Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik is a band from England, which the mid-1980s with her hit Love Missile F1 -11 gained greater prominence. Add to Sigue Sigue chosen Sputnik consisted of the band members Tony James (guitar ), Martin Degville (vocals), Neal X ( guitar), Chris Kavanagh (drums) and Ray Mayhew (drums).
- 4.1 albums
- 4.2 Singles
Band History
Foundation
Sigue Sigue Sputnik was founded in 1983 by Tony James, who was a guitarist in the band Generation X Billy Idol in earlier punk rock times. Initially, he invited Andrew Eldritch ( The Sisters of Mercy ) and Annie Lennox, who later became lead singer of the Eurythmics, the new band as a singer a. However, Eldritch wanted to take care of his dear founded in 1980, and more and more successful expectant band The Sisters Of Mercy and canceled. On the then unknown Lennox, however, James did not want to get involved, even though she had a fabulous voice, because he wanted to have for its formation no woman as a singer at the top. Finally, he was able to win Martin Degville as a singer for Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
Debut album
In 1986, she debuted with her album Flaunt it and also landed an immediate hit with Love Missile F1 -11 (produced by Giorgio Moroder ), which also made it on the soundtrack to the movie Ferris Bueller to find was ( Later in the game Grand Theft Auto Vice City, the plays in the 80s ). Their second single 21st Century Boy was nearly as successful. Novel for its time was the presentation of their debut LP, which was a hand packed in a very broad envelope and thus more like a book appeared on the shelves and on the other hand, the fact that they, for example, the " breaks " between the individual song tracks as advertising blocks auctioned for Studio Line from L' Oreal.
In November 1988, the single was released Success ( number 31 in the UK), which was produced by the success of producers Stock Aitken Waterman. Since the band was more or less forced by her record company to this collaboration, the single contained a warning: "Non rock and roll product, distributed under pressure". On the cover of the single are as interpreters then also called "Sputnik Aitken Waterman ".
After their second album, Dress for Excess, the origin formation but fell apart. Tony James then moved up as the bassist for the Sisters of Mercy, where he remained from 1989 to 1991. Chris Kavanagh went to Big Audio Dynamite, and Neal X appeared again on an album by Marc Almond. Sigue Sigue Sputnik in 1991 came together again, even if only for a short time, because in 1992 the band split up again.
In the course of the 80s revival succeeded Tony James in 2001, the band members Neal "X" Whitmore and Martin Degville again summon and unite the band a third time. They produced a new album called " Space Pirate ", which, however, but could not connect to the earlier successes in fandom was very well received.
In August 2003, a falling out, the two parties Degville Martin and James / Neal X and go their separate ways since then. The backgrounds of separation are unclear. On the one hand asserts Degville that Tony James had never paid him fair, on the other hand were rumors of an alcohol addiction Degvilles through the round. Martin Degville, which is a local variable in the party scene in London, tries his project Sputnik2 to build on previous successes. Tony James is dedicated to his new band Carbon Silicon, which he founded along with Mick Jones ( The Clash ).
The band's name
As Tony James 's view especially the name of a band for the initial success was extremely important ', a lot of time was also used for marketing political reasons for the finding of a sound striking and promising band name. Because the band name should give especially on the part of the press curiosity about its origin and thus to an increase in requests and, consequently, lead press releases. Finally, the coincidence helped. The band was ultimately named after a street gang from Moscow, from the Herald Tribune reported in an article in early 1980.
Optical and acoustic occurrence
Sigue Sigue Sputnik fell on mainly by their flashy colorful clothes, her for that time -. Despite punk movement - still very different type of appearance regarding piercings, tattoos and hairstyles as well as her deliberately provocative, often tasteless occurrence Therefore, the tape only " Sick Sick Sputnik " ( sick = sick) was in the press often called. The sound was characterized by electronic rhythms, and very short, partly confused lyrics about an often bleak future. Initially it was Sigue Sigue Sputnik all about attracting attention as quickly and frequently to appear in the press, so as to build a corresponding, wild punk rock image. Sigue Sigue Sputnik It is rumored that the show them and the sensation was more important to her than her music.