Julia's Club Eighties

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

and it hurts...


The Lotus Eaters was the name of a 1980s New Wave band from Liverpool, England, whose single "The First Picture of You," from their debut album, No Sense of Sin (1984), became a hit in the UK.

The Lotus Eaters formed in 1982, and were mistakenly included in the New Romantic movement when they first appeared. However, although Peter Coyle (vocals), Jeremy Kelly (guitar), Mike Dempsey (bass guitar), and Stephen Creese (drums) had the elegant attire, and fashionable haircuts of New Romantic bands, their music was more understated and folksy than the synthesized Euro disco of Japan, Visage and Duran Duran. The Lotus Eaters toured extensively throughout Japan, despite arguments with their record label over there.

In 1998, The First Picture of You, a compilation of the Lotus eaters' BBC Radio 1 sessions, was released, and the No Sense of Sin album was reissued on CD with bonus tracks.

In 2002, The Lotus Eaters, reduced to the duo of Peter Coyle (vocalist) (born 25 January 1962, Liverpool) and Jeremy Kelly (guitarist - formerly with The Wild Swans) (born 8 April 1962, Liverpool), reformed after almost two decades, to record and release a new album, entitled Silentspace.

Article taken from Wikipedia.org


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posted by blogger at 8/15/2007 09:02:00 PM

1 Comments:

Thanks for the great Lotus Eaters post. Absolutely brilliant. Is there any way I you can post the splendid "It Hurts" by them? I have been valiantly trying to locate that track for years. Much, much appreciated.
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October 3, 2007 at 10:01 AM  

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