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R.I.P. Steve Strange
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Only 55, sad news
Pogue Mahone
Well-known member
- Apr 30, 2011
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God, very sad. The Blitz club seems to be so recent, and the Blitz Kids are beginning to pass on.
Superphil
Dismember
Sad news, only 55, heart attack in hospital in Egypt. Made his mark, that's for sure.
No age at all. Sad.
I saw him interviewed a few years ago and he looked awful and bloated, shaking and stuttering. Sad end.
World of Sport
Active member
Fade to grey.
It all makes sense now.
It all makes sense now.
You'll have Midge Ure worried given he wrote the song I believe.
Pavilionaire
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
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Sad news, RIP Steve.
Del Fenner
Because of Boxing Day
R.I.P. SteveThe original chord structure was written by Lancing's very own Chris Payne* (he was the keyboard player for Gary Numan at the time). Ultravox's Billy Currie (who was playing with Numan at the time) added a bit and Ure wrote the tune and the words.
Obviously this is sad news but 'every cloud' and all that - hopefully it'll get re-released and as they've managed to get the publishing sorted out now the writers might see a bit more than they did the first time.
*And yes, he is a Brighton fan.
Oh right. I seem to recall Gary Newman [Webb] somehow had a loose connection with Lancing.
Gary was born in Hammersmith and at the time he first had some hits he was living in Wraysbury, Berks.
They weren't. Tubeway Army was just Gary, his original bass player Paul Gardenr (RIP) and Gary's uncle Jess! None of them came from Worthing. However when they played the first hit 'Are Friends Electric' on Top of The Pops the band that appeared on the telly did contain two members from the Worthing area: Chris (who'd already joined full time) and a friend of Chris's a guy called Trevor Grant who played guitar just for the TV appearances. (I think he did Whistle Test as well). Trevor still lives in Worthing and currently plays in a band called .... naa, the name escapes me at the moment. They gig a lot in the Worthing area though.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Fade to Grey always takes me back to basic training at RAF Swinderby in 1982. Our drill instructor was Cpl Grey and he used to make us sing it and 
RIP Steve.
RIP Steve.
Bombadier Botty
Complete Twaddle
- Jun 2, 2008
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Visage played The Haunt last year.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Ah. Cheers for the clarification. I went to school with Trevor's brother.
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I went to that gig..Must have been 200 people tops & was pretty much Steve & a fat guitarist...he was unwell that night & did maybe 8-10 songs pretty badly...
Offered selfies for a few quid at the merch stall & , I must say, was a far cry from the giddy hights of the Blitz...
Still love Visage though
The interesting thing with that is Rusty Egan was trying to put together a version of Visage that was going to be him, Steve Strange and Chris Payne (who actually never played with the band live originally). It was also going to include rRussell Bell (the guitarist from Gary Numan), Steve Norman (the sax player from Spandau Ballet) and Midge Ure's ...... daughter. They were going to play a mixture of old Visage stuff and new material written by Egan and Payne/Bell. Anyway there were lots of problems and eventually Strange went off on his own.