The Escape Club

The Escape Club
The Escape Club, 1991
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Alternative rock, pop rock
Years active	1983–1992, 2009–present
Labels	EMI, Atlantic Records
Website	theescapeclub.net
Members	Trevor Steel John Holliday Red Broad
Past members	Johnnie Christo Milan Zekavica Mike Woodsum

The Escape Club are an English pop rock band, formed in London in 1983. They are perhaps best known for their 1988 number one U.S. hit, "Wild, Wild West" and for their top-ten 1991 hit, "I'll Be There".

The band first formed in 1983, comprising Mad lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo (a.k.a. John Christoforou) and drummer Milan Zekavica. The seeds for the formation of The Escape Club were sown when Zekavica joined Steel and Holliday in Mad Shadows, who would subsequently perform on an album by the obscure early 1980s Stephen Milford-fronted new wave outfit, Planning by Numbers. Before long, Christo had also joined the lineup, and The Escape Club was born. The fledgling band quickly released the single, "Breathing".

In 1985, The Escape Club signed with EMI and recorded the album White Fields, which was released the following year. In 1987, the group moved to Atlantic Records and began recording their next album, Wild Wild West. The album was released in the summer of 1988 and spawned the single "Wild, Wild West", which climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart while the song's video received major rotation on MTV. However, it is rumored it was banned from being used in their homeland for being extremely sexist.