Big Bang (British band)
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Big Bang were a British electronic
synthpop
duo that came to prominence in the late 1980s. The band consisted of Laurence Malice (founder of Trade nightclub) and Iain Williams (writer). Based in London, the duo were signed to Swanyard Records and spearheaded the music genre known as Big Beat
.
Laurence and Iain had previously been in a band together called You You You along with the vocalist Karen O'Connor and backing vocalist Alice Shaw.
You You You gave their first concert at a secret location in Charing Cross Road in early January, 1987. So secret was the venue, members of the band have since forgotten what it was called. The show was arranged as an unannounced warm-up gig before their debut at the Camden Palace
on 13 January. The band billed their first series of concerts as ‘Stage 1’ of their ‘World Domination’ Tour and enlisted the help of illustrator Mark Wardel to design their publicity. Their appearance at Camden Palace
attracted over 1,000 people on what the Met Office recorded as probably being England's coldest night of the 20th Century.
You You You built up a strong following performing concerts on the club scene including three nights at the Hippodrome, London
(23 January, 9 February and 6 April) , a show at Le Palace in Paris, which the performance artist Leigh Bowery
hosted, and performances at The Fridge
in Brixton where they appeared on stage on a huge white staircase with a troupe of synchronised dancers (filmed for Japanese TV) , at Anarchy Club at London Astoria
, at The Zap
Club in Brighton (as part of the event ‘Return of the Django goes to Brighton’ on 18 April) , at Paradise Lost in Watford and at The Limelight
to name but a few. On 12 July, You You You made a guest appearance on the Channel 4
TV show Network 7. On 17 December, You You You gave a special Christmas Show at the Hippodrome, London
(their 4th appearance at the venue that year. It would become the bands last ever live performance).
In February 1988, You You You signed a deal with Orinoco to record a single for Major Productions under the guidance of Orinoco studios owner Tom Astor. The Lager Brothers (Ken Thomas and Zeke Manyika
(from the band Orange Juice
) produced two tracks with the band. In July, the project came to a halt after Karen quit the band to concentrate on her acting career. Soon after, Laurence and Iain created Big Bang as a duo using session vocalists for recordings and live performances. The single You You You recorded was never released.
Big Bang signed to Swanyard Records at the start of 1989. The label was founded by Margarita Hamilton owner of Walton Castle
and Big Bang were the first artists to be signed to it. They released their first record on Swanyard Records (SYRTR 1) in June 1989, an Arabic inspired version of the Abba
classic "Voulez-Vous
" b-side ‘Cold Nights In Cairo'. It reached #101 in the BBC national chart. The single was produced by Big Bang and Steev Toth. Both 7” and 12” versions (plus an 'Imagine Mix' 12" extended version) were released. The band used session vocalists on all their recordings. Lead vocals on "Voulez-Vous" were shared by Jasmine Ventura and Teresa Revill, backing vocals were shared by Iain and Laurence. Duran Duran
guitarist Andy Taylor played guitar on the track. A 12" white label had previously been released a few months earlier. Mixed by Democratic 3, it reached #1 in certain club charts throughout the UK and #27 in a Record Mirror
chart.
It was Iain Williams who coined the musical term Big Beat
to describe the bands sound and explained the concept during an interview with the French journalist Alex Gerry for an article in the London magazine Metropolitan (issue 132, page 9, 6 June 1989) under the heading, 'BIG BANG IN CLUBLAND. Could BIG BEAT be the 1989 answer to ACID HOUSE?'. Big Bang's sound consisted of various experimental musical elements including heavy hard rock drum beats and synthesizer-generated loops as well as an added suggestion of European influences that at times had a trance-like quality. Their agent 10 x Better released a press release detailing their musical influences that included Dalida
, Warda Al-Jazairia
, Abba
, Tamla Motown and 70s Euro disco. Big Bang always stated 'Cold Nights In Cairo' gave a better impression of the Big Beat
sound they were aiming for than their recording of 'Voulez-Vous
' did. Club DJs picked up on this and both tracks became club floor-fillers. The concept of the Big Beat
sound was later picked up on and adapted by many club DJs and went on to become widely used by many successful musicians throughout the 1990s.
