Original singer Steven-E left in September 1988, during the recording of their second LP, forcing the rest of the band to recruit a new singer, Charles Hutchinson, in January 1989, and “re-vocal” the LP, which was released as Mecca in 1990. The main single from that collection, “Higher Than Heaven”…
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The band signed to Virgin in January 1987, and embarked on a nationwide UK tour. They recorded a Janice Long session comprising “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Noise”, “Hold On” and “Bible of the Motorcity Beats”. They began recording their first single for Virgin with producer Howard Gray: “Who’s…
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The band then signed to the Sheffield independent record label, Fon, for “Kiss” and its remix 12-inches and six track mini-LP Crush Collision . “Kiss” was No. 2 in John Peel’s Festive Fifty for 1986.
They released their second self-funded single, “Bible of the Beats” / “Liquid Jungle” in January 1986, which led to an invitation to contribute a track, “From Now On, This Will Be Your God” on the NME C86 compilation tape. The band made their London debut at the ICA Rock week…
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Age of Chance first came to national attention in 1985, when their debut single, “Motorcity/ Everlasting Yeah” released on their own label, Riot Bible, was picked up and championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ , John Peel . A session followed, recorded at Maida Vale Studios and four songs, “Going,…
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