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| Background information | |
| Born | November 11, 1956 |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genre(s) | Synthpop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar (briefly), synthesizer |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Label(s) | Fast Product, Virgin |
| Associated acts | The Human League, B.E.F., Heaven 17 |
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Musical Vomit
Marsh began in music at Sheffield's council-sponsored community theatre group Meatwhistle. Sheffield City Council is the City council for the metropolitan borough of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. WikiProject {{{1}}} The definition of Community Theatre differs in the US from the UK There he met Mark Civico and formed a performance art band called Musical Vomit, taking the name from a music paper's hostile review of the band Suicide. This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation Suicide is an American Rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega ( Vocals) and Martin Rev ( Synthesizers [1] Musical Vomit specialised in Alice Cooper-style stunts, such as vomiting soup onstage, and singing about such topics as masturbation and necrophilia. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five Masturbation refers to Sexual stimulation especially of one's own genitals ( self masturbation) and often to the point of Orgasm, which [2]
Marsh played guitar on two shows with the band before leaving after his expulsion from school (for being "an undesirable subversive element"). Civico persevered with Musical Vomit, adding fellow Meatwhistle artists Paul Bower (who later went on to edit the notorious fanzine 'Gunrubber', and later formed the band 2. 3 who recorded a single on Fast Product), Glenn Gregory who went on to become lead singer for Heaven 17 and Ian Reddington who later found fame as "Tricky Dicky" in Eastenders and Vernon on Coronation Street. Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s Martyn Ware, a leading figure in the Human League and Heaven 17 was an occasional guest on stylophone but formed a more pop orientated off-shoot of Musical Vomit called Underpants. Martyn Ware (born May 19 1956 in Sheffield, England) is a British musician The Dubreq Stylophone is a miniature Stylus operated synthesizer invented in 1967 by Brian Jarvis. Vomit went on to play at the Bath Arts Festival in 1974 and were described by Poly Styrene who was in the audience as "the very first punk band". Poly Styrene is the Stage name of Marian Joan Elliott Said, Singer in the English Punk rock band X-Ray Spex. [3]
He abandoned the guitar at this time, saying later in an interview for The Face that "they seem a fairly strange instrument. The Face was a Magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan out of his publishing house Wagadon . . six strings, four fingers, one thumb - it makes no sense. "[4]. Instead he bought a cheap synthesizer, which he struggled to get the most from[5] ("though it made very good motorbike noises") and rejoined Musical Vomit. He had found employment as a computer programmer (as had Ware, though at different companies). Marsh also played a key role in the early Sheffield new wave and punk scene by playing the first Ramones album, which he had bought on import, to all his friends.
The Future
In June 1977 Marsh, Ware and Newton formed Dead Daughters, a one-off band, to play at a friend's 21st birthday party. The trio enjoyed the performance, and decided to stick together as a new band - The Future. [6]
The trio set themselves the task of producing pop music using entirely electronic instruments, which in 1977 was virtually unheard of. They also experimented with a computer programme called CARLOS, which converted words fed into it into lyrics. Initially record company interest was limited, and Marsh and Ware decided to remove Newton from the band. Continuing as a duo they recorded "Dancevision", a short instrumental eventually released on The Human League's Holiday '80 EP. Holiday '80 is an EP released by the original lineup of the British Synthpop band The Human League. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Another track, "Being Boiled" saw Philip Oakey's entry to the group, and a change of name to The Human League. " Being Boiled " is a Song written by Sheffield musicians Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, with lyrics by Philip Oakey, and Philip Oakey (born on 2 October, 1955, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England) is a Composer, Singer,
A collection of demos from this period was released on CD in 2002, titled The Golden Hour of The Future, compiled by Richard X. Richard Philips is a Record producer, best known by his Stage name Richard X.
Success
References
- ^ Blind Youth: The early work of the Human League
- ^ Reynolds, S. BEF ( British Electric Foundation) are a band / production company formed by former Human League members Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh Heaven 17 are a British Synthpop band originating from the city of Sheffield in the early 1980s Rip It Up and Start Again: postpunk 1978-1984 (Faber and Faber 2005), p. 154
- ^ Blind Youth: The early work of the Human League
- ^ quoted in Reynolds, S. Rip It Up and Start ASgain: postpunk 1978-1984 (Faber and Faber 2005), p. 159
- ^ Blind Youth - The Way It Was: Dead Daughters
- ^ "prologue: The Future" in Clock DVA:Discography and Timeline
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