' with their lavish Arabic Circus Tour that consisted of acrobats, fire-eaters, jugglers, trapeze artists and a belly-dancing troupe. Big Bang were joined on stage by the vocalists Teresa Revill and Jasmine Ventura. Shows were performed at the Hippodrome, London
in Leicester Square where Steve Strange
hosted the night and it was said Grace Jones
threatened to jump on stage to upstage the band (Capital newspaper, page 15, December 19, 1989), and at the Paramount City (formerly the Windmill Theatre
), the Hammersmith Palais
, and at Heaven nightclub with DJ's Mark Moore
(creator of the band S'Express
) and Colin Faver (who, on his myspace page, cites Big Bang as being one of his many musical influences). The Arabic Circus Tour also performed at a special Ball held in a massive disused West London warehouse hosted by performance artist Leigh Bowery
with Danielle Dax
as one of the supporting artists on the bill.
at Turnmills in London. Trade was the first all-night after-hours nightclub in Britain and became legendary. On 16 November 1990, Big Bang accompanied by vocalist Jasmine Ventura were flown over to Ireland to represent the United Kingdom in the 13th International Song Festival where they performed their self-penned song "Give Me One More Chance". It was the first time the song had been heard in public. The festival, held in Cavan
, lasted for two days and was compered by the Irish commentators George Hamilton (commentator)
and Larry Gogan
. The Romanian singer Ricky Dandel gave a guest performance during the festival .
The final was held on 17 November. Big Bang came #2 in the competition and #1 for performance. During their stay in Ireland Big Bang gave several radio, TV and newspaper interviews.
Although Big Bang never officially disbanded, in 1991 Laurence and Iain decided to concentrate on their careers away from the band. The new material they recorded for their intended album titled 'Theory' was never released.
2: Record Mirror, 4 March 1989, page 40, 'Voulez-Vous' (12" white label) by Big Band, #27 in chart.
3: Time Out, 20 September 1989, page 5 & 93, Big Bang Arabic Circus Tour.
4: London's Evening Standard, 20 September 1989, Big Bang appear at Heaven with their Arabic Circus Tour.
5: You You You press release, 1987. You You You at The Fridge
in Brixton appeared on stage on a huge white staircase with a troupe of synchronised dancers (filmed for Japanese TV).
6: Big Bang press release, 1989, issued by the agency 10 x Better. The press release accompanied promotional copies of their single 'Voulez-Vous'. It lists Big Bang's musical influences and explains their Big Beat
concept.
7: 'There but for the Grace' article in Capital newspaper, page 15, Friday December 19, 1989. Steve Strange
launchs Dreamage at the Hippodrome, London. Big Bang top the bill with their Arabic Circus Tour. Rumours circulated that Grace Jones threatened to jump on stage to upstage Big Bang.
8: RightRightRight #36: Dr Rob - Lonely Acid mix. 2010 Japanese mix including 'Cold Nights in Cairo' by Big Bang. http://samurai.fm/rightrightright/rightrightright-36-dr-rob-lonely-acid-and-then-the-drugs-took-hold
9: December 2010, The Groove Room include 'Voulez-Vous' by Big Bang in their Party Mix 1. http://thegrooveroom.blogspot.com/2010/12/party-mix-1.html
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
duo that came to prominence in the late 1980s. The band consisted of Laurence Malice (founder of Trade nightclub) and Iain Williams (writer). Based in London, the duo were signed to Swanyard Records and spearheaded the music genre known as Big Beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
.
Formation and early years
Big Bang were formed during the latter part of 1988.Laurence and Iain had previously been in a band together called You You You along with the vocalist Karen O'Connor and backing vocalist Alice Shaw.
You You You gave their first concert at a secret location in Charing Cross Road in early January, 1987. So secret was the venue, members of the band have since forgotten what it was called. The show was arranged as an unannounced warm-up gig before their debut at the Camden Palace
Camden Palace
KOKO is a nightclub in a former theatre in Camden Town, London, England, at the bottom of Camden High Street close to Mornington Crescent tube station. Until 2004 it was called the Camden Palace. The building is considered to have some architectural significance and is a Grade II listed...
on 13 January. The band billed their first series of concerts as ‘Stage 1’ of their ‘World Domination’ Tour and enlisted the help of illustrator Mark Wardel to design their publicity. Their appearance at Camden Palace
Camden Palace
KOKO is a nightclub in a former theatre in Camden Town, London, England, at the bottom of Camden High Street close to Mornington Crescent tube station. Until 2004 it was called the Camden Palace. The building is considered to have some architectural significance and is a Grade II listed...
attracted over 1,000 people on what the Met Office recorded as probably being England's coldest night of the 20th Century.
