Stevo Pearce
| Stephen John Pearce | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 December 1962 |
| Labels | Some Bizzare |
| Associated acts |
Soft Cell Marc Almond Einstürzende Neubauten The The Matt Johnson Naked Lunch Cabaret Voltaire Wiseblood Foetus Bizarre Inc Messiah Koot Pedro INF Satanicpornocultshop Test Dept Swans |
| Website | Some Bizzare Records |
Stephen John Pearce, commonly known as Stevo, is the owner of British record label Some Bizzare Records.
Stephen John Pearce was born in 1962 and came from Haverhill. He left school at sixteen with no qualifications and entered a work training placement with sub contracted distribution company distributing Phonogram Records. His mother purchased a mobile disco unit on hire purchase and Stevo began a Monday-night residency at the Chelsea Drugstore in London's King's Road. Around this time he was banned from playing certain clubs due to his eccentricities. He was chased out of one club for just repeating "Yes hello, hello yes, it's highly psychological", and after mixing Mickey Mouse into Cabaret Voltaire at half speed. Other things that the public were not used to included playing six different records at the same time, causing a very intense sound.
After the residency at the Drugstore, Stevo moved on to working a regular night at the Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith. The nights at the Clarendon were known as "Stevo's Electro Tunes" where bands like DAF, Fad Gadget, Last Dance, Naked Lunch and Boyd Rice played. At this time Stevo regarded himself as an music anarchist in the music scene and felt it important for musical barriers to be broken down. After these nights attracted interest Stevo was asked to compile an electronic music chart in the Record Mirror, soon followed by his "Futurist Chart" in Sounds. He did not like the term "Futurist", feeling the name was "a bit of a joke". The Sounds chart was filled with demos that were sent to him by new unknown bands.
In 1980, after realising he was receiving some very good material, he decided to put together a compilation album, the Some Bizzare Album.
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