For English director Nichola Bruce , it has included the documentary One Man Show: Dramatic Art of Steven Berkoff (1995) and a documentary feature film about the Apollo Moon landings , Moonbug , which was completed in autumn 2010 and won the Special Jury Remi Award for Theatrical Feature Documentary…
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Now permanently relocated to New York, the The’s next project was 1995’s Hanky Panky , an album that consisted entirely of Hank Williams cover versions. Hanky Panky was recorded by a new group consisting of Johnson, Collard, Fitting, ex- Iggy Pop guitarist Eric Schermerhorn , former bassist for David Bowie…
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In 1993, with Johnson, Marr, Collard, Eller and Palmer, Some Bizzare Records/Epic issued their fourth studio album Dusk , which debuted at No. 2 in the UK and spun off three top 40 singles in the UK, led by ” Dogs of Lust “. Another world tour followed, the Lonely…
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The studio EP Shades of Blue was released in 1990. This included cover versions of Fred Neil ‘s “Dolphins” and Duke Ellington ‘s “Solitude” as well as a new original song “Jealous of Youth” and a live version of “Another Boy Drowning” from Burning Blue Soul . This and a…
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Keyboardist D.C. Collard was added to the official line-up in 1989 after the band’s former session player Steve Hogarth , who had played on Infected , opted to become the new lead vocalist of Marillion instead. The band embarked on a lengthy world tour in 1989–90 called the The Versus…
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By 1988, the The was an actual band again, Johnson having recruited ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr , ex- Nick Lowe bassist James Eller, and ex- ABC drummer David Palmer as fully-fledged members. This line-up, plus guest singer Sinéad O’Connor , recorded their third studio album Mind Bomb , which…
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In 1987, Johnson also took some tentative steps back into live performance. Whilst promoting Infected: The Movie in Australia he had a chance encounter with Billy Bragg , who persuaded him to return to Britain and support Red Wedge , a coalition of like-minded musicians supporting the Labour Party in…
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For their second studio album Infected (1986), the The still consisted only of Johnson, but was augmented by session musicians and featured friends such as Manyika and Rip Rig + Panic singer Neneh Cherry and Anna Domino . This album spawned four charting singles in the UK, notably “Heartland”, which…
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Throughout 1986–1987 Johnson toured the world extensively with Infected: The Movie , showing the film in cinemas in place of performing live concerts. The film was also shown twice in its entirety on Channel 4 in the UK, on MTV ‘s 120 Minutes in the US , and on MuchMusic…
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In 1985, the non-album track “Flesh and Bones” was released on the compilation album If You Can’t Please Yourself, You Can’t Please Your Soul by EMI .