You You You built up a strong following performing concerts on the club scene including three nights at the Hippodrome, London
Hippodrome, London
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors...
(23 January, 9 February and 6 April) , a show at Le Palace in Paris, which the performance artist Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and...
hosted, and performances at The Fridge
The Fridge
The Fridge is a nightclub in the Brixton area of South London, founded by Andrew Czezowski, who had run the Roxy during punk music's heyday in 1977. It was originally started in 1981, in a small club at 390 Brixton Lane, and in 1982 above Iceland in Brixton Road with a radical decor that included...
in Brixton where they appeared on stage on a huge white staircase with a troupe of synchronised dancers (filmed for Japanese TV) , at Anarchy Club at London Astoria
London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue, located at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England. It had been leased and run by Festival Republic since 2000. It was closed on 15 January 2009 and has since been demolished...
, at The Zap
The zap
The Zap Club first opened at the New Oriental Hotel Brighton in April 1982. Founded by Neil Butler Patricia Butler and Amanda Scott the Zap was an experiment to mix radical art with cutting edge entertainment...
Club in Brighton (as part of the event ‘Return of the Django goes to Brighton’ on 18 April) , at Paradise Lost in Watford and at The Limelight
The Limelight
The Limelight is the name of a chain of nightclubs that were owned and operated by Peter Gatien, located in Atlanta, Hollywood, Florida, and London, and formerly in New York City and Chicago.-History:...
to name but a few. On 12 July, You You You made a guest appearance on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
TV show Network 7. On 17 December, You You You gave a special Christmas Show at the Hippodrome, London
Hippodrome, London
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors...
(their 4th appearance at the venue that year. It would become the bands last ever live performance).
In February 1988, You You You signed a deal with Orinoco to record a single for Major Productions under the guidance of Orinoco studios owner Tom Astor. The Lager Brothers (Ken Thomas and Zeke Manyika
Zeke Manyika
Zeke Manyika is a drummer, vocalist and songwriter.Manyika was born in Zimbabwe, but has lived in Britain for most of his life. From 1982 to 1984 he was a member of the pop group Orange Juice, and contributed to their biggest hit single, "Rip It Up"...
(from the band Orange Juice
Orange Juice
Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the middle class Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976. Edwyn Collins formed the Nu-Sonics with his school-mate Alan Duncan and was subsequently joined by James Kirk and Steven Daly, who left a band called The Machetes. The band...
) produced two tracks with the band. In July, the project came to a halt after Karen quit the band to concentrate on her acting career. Soon after, Laurence and Iain created Big Bang as a duo using session vocalists for recordings and live performances. The single You You You recorded was never released.
Big Bang signed to Swanyard Records at the start of 1989. The label was founded by Margarita Hamilton owner of Walton Castle
Walton Castle
Walton Castle is a 17th Century, Grade II listed castle set upon a hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, on the site of an earlier Iron Age hill fort.-History:...
and Big Bang were the first artists to be signed to it. They released their first record on Swanyard Records (SYRTR 1) in June 1989, an Arabic inspired version of the Abba
Abba
ABBA is the name of a former Swedish pop music group.Abba may also refer to:* ABBA , a self-titled album by the Swedish pop music group ABBA* "Abba ", a song by Christian pop and rock artist, Rebecca St...
classic "Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous (song)
"Voulez-Vous" is a eurodisco track by Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus . Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals....
" b-side ‘Cold Nights In Cairo'. It reached #101 in the BBC national chart. The single was produced by Big Bang and Steev Toth. Both 7” and 12” versions (plus an 'Imagine Mix' 12" extended version) were released. The band used session vocalists on all their recordings. Lead vocals on "Voulez-Vous" were shared by Jasmine Ventura and Teresa Revill, backing vocals were shared by Iain and Laurence. Duran Duran
Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...
guitarist Andy Taylor played guitar on the track. A 12" white label had previously been released a few months earlier. Mixed by Democratic 3, it reached #1 in certain club charts throughout the UK and #27 in a Record Mirror
Record Mirror
Record Mirror was a British weekly pop music newspaper, founded by Isadore Green and featured, news articles, interviews, record charts, record reviews, concert reviews, letters from readers and photographs. The paper became respected by both mainstream pop music fans and serious record collectors...
chart.
