Pele (English band)

Pele
Origin	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England
Genres	Indie music
Years active	1990–1996
Labels	M&G Records
Past members	Ian Prowse Andrew Roberts/Eddie Hayes

Pele were an English indie rock band, formed in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1990, by the guitarist and frontman Ian Prowse and keyboard player Andrew Roberts. They were joined by Dally on drums, Jimmy McAllister on bass guitar and finally Nico on violin. Despite only reaching the lower end of the UK Singles Chart, the band built up a loyal live following, but split in 1995 due to a legal wrangle with their record label.

After gigging around Chester and Liverpool, the band were signed to the independent record label, M&G Records, after their head of A&R heard a demo of "Megalomania". Within weeks the band set about recording their debut album, Fireworks, at the Metropolis recording studios in London, with record producer, Gary Langan.

As the album took shape, "Raid the Palace" was released as the first single. In the week after release, Pele began a tour at Kingston University, which culminated at the (University of Wales) in 1995, and included gigs across Europe. In February 1992, their second single, "Megalomania", was released and peaked at #73 in the UK Singles Chart. The third single from the album was "Fair Blows the Wind for France", which reached #62 in the UK.

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