The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a Scottish- Irish folk - rock band. She published in 1985 with " The Whole of the Moon" after their most successful UK chart positions Title.
Formation
The band was founded in 1981 by Mike Scott and Anthony Thistlethwaite saxophonist. Scott was a fanzine editors from Edinburgh, Scotland, and began his musical career in 1979 with Another Pretty Face. In 1981 he moved to London and formed the band Funhouse Three, which was renamed in the fall of 1981 after a line of text from Lou Reed from the song "The Kids " in The Waterboys. Initially changing bassists and drummers. In 1983 the first album ("Water Boys" ) with lyric, influenced by Celtic folk rock music. Scott's plaintive vocals and harsh guitars were the focus. The first single, " A Girl Called Johnny" they devoted Patti Smith. In the second LP " A Pagan Place" (1984 ) replaced former stage Dogs Karl Wallinger Delhaye, and drummer Kevin Wilkinson came as reinforcement.
Successes and appearances
With increasing awareness of the band had gigs as the opening act on tour with U2 and The Pretenders. In the LP "This Is the Sea " (1985) bassist Matthew Seligman has been integrated. It was her most successful album up to that point, which made it the UK album chart in the Top Forty. Much attention has experienced the Waterboys by live appearances at the Glastonbury Festival. According to internal problems made Wallinger 1986 World Party his own group, while Seligman migrated to Thomas Dolby. The cast now changed constantly. 1988 Scott processed his drug problems with the album " Fisherman 's Blues ". 1990 was the most successful year of the Waterboys. Then began disintegration, since Scott moved to New York, Thistlethwaite left the band. Appeared in 1993, the album " Dream Harder " with Scott as the sole member of the band and session musicians such as Chris Bruce, Scott and Carla Azar Thunes. Scott made his debut in 1995 as soloist and came to 1998 to some chart success. In 2000, the band was revived after years of break.