It was Iain Williams who coined the musical term Big Beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
to describe the bands sound and explained the concept during an interview with the French journalist Alex Gerry for an article in the London magazine Metropolitan (issue 132, page 9, 6 June 1989) under the heading, 'BIG BANG IN CLUBLAND. Could BIG BEAT be the 1989 answer to ACID HOUSE?'. Big Bang's sound consisted of various experimental musical elements including heavy hard rock drum beats and synthesizer-generated loops as well as an added suggestion of European influences that at times had a trance-like quality. Their agent 10 x Better released a press release detailing their musical influences that included Dalida
Dalida
Dalida , born with Italian name of Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was a world-famous singer and actress born in Egypt with Italian origins but naturalised French with the name Yolanda Gigliotti. She spent her early years in Egypt amongst the Italian Egyptian community, but she lived most of her adult...
, Warda Al-Jazairia
Warda Al-Jazairia
Warda Al-Jazairia , commonly referred to as just Warda , is a French-born Algerian singer. She is well known in the Arabic music community for her Egyptian songs and music.-Biography:...
, Abba
Abba
ABBA is the name of a former Swedish pop music group.Abba may also refer to:* ABBA , a self-titled album by the Swedish pop music group ABBA* "Abba ", a song by Christian pop and rock artist, Rebecca St...
, Tamla Motown and 70s Euro disco. Big Bang always stated 'Cold Nights In Cairo' gave a better impression of the Big Beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
sound they were aiming for than their recording of 'Voulez-Vous
Voulez-Vous (song)
"Voulez-Vous" is a eurodisco track by Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus . Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals....
' did. Club DJs picked up on this and both tracks became club floor-fillers. The concept of the Big Beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
sound was later picked up on and adapted by many club DJs and went on to become widely used by many successful musicians throughout the 1990s.
1989: Arabic Circus Tour
During 1989 Big Bang performed concerts to publicise the release of 'Voulez-VousVoulez-Vous (song)
"Voulez-Vous" is a eurodisco track by Swedish pop group ABBA, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus . Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad shared the lead vocals....
' with their lavish Arabic Circus Tour that consisted of acrobats, fire-eaters, jugglers, trapeze artists and a belly-dancing troupe. Big Bang were joined on stage by the vocalists Teresa Revill and Jasmine Ventura. Shows were performed at the Hippodrome, London
Hippodrome, London
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors...
in Leicester Square where Steve Strange
Steve Strange
Steve Strange , is a Welsh pop singer, best known as the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage...
hosted the night and it was said Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
threatened to jump on stage to upstage the band (Capital newspaper, page 15, December 19, 1989), and at the Paramount City (formerly the Windmill Theatre
Windmill Theatre
The Windmill Theatre, later The Windmill International, was a variety and revue theatre in Great Windmill Street, London. The theatre was famous for its nude tableaux vivants...
), the Hammersmith Palais
Hammersmith Palais
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse, later simply the Hammersmith Palais, was a ballroom and entertainment venue in London that operated from 1919 until 2007...
, and at Heaven nightclub with DJ's Mark Moore
Mark Moore
Mark Moore is a British dance music record producer and DJ. He was founder of the pop/sampling pioneers S'Express, and runs the London nightclubs, 'Electrogogo' and 'Can Can'.-Biography:...
(creator of the band S'Express
S'Express
S'Express were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre."Theme from S'Express", based on Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After", was also one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on a resurgence of sampling culture...
) and Colin Faver (who, on his myspace page, cites Big Bang as being one of his many musical influences). The Arabic Circus Tour also performed at a special Ball held in a massive disused West London warehouse hosted by performance artist Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and...
with Danielle Dax
Danielle Dax
Danielle Dax is an experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. She was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.- Biography :...
as one of the supporting artists on the bill.
1990 – 1991
Throughout 1990 Big Bang concentrated on writing and recording new material with the intention of releasing an album. In October Laurence opened Trade nightclubTrade nightclub
Trade is a highly successful, pioneering and influential gay nightclub started in 1990 by Laurence Malice and Tim Stabler. The idea for Trade came from the brief but seminal club nite Troll , at the Sound Shaft Heaven where some of Trade's first DJ's used to play...
at Turnmills in London. Trade was the first all-night after-hours nightclub in Britain and became legendary. On 16 November 1990, Big Bang accompanied by vocalist Jasmine Ventura were flown over to Ireland to represent the United Kingdom in the 13th International Song Festival where they performed their self-penned song "Give Me One More Chance". It was the first time the song had been heard in public. The festival, held in Cavan
Cavan
Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland...
, lasted for two days and was compered by the Irish commentators George Hamilton (commentator)
George Hamilton (commentator)
George Hamilton is an Irish sportscaster born in Belfast. He works for Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and is a household name in Ireland where his voice and refined commentary style of football are familiar to sports fans. He also presents a show on RTÉ lyric fm and previously presented Know Your Sport...
and Larry Gogan
Larry Gogan
Laurence 'Larry' Gogan is an Irish broadcaster working for Raidió Teilifís Éireann . He is a disc jockey on RTÉ 2fm. His show is The Golden Hour, during which Larry plays old favourites and classic songs from yesteryear. Gogan spun the first disc on Radio 2, Like Clockwork by The Boomtown Rats...
. The Romanian singer Ricky Dandel gave a guest performance during the festival .
The final was held on 17 November. Big Bang came #2 in the competition and #1 for performance. During their stay in Ireland Big Bang gave several radio, TV and newspaper interviews.
Although Big Bang never officially disbanded, in 1991 Laurence and Iain decided to concentrate on their careers away from the band. The new material they recorded for their intended album titled 'Theory' was never released.
2010
Interest in the band has recently increased. In 2010, digitally remastered bootleg CDs of 'Voulez-Vous' & 'Cold Nights in Cairo' by Big Bang began to appear in America selling for as much as £45. In Tokyo, Japan, in November, 2010, the respected DJ's Dr. Rob & Matt Best of RightRightRight included 'Cold Nights in Cairo' in their Dr. Rob - Lonely Acid 2010 mix #36. In December 2010 The Groove Room included a mix of 'Voulez-Vous' by Big Bang in their Party Mix 1.Singles (with chart position)
- 'Voulez-Vous' 12" White Label (1989) UK #27 Record Mirror Chart
- 'Voulez-Vous' & 'Cold Nights in Cairo' (1989) UK #101 BBC chart
Sources
1: 'BIG BANG IN CLUBLAND. Could BIG BEAT be the 1989 answer to ACID HOUSE?' Metropolitan magazine, issue 132, page 9, 6 June 1989.2: Record Mirror, 4 March 1989, page 40, 'Voulez-Vous' (12" white label) by Big Band, #27 in chart.
3: Time Out, 20 September 1989, page 5 & 93, Big Bang Arabic Circus Tour.
4: London's Evening Standard, 20 September 1989, Big Bang appear at Heaven with their Arabic Circus Tour.
5: You You You press release, 1987. You You You at The Fridge
The Fridge
The Fridge is a nightclub in the Brixton area of South London, founded by Andrew Czezowski, who had run the Roxy during punk music's heyday in 1977. It was originally started in 1981, in a small club at 390 Brixton Lane, and in 1982 above Iceland in Brixton Road with a radical decor that included...
in Brixton appeared on stage on a huge white staircase with a troupe of synchronised dancers (filmed for Japanese TV).
6: Big Bang press release, 1989, issued by the agency 10 x Better. The press release accompanied promotional copies of their single 'Voulez-Vous'. It lists Big Bang's musical influences and explains their Big Beat
Big beat
Big beat is a term employed since the mid-1990s by the British music press to describe much of the music by artists such as The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Propellerheads typically driven by heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns in...
concept.
7: 'There but for the Grace' article in Capital newspaper, page 15, Friday December 19, 1989. Steve Strange
Steve Strange
Steve Strange , is a Welsh pop singer, best known as the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage...
launchs Dreamage at the Hippodrome, London. Big Bang top the bill with their Arabic Circus Tour. Rumours circulated that Grace Jones threatened to jump on stage to upstage Big Bang.
8: RightRightRight #36: Dr Rob - Lonely Acid mix. 2010 Japanese mix including 'Cold Nights in Cairo' by Big Bang. http://samurai.fm/rightrightright/rightrightright-36-dr-rob-lonely-acid-and-then-the-drugs-took-hold
9: December 2010, The Groove Room include 'Voulez-Vous' by Big Bang in their Party Mix 1. http://thegrooveroom.blogspot.com/2010/12/party-mix-1.html
External links
- Swanyard Records catalogue
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004620I2S - 'Voulez-vous'/'Cold Nights in Cairo'
- http://www.musicstack.com/album/big_bang/voulez_vous – (2010) digitally remastered CD