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for|the Russian theatre and opera company|Bolshoi TheatreOriginal research|date=January 2009Infobox musical artist|name = The Bolshoi |image = The Bolshoi.jpg|image_size =|caption =|landscape=yes|background = group_or_band|origin = England |genre = Post-punk Alternative rock New Wave music|New Wave Gothic rock |years_active = 1983& ndash;1988|label = Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet |associated_acts =|website = http://www.thebolshoi.co.uk TheBolshoi.co.uk|current_members = Trevor Tanner Jan Kalicki Paul Clark (musician)|Paul Clark Nick Chown | The Bolshoi were a London -based music group prominent mostly in the mid-late 1980s. They are best known for the hits "Sunday Morning" and "A way" or "Away" (the name is interchangeable and has been noted as both on different albums/singles).
History
The band formed in 1984 in Trowbridge , Wiltshire. The original lineup consisted of singer/guitarist Trevor Tanner , drummer Jan Kalicki , and bassist Nick Chown ; Tanner and Kalicki had previously played together in the short-lived punk band Moskow, where Trevor performed as Trevor Flynn (his mothers maiden name). Early gigs supported the likes of The Cult , The March Violets , and Lords of the New Church . In 1985, the band released their debut single, Sob Story , followed by the mini-album, Giants and their hit song "Happy Boy". Word of mouth was such that the Bolshoi were able to sell out many of their early headlining performances.
The band migrated to London in 1985, and their lineup expanded to include Paul Clark (musician)|Paul Clark on keyboards. In 1986, they released their first full-length album, Friends , and expanded their touring schedule to United States|U.S. , South America , and Poland . It was followed in 1987 by the album ''Lindy's Party , on which the sound was more pop-oriented. TC Wall, reviewing the album in Underground magazine, described Lindy's Party'' as "completely confident, commercial, professional, and dangerously catchy" and "a fine album that'll be caressed for generations".Wall, TC (1987) "The Bolshoi ''Lindy's Party ", Underground , October 1987, Issue 7, p. 11
Stylistically, The Bolshoi was difficult to categorize. It has been described as a proto-goth band, similar in their live act to fellow Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet signees, Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus . Tanner was recognized for his dark, pensive lyrics that belied a social responsibility and awareness.
After the release of ''Lindy's Party , the band recorded a fourth album, but problems with their record label management impeded its release, and they disbanded as the 1980s drew to a close. The unreleased fourth album, apparently titled "Country Life", is reportedly still in the vaults at Beggars Banquet.
Trevor Tanner started a new group, Kite, who sounded similar to the Bolshoi, with Jason Stainthorpe from Then Jericho on bass and Ian Whitehead on drums, and recorded an album with Adrian Borland from The Sound . This album still remains unreleased to this day.
Since the band disbanded Trevor Tanner moved across the Atlantic to the USA and has continued to record both as a http://www.trevortanner.com solo artist and as a founding member of 'cult' Celtic Rock band Rathkeltair. Paul Clark also moved to the USA, to Seattle, and is currently the owner/editor of electronicmusic.com and working on a http://www.paulclark.com solo recording.
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