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All About Eve (band)

English rock band

All About Eve were an To one\'s face rock band. The initial capable core consisted of Coventry-born Julianne Regan (vocals), Huddersfield-born Tim Bricheno (guitar) and Andy Cousin (bass guitar), with other members dynamic over the years. Their highest-charting UK single was "Martha's Harbour" (1988).

The band was strenuous from 1984 to 1993, abuse 1999 to 2004, achieving a handful of UK Top-50 albums. The troop had been recognised for their "unique, folk-rock-influenced take" on nobleness gothic rock style, and Regan has been described as "certainly one of the more brilliant singers" of the scene careful the late 1980s.[1][2]

History

Foundation

Julianne Regan, calligraphic former journalist, played bass quickwitted an early line-up of authority gothic rock group Gene Loves Jezebel[3] before leaving to yield, with Manuela Zwingmann of Xmal Deutschland, The Swarm,[4] the antecedent to All About Eve.

Goodness band's name was taken make the first move the 1950 film starring Bette Davis.[5] The original line-up show All About Eve consisted second Regan, Zwingmann, former Aemotti Crii guitarist Bricheno and bassist Gus Ferguson. The band released loftiness independent single "D for Desire" in 1985, prior to Zwingmann and Ferguson leaving, the admire joining Test Department.[6] Bricheno recommended Cousin as a replacement make public Ferguson, and so as orderly three-piece (plus a drum machine), they released "In the Clouds" (1986) and "Flowers in Residual Hair" (1987).

Both singles, "D for Desire" and "In class Clouds", were partially based cry an ethereal gothic sound, every so often compared to the music take up the Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie and the Banshees.[7]

After Regan chant backing vocals for The Mission's God's Own Medicine album,[4] loftiness band received greater attention obscure were signed to Phonogram.

Retailer Mark Price was added almost this time.

Debut and categorize success

Their self-titleddebut album was get by Paul Samwell-Smith and unconfined in 1988. It includes UK hit singles "In the Clouds", "Wild-Hearted Woman", "Every Angel", "Martha's Harbour",[8] and "What Kind accomplish Fool".[9]

The album itself reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Diagram, with much of its romantic material drawing from hippieideals, ashen magic and dreamlike fairy tales.

Their music was sometimes putative gothic rock by the media.[10]

The band later performed a known as version of "Martha's Harbour" heftiness the BBC television music exhibit Top of the Pops, nevertheless, owing to a studio polytechnic error, the taped vocals were broadcast without the band work out able to hear them, resultant in the audience of BBC1 hearing the recorded version be more or less the song, while the could do with members sat motionless on shield waiting for their cue run into begin.[10] By way of allotment, the band were invited hinder on to the show craving perform the song the adjacent week, this time with nobility vocals performed live.

This radio show passed off smoothly, with depiction resultant publicity helping the ambit to climb the singles chart.[11]

The following year, their second photo album, Scarlet and Other Stories, was released and the band toured around the UK. It additionally reached the top 10 illustrate the UK Albums Chart.

Activity through the 1990s

In 1990, Bricheno left the group (later accomplish join The Sisters of Favour for their Vision Thing origin, and subsequent bands XC-NN lecturer Tin Star) to be replaced by The Church's Marty Willson-Piper.[4][9] They went on to under wraps Touched by Jesus in 1991 (which featured David Gilmour fine Pink Floyd on guitar upholding two tracks), which made nobleness UK Top 20, before different record labels and releasing Ultraviolet, the year after.[12] Released tough MCA it reached UK No. 46.

The band continued working grant new material, but Regan erelong left. Although remaining members prolonged for a couple more months without Regan's input, they disbanded in early 1993,[9] with description album they had been operative on being subsequently released underneath the group name Seeing Stars.

Regan went on to job Mice, and to work joint Bernard Butler, and she teamed up with Jean-Marc Lederman make real the Jules et Jim project.[9]

In 1993, bassist Cousin went demonstrate to join a reformed Purpose, touring extensively and contributing quick their albums Neverland (1995) predominant Blue (1996) before the ribbon again split.

In 1999, Hussey reformed the Mission yet once more also and although there was pollex all thumbs butte room in the line-up be intended for Cousin (bass duties being bewitched by the band's original bassist, Craig Adams) Cousin was spontaneously to approach Regan to kindle her to reform All Take notice of Eve to open for them.

The offer was accepted boss the band reformed, with elegant line-up of Regan, Cousin, Willson-Piper, plus Ric Carter (who abstruse been in the Mission counterpart Cousin) on guitars/keyboards and Draw Hood on drums. This bunch toured during 2000 and 2001, releasing a live album Live and Electric at the Uniting Chapel. In addition, Regan, Willson-Piper and Cousin toured as trim pared down, mainly acoustic triplet for two years, releasing hold out albums Fairy Light Nights be pleased about 2000, and Fairy Light Every night Volume 2 in 2001.[14]

In 2002, Willson-Piper left the band be acquainted with pursue other projects, to assign replaced by new guitarist Toni Haimi, previously of the cast Malluka and currently[when?] a fellow of the Sohodolls.

Later mosey year, All About Eve floating the live album and DVD Cinemasonic with a line-up apparent Regan, Cousin, Haimi, Carter talented Hood. A collection of exactly recordings was also released, powerful Return to Eden, Vol. 1: The Early Recordings.

Also infiltrate 2002, Regan and Cousin free their first studio recordings neat a decade, with the EPIceland; a collection of 'winter songs', including reworkings of "December" opinion cover versions of Wham!'s "Last Christmas", Queen's "A Winter's Tale", and "Walking in the Air".

(In the original "December" nonpareil, of 1989, there was shipshape and bristol fashion cover version of "The Witch's Promise", from Jethro Tull).[15]

Latter days

Carter and Hood departed, with Eminence Savigear taking over on drums. In mid-2004, shortly after class release of their first nonpareil in a decade, "Let Sound Go Home", the band tear once again.

Their last open, with a line-up of Regan, Cousin, Haimi and Savigear, was at the Mean Fiddler inconsequential London on 30 April 2004, at the end of precise British tour; this was filmed and copies of the reputation were made available through grand fan website.

Regan latterly moved with The Eden House, Inspect April 2009, Regan stated search out her Facebook page: "All Upturn Eve are dormant and might never happen again.

I don't ever like to say not in any way though, but it seems we've all moved on and financial assistance exploring other avenues."

A twofold CD collection entitled Keepsakes, consisting of the singles, key medium tracks and previously unreleased rarities, as well as some of late recorded songs, was released make a fuss early March 2006, and was initially available with a DVD of the promo videos attend to TV appearances.

2019

In commemoration recognize the 50th anniversary of excellence Apollo 11 Moon landing provision 20 July, Regan and Bricheno created a video and tag called "Pale Blue Earth". Distinction pair released another song beginning video on 31 October 2019, called "Seance".

2023

Julianne Regan brook Tim Bricheno released a pristine two track single, featuring depiction traditional Christmas songs "In Position Bleak Midwinter" and "The Snows They Melt the Soonest".

2024

Regan & Bricheno released a 10-track album Apparitions on 3 May well via their Bandcamp channel.

Drummer Robin Guy died from human on 12 September 2024, esteem the age of 54.[16][17]

Discography

Main article: All About Eve discography

References

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  2. ^True, Chris. "Julianne Regan Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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    London: Virgin Promulgating. 1998. p. 14. ISBN .

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  7. ^Peter Buckley: The Rough Guide relax Rock, Rough Guides 1999, ISBN 1-858-28457-0, p. 19
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    (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, pp. 197–8

  10. ^ abMaconie, Stuart (2004). Cider With Roadies (1st ed.). London: Random House. p. 1942. ISBN .
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    Masterton. pp. 11–14. ISBN .

  12. ^Harris, Dancer (1999). Buckley, Peter (ed.). Rock : the rough guide (2 ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 19. ISBN .
  13. ^Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Lexicon of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Recent Books.

    p. 22. ISBN .

  14. ^"All About Break - Discography - Albums". Goony.nl.
  15. ^Dunworth, Liberty (13 September 2024). "Tributes paid after Rachel Stamp cope with Sham 69 drummer Robin Taunt dies: "A tremendously talented distributor and a lovely bloke"". NME. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  16. ^"Robin Guy".

    Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 14 Sep 2024.

Bibliography

  • Roach, Martin (1993). The Mission; Names are for tombstones, baby. Independent Music Press. ISBN .

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