Flash And The Pan
| Flash and the Pan | |
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| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | New wave, pop rock, synthpop |
| Years active | 1976–1993 |
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Flash and the Pan were an Australian new wave musical group (essentially an ongoing studio project) formed in 1976 by Harry Vanda and George Young; both are former members of the Easybeats and were a production and song writing team as Vanda & Young. The duo's first chart success was their 1976 debut single, "Hey, St. Peter", which reached number five in the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The next single, "Down Among the Dead Men", peaked at number four in Australia in 1978 and was re-titled as "And the Band Played On" for international release.
Their eponymous debut album followed in December 1978 with the track, "Walking in the Rain", originally the B-side to "Hey St. Peter". The song was later covered by Grace Jones and released as the last single from her album, Nightclubbing (May 1981). Her version's best success was reaching number 34 in New Zealand. Flash and the Pan's second album, Lights in the Night (early 1980), peaked at No. 1 on the Swedish Albums Chart. "Waiting for a Train", the lead single, from their third album, Headlines, reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart in 1983.
Flash and the Pan were formed in Sydney in mid-1976, initially as a studio-only pop rock band, by Harry Vanda and George Young both on guitar, keyboards and vocals. The duo had been members of the Easybeats and subsequently worked as songwriters and producers, Vanda & Young, both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. They were A&R agents for Albert Productions and its in-house producers at Albert Studios in Sydney from mid-1973.
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