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Refimprove|date=April 2012Infobox musical artist| name = Crime and the City Solution| image = Crime_and_the_city_solution.jpg| background = group_or_band| origin = Sydney , Australia | genre = Post-punk Art punk | years_active = 1977–1990| label = Mute Records | associated_acts = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Einstürzende Neubauten These Immortal Souls Simon Bonney | website =| current_members =Crime and the City Solution is an Australia n rock music band, formed by the Australian singer and songwriter Simon Bonney .
They had four distinct line-ups: Sydney in 1977–78, Melbourne in 1979,cite web|author=Phil Turnbull |url= http://www.nonightsweats.com/nns_memoirs_kb.htm |title=Sydney Post-Punk Memoirs |publisher=N o N i g h t S w e a t s |date= |accessdate=2012-04-01 and two groupings in Berlin from 1985–1990. The only common member in all four line-ups was Bonney.
Crime and the City Solution completed four studio albums and a number of Extended play|E.Ps during its existence, and a live album has since been released. Further early recordings have surfaced on the internet. Bonney released two solo albums in the 1990s.
In late 2011, Bonney announced that Crime would re-form to record a new album for Mute Records in 2012. Personnel will be Bonney, Bronwyn Adams, Alexander Hacke , David Eugene Edwards of the American bands 16 Horsepower and Woven Hand , Troy Gregory, Matthew Smith, JimWhite of the Australian group Dirty Three , and Danielle_de_Picciotto|Danielle de Picciotto . Recording will take place in Detroit.
Wim Wenders , who was a fan of the band, featured them performing "Six Bells Chime" in his film Wings of Desire . Also, the song "The Adversary" was included in the soundtrack to the Wenders film Until the End of the World .
Bandmember Bronwyn Adams is married to vocalist Simon Bonney. Her late brother Bruno Adams was the vocalist in the band named "Once Upon A Time", who were produced by Mick Harvey , and he was later in the band named "Fatal Shore" (Prague/Berlin).
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http://www.fromthearchives.org www.fromthearchives.org, which has a complete discography.
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