Department S (Band)
Department S is a British New Wave band.
Band History
The group went in 1980 from the ska -punk band Guns for Hire forth. Your name is inspired by the television series Department S. The Single Is Vic there? reached number 22 in the British charts. I Want reached number 1 in Spain. The band recorded in December 1980 at a session on John Peel.
The singer Vaughan Toulouse died in 1991 from the effects of HIV disease. In summer 2007 the band for a cover of Alvin Stardust My Coo -Ca - songs - Choo came together.
Discography
Singles
- Is Vic There? / Solid Gold Easy Action (1981 )
- Going Left Right / She's Expecting You (1981 )
- I Want / Monte Carlo or Bust (1981 )
Albums
- Sub - Stance (1980, new edition 2003)