Anne-Marie Hurst

Anne-Marie Hurst was the lead vocalist for the groups The Elements, Skeletal Family, and Ghost Dance. She was the lead vocalist of The Elements until 1982. In December 1982, she helped form Skeletal Family. After departing from Skeletal Family in 1985, she co-founded Ghost Dance with Gary Marx (formerly of The Sisters of Mercy).

Hurst has recorded several albums.

Hurst's involvement with Skeletal Family began in mid-1982.

Along with founding members Stan Greenwood (guitar), Roger "Trotwood" Nowell (bass), Steve Crane (drums) and Ian "Karl-Heinz" Taylor (keyboards), the Keighley-based band quickly gained a sizeable local following, releasing a self-funded single "Trees" on the Leeds-based Luggage label.

Through regular airings of the single on John Peel's late evening show, the band bypassed the usual route of playing the small pub circuit, making their London debut at the Fulham Greyhound to an enthusiastic audience. Also encouraging was the review from the music paper Sounds, which secured the band other prestigious support slots with Sex Gang Children and Play Dead.

With a Radio One session booked at John Peel’s request for March 1983, the band recorded their single "She Cries Alone", enlisting the services of Southern Death Cult guitarist Ian "Buzz" Burrows as co-producer. "She Cries Alone" gave Anne-Marie and the band their first major mark in the independent charts and, armed with this success plus the even more successful follow up single "So Sure", commenced the recording of the debut album "Burning Oil".

Now playing to much larger receptive audiences the band supported The Sisters Of Mercy on their Black October 1984 tour. Their "Burning Oil" album reached number one in the UK indie charts. With a now much more conspicuous profile and two further Radio One sessions, the band toured Europe and Britain, more than once selling out London's prestigious Marquee club.

For the follow-up album "Futile Combat" the band chose Cult/Gene Loves Jezebel producer John Brand, aided by Waterboys saxophonist Anthony Thistlewaite and Graham Pleeth on synthesizers. Live favourite "Promised Land" was chosen as the first single off the album, and on release reached the top three of the UK Indie charts. The band ended the year with a guest appearances with Siouxsie and the Banshees at Brixton Academy and Spear of Destiny at London's Lyceum.

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