Their third album, En-Tact , was released in 1990, and it spawned the hit singles ” Move Any Mountain (Progen ’91)”, “Hyperreal” and “Make It Mine”. Also notable was the appearance of rapper, DJ and producer Mr. C, as well as incorporation of a female vocalist, Plavka Lonich – who…
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Negative fan reactions to Corruption and accusations of selling out, compelled the band to reconsider its stylistic changes. The group entered Eddie Van Dale’s Violent Noise Experience Club in March 1991 to record six new tracks. The songs produced by this session and released on the ” Mass Appeal Madness…
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Musically, the band fused indie pop guitars with a rhythmic style that owed much to house music , Krautrock , funk , and northern soul . Much of their music was remixed by popular DJs , emphasising the dance influences even further. In style and dress, they crossed hippy fashion…
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The group signed with A&M Records in the US in 1990, and went into the studio with producer Hugh Jones . Their second album Strange Free World was released in February 1991, and spawned some moderately successful A-sides in “Drive that Fast” and “Quick as Rainbows”, both of which were…
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Drummer Neil Carter joined from fellow Reading band The Colour Mary in time to play on the Morningrise EP, but left prior to its release in February 1991. Simon Scott took over on drums after his previous group, an alternative rock band called the Charlottes , broke up. The Holding…
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Through much practice their music developed and they decided on the name ‘Presence’. Their first gig as a band was at the 701 Club in their hometown of Failsworth, Greater Manchester on 23rd February 1991.
Clark died from a mix of prescription drugs and alcohol on 8 January 1991, in his London home.
Even the more indie-focused television programs like Snub TV and Rapido failed to give them much coverage, although Snub TV played the video for the title track of their 1991 EP Drive that Fast . Likewise, they were not at first offered a John Peel radio session; they eventually did…
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In 1991, the band was sued by the publishing company of American singer John Denver , who claimed that the guitar break in “Run 2″ was similar to his song ” Leaving on a Jet Plane “.
Beat Existentialist (1991)