After the punk movement ended, Gillespie became disenchanted with mainstream new wave music . He met another schoolfriend who shared his outlook, Jim Beattie, and they recorded “elemental noise tapes”, in which Gillespie would bang two dustbin lids together and Beattie played fuzz-guitar. They soon moved on to the Velvet…
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In January 1982, the band released ” See You “, their first single without Clarke, which managed to beat all three Clarke-penned singles in the UK charts, reaching number six.
Since joining in 1982, I have continually striven to give total energy, enthusiasm and commitment to the furthering of the group’s success, and in spite of a consistent imbalance in the distribution of the workload, willingly offered this. Unfortunately, within the group, this level of input never received the respect…
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Part of the MTV -driven ” Second British Invasion ” of the US in 1982, Idol became an MTV staple with ” White Wedding ” and “Dancing with Myself”. The music video for “White Wedding” was filmed by the British director David Mallet and played frequently on MTV. The motorcycle…
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Clarke began to voice his discomfort at the direction the band was taking, saying “there was never enough time to do anything. Not with all the interviews and photo sessions”. Clarke also said he was sick of touring, which Gahan said years later was “bullshit to be quite honest”. Gahan…
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The video was heavily edited for MTV. The album also included ” Tel Aviv “, a track with lyrics Simon Le Bon wrote in 1980 after working on a kibbutz in Israel . The song was later reworked into a Middle Eastern-influenced instrumental before appearing on the album. The album…
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New Order’s first commercial release was the single ” Ceremony “, backed with “In a Lonely Place”. These two songs were written in the weeks before Curtis took his own life. With the release of their debut album, Movement , in November 1981, New Order initially started on a similar…
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The band’s next single was ” Just Can’t Get Enough “. The synth-pop single became the band’s first UK top ten hit. The video is the only one to feature Vince Clarke. Depeche Mode’s debut album, Speak & Spell , was released in October 1981 and peaked at number ten…
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October was released in October 1981 and contained overtly spiritual themes. The album received mixed reviews and limited radio play. It debuted at number 11 in the UK, but sold poorly elsewhere. The single ” Gloria ” was U2’s first song to have its music video played on MTV ,…
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As a quartet, New Order subsequently re-recorded “Ceremony”, which was released as a twelve-inch single in September 1981.