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for|the American songwriting team/mock band|The StrangelovesSee also|Strangelove (disambiguation)Refimprove|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Strangelove| image =| caption =| image_size = | background = group_or_band| origin = Bristol , England | genre = alternative rock | years_active = 1991–1998| label = Food Records|Food / Parlophone | associated_acts = Suede (band)|Suede The Blue Aeroplanes Levitation (band)|Levitation Dark Star (band)|Dark Star Placebo (band)|Placebo Witness (UK band)|Witness | current_members =| past_members = Patrick Duff Alex Lee Julian Pransky-Poole Joe Allen John Langley Nick Powell David Francolini Strangelove were an England|English alternative rock musical ensemble|band , formed in Bristol in 1991 and led by singer Patrick Duff . They released three albums before splitting up in 1998.
History
The band was formed in 1991 by Patrick Duff (vocals), Alex Lee (guitar, formerly of The Blue Aeroplanes ), Julian Pransky Poole (guitar, formerly part of The Jazz Butcher 's band), Joe Allen (bass guitar), and David Francolini (drums, of Levitation (band)|Levitation ).Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography , Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 1003 Strangelove played their first concert at Bath Moles Club on 9 October 1991.Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave , Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0231-3, p. 411-412 Singer Duff's human voice|vocals were described by Tom Doyle in Q Magazine 's World of Noise (album)|World of Noise compilation as "evoking thoughts of Morrissey as vocally-tutored by Scott Walker" cite news | url = http://www.rock-the-world.com/Strangelove.html | title = Strangelove | author = TransACTION Inc | work = http://www.rock-the-world.com Rock The World magazine| accessdate = 2010-04-04 The full quote from the 'World of Noise' compilation reads: "As catchphrases go, Patrick Duff of Strangelove's emphatic shriek of "christ!" sic in Time For The Rest Of Your Life is certainly memorable. Evoking thoughts of Morrissey as vocally-tutored by Scott Walker, this title track of the Bristol group's debut album was loudly heralded Single Of The Year by Q writers."
The band released their first Extended play|EP Visionary in October 1992 on Sermon Records, which was made 'single of the week' by Cathi Unsworth in Melody Maker . Two BBC Radio 1 John Peel Peel session|sessions followed in June 1992 and January 1993. Their second EP, Hysteria Unknown , in February 1993 earned them a support slot on Radiohead 's Pop is Dead concert tour|tour . Ed O'Brien said of Strangelove; "We toured with them and changed quite a bit after. They were inspirational. Apart from their trousers". Manic Street Preachers ' Richey James Edwards was also a fan (person)|fan , inviting them to support at the London Astoria on the penultimate gig before his disappearance in 1995. Critical acclaim of their early singles led to major-label interest and they were signed to EMI label Food Records in 1993. Strangelove released their first album, Time For The Rest Of Your Life to critical acclaim in August 1994. It made numerous top albums of 1994 polls, and brought them to the attention of Suede (band)|Suede who invited them to support on their Dog Man Star Europe an tour in 1995. The two bands bonded and cover version|covered each other's songs at Sala Multiusos Zaragoza on 16 May 1995. Strangelove played Suede's " Killing of a Flashboy ", whilst Suede played "She's Everywhere", which Brett Anderson then guested on in the recording studio|studio , for Strangelove's second album, Love and Other Demons . The second single from the album was "Beautiful Alone", which went to number 35 in the UK Singles Chart ." http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=7742 Strangelove", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-11-27
A third, eponymously-titled album was released in October 1997, which yielded another United Kingdom|UK Top 40 single, " The Greatest Show on Earth ", and sell-out shows at the London Astoria and Shepherds BushEmpire . However, seemingly on the point of a major breakthrough, Strangelove split up on the 20 April 1998.
Post Strangelove
Patrick Duff released a solo (music)|solo album on 21 June 2005, Luxury Problems on Harvest Records record producer|produced by Alex Lee . His second solo album, The Mad Straight Road was released in early 2010. Lee joined Suede between 2001 and 2003; toured as an extra keyboardist and guitarist with Placebo (band)|Placebo on the Meds World Tour in 2006 and 2007; played guitar & bass on Goldfrapp 's 2008 album Seventh Tree which he also toured as guitarist. He also continues to produce television and film soundtrack s with Nick Powell, who has produced two albums with is own band OSKAR on Incarnation Records. Allen, Pransky-Poole and Langley formed Saturation Point. Their fourth album, Mechanisms , was released in 2009 on Invada Records. Powell was Music and Sound Designer for the theatre company Cheek by Jowl 's 2011/12 production of John Ford 's '' 'Tis Pity She's a Whore .
A Strangelove A-side and B-side|B-side compilation album appeared retrospectively in 2008 on EMI .
Francolini played two concert|gigs with the band, before being replaced by John Langley on drums. The band were joined by keyboard player, Nick Powell, from late 1995 onwards.
Discography
Albums
Time for the Rest of Your Life (1994), Food/Parlophone - UK Albums Chart|UK #69
Love & Other Demons (1996), Food/Parlophone - UK #44
Strangelove (1997), Food/Parlophone - UK #67
One Up: The B-Sides (2008, iTunes only), EMI
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 534
Singles, EPs
Visionary EP (1992), Sermon
"Hysteria Unknown" (1993), Sermon
"Zoo'd Out" (1993), Rough Trade
"Time for the rest of Your Life" (1994), Food
"Is There a Place? " (1994), Food
"Living with the Human Machines" (1996), Food - UK #53
"Beautiful Alone" (1996), Food - UK #35
"Sway" (1996), Food - UK #47
"The Greatest Show on Earth" (1997), Food - UK #36
"Freak" (1997), Food - UK #43
"Another Night In" (1998), Food - UK #46
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.rock-the-world.com/Strangelove.html www.rock-the-world.com/Strangelove.html & ndash; A few articles on Strangelove, one written by Patrick Duff.
http://members.tripod.com/~Skippingb0y/slindex.htm http://members.tripod.com/~Skippingb0y/slindex.htm & ndash; Europe tour diary by Julian Pransky-Poole, information on the demo tape and other things.
http://www.oskaronline.com/ & ndash; Website of OSKAR
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