State of Play (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock,electronica,shoegazing,dream pop |
| Years active | 1990–1994, 1996–2005 |
| Labels | Anxious, Charisma, FatLip, Universal |
| Associated acts | Eurythmics, State of Play, The Uncles, Scylla, Chatelaine, Recoil, Leftfield, Freaky Chakra, The Future Sound of London, The Killers, Orbital, Paul van Dyk, Headcase, SPC ECO, KGC, The Secret Meeting, Jeff Beck, Morpheme, The Chronologic, The Black Holes, Inkraktare, DJ? Acucrack, Acid Android |
| Website | curve |
| Past members |
Toni Halliday Dean Garcia |
Curve were an English alternative rock and electronica duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming). Halliday also wrote the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. An important collaborator was producer Alan Moulder, who helped them to shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals.
Curve released five studio albums (Doppelgänger in 1992, Cuckoo in 1993, Come Clean in 1998, Gift in 2001, and The New Adventures of Curve in 2002), five compilation albums (Pubic Fruit in 1992, Radio Sessions in 1993, Open Day at the Hate Fest in 2001, The Way of Curve in 2004, and Rare and Unreleased in 2010), and a string of EPs and singles.
Dean Garcia, half Hawaiian and half Irish, had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. The English-born Toni Halliday met Dave Stewart of Eurythmics after he had read a rock magazine interview with her in which she praised his pre-Eurythmics band, The Tourists. Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by Stewart. Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums, while Halliday was signed to Stewart's Anxious Records label as a solo artist. The pair formed an ill-fated group named State of Play in the mid-1980s before parting ways, embarking on a no less ill-fated solo career (Halliday) and further stints as a backing musician (Garcia), and then reuniting for a more long-term partnership in Curve.
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