After the Fire were an English New Wave/art-rock band from London that released the album Signs of Change on Rapid Records in 1978, followed by Laser Love on CBS in 1979. Between 1980 and 1982, the band released the albums 80-f and Batteries Not Included on Epic. Shortly after the group disbanded, their translation of the song “Der Kommissar” — originally a European hit for Austrian singer Falco — reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100, prompting CBS’s belated release of the 1979–82 compilation ATF for that market.
Members: Peter Banks (keyboards, vocals, 1971-83, 2004-present), John Leach (bass, vocals, 1971-72), Ian Adamson (drums, 1971-77), Andy Piercy (guitar, bass, vocals, 1974-83), Robin Childs (bass, vocals, 1975-77), Nick Battle (bass, violin, vocals, 1977-78), Iva Twydell [Ivor Twidell] (drums, 1977-79), John Russell (guitar, vocals, 1979-83, 2004-present), Nick Brotherwood (drums, 1979), Pete King (drums, 1979-83)
Discography:
- Signs of Change (1978)
- Laser Love (