie, and three members of Magazine—bassist Barry Adamson, guitarist John McGeoch, and keyboard player Dave Formula—Visage signed to Radar Records and released "Tar" in September 1979.

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The following year saw the release of their self-titled debut album. The album contained the song "Fade to Grey" which quickly became a huge club hit, and went to number one in 21 countries. When the song hit the UK Singles Chart it was the beginning of an imminent commercial breakthrough for electronic music and the whole New Romantic movement.

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A Top-40 hit, "Mind of a Toy" followed (complete with a video produced by 10cc's Godley & Creme), but the 1982 release of The Anvil saw disappointing sales and Visage began to disintegrate. Their final album Beat Boy was released after Ure, Formula and Currie left the band.

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A remix of "Fade to Grey" was a UK Top-40 hit during the early 1990s, and Visage performed on the "Here and Now Xmas Tour"—a revival of 1980s musicians—in 2002.

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Steve Strange has relaunched the band in a new incarnation for the new millennia. Joining Steve in the band are Steve, Sandrine and Rosie form Seize and Ross from Goteki. As well as reworking old material the new band has started writing new material and doing remixes for the likes of Kelly Osbourne, and a new remix of Fade to Grey was released by the dutch jungle group Noisia. The relaunching of Visage seems to have run into some problems in 2005, which has seen a number of gigs cancelled due to Steve Strange failing to show up. Many who have seen him have noted that he has seemed to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol or even both.

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New Romantic: New Romantic was a New Wave music subgenre and fashion movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. Its genesis took place largely through clubs such as Billy's in Great Queen Street, London, England, which ran Bowie and Roxy Music nights in the post-punk aftermath,...

1978: 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar)....

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

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