Classix Nouveaux
| Classix Nouveaux | |
|---|---|
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | New wave |
| Years active | 1979–1985 |
| Labels |
EMI Cherry Red Records ESP Records |
| Associated acts | The News, X-Ray Spex, Neo |
| Past members |
Sal Solo Mik Sweeney Jak Airport B. P. Hurding Gary Steadman Jimi Sumen Rick Driscoll Andy Qunta Paul Turley Pandit Dinesh S Paul Wilson |
Classix Nouveaux were an English new wave band. Though experiencing only minor success in their native UK, most notably with their 1982 Top 20 hit "Is It a Dream", the band had number one hits in Poland, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Israel, Iceland, and other countries.
The break-up of X-Ray Spex triggered an advertisement placed in Melody Maker, searching for a new lead singer.Sal Solo (formerly with The News) answered the advertisement. Jak Airport and B.P. Hurding left X-Ray Spex to form Classix Nouveaux with Mik Sweeney and Sal Solo. Their first gig was on 25 August 1979 at London's Music Machine nightclub (which would later become the Camden Palace & now called Koko). With publicity growing for the band, their dramatic and heavily made-up image led to the music press associating them with the burgeoning New Romantic movement.Jak Airport was replaced by Gary Steadman during the same year.
In 1980, the band recorded a four track session for Capital Radio and one track, "Robot's Dance", was played regularly by DJ Nicky Horne. This got the interest of the United Artists record company (then part of the EMI group), but as negotiations dragged on, the band decided to release the track as their debut single on their own ESP label. They also performed for the first time on television on Thames TV in London. "Robot's Dance" spent eleven weeks on the UK Indie Chart, reaching No. 22, and became a popular alternative dance floor track. The group's second single, "Nasty Little Green Men", followed on 10 November 1980.
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