Massive Ego
| Massive Ego | |
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The current band lineup.
Left to right: Lloyd Price, Oliver Frost, Marc Massive & Scot Collins |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Electronic, Darkwave, Gothic |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Out of Line Records |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | massiveego |
| Members | Marc Massive (vocals: 1996-present) Oliver Frost (percussion: 2004-present) Lloyd Price (Keyboards & programming: 2015-present) Scot Collins (Keyboards & programming: 2015-present) |
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Massive Ego are a British Darkwave musical group formed in 1996 by singer and ex-model, Marc Massive (also the owner of the Public Disordar label) and Andy J Thirwall. The band has changed its sound and image since its formation. The original releases being mostly covers in a Eurodance, Hi-NRG style. Massive and Thirwall later parted ways, and Massive searched for a new musical direction for the band. Collaborations with Empire State Human and Lia Organa & Electric Prince were the start of a darker sound for the band. The band joined alternative German label Out of Line Music in 2015 with the current lineup; Marc Massive, Oliver Frost, Lloyd Price and Scot Collins. Their debut album for Out of Line was released on 17 February, 2017. The current themes of the songs centre around the darker side of life, depression and anxiety, death, suicide, love, sex and vampirism.
Massive Ego was formed in 1996 with original band members; Marc Massive and Andy J Thirwall. Fronting the band from the start ex-model and dancer for Boy George’s 90’s band, Jesus Loves You and MC Kinky. Marc went on to DJ and co-curate London's ACT ART events for several years. Dan Black and Stuart 'Barnaby' Moffatt joined the band's lineup in the same year. The band performed their first live gig in January 1996 at Club Skinny in London. On 12 October, Massive Ego were featured on the cover of Boyz magazine.
In 1997, You Think You're a Man a Hi-NRG cover of Divine, was released as the band's debut single. It charted at number 32. In 1997 and '98, they performed at Summer Rites Fest in Brockwell Park, Brixton.Planet Earth was the second single, released in 1999, a cover of Duran Duran. September 2000 saw the band playing their first Pride festival in Nottingham.
2002 saw Steady (Eddie Orange Dasher) join the band on keyboards. Steady had previously been in Leigh Bowery's band Minty, The Offset, as well as his own bands Elizabeth Bunny and Sweetie. A third single; My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor) (vs. Miss Dusty 'O') a Dead Or Alive cover, was released later that year. A radio edit of unreleased track, Murder, was the b-side to the single, and featured Steady on guitars as well as synths. Dean Bright (ex-Dead Or Alive) also joined the band that year. Bright was also a fashion designer, whose credits included the purple coat worn by Pete Burns in both the video for You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) and on the cover of the album Youthquake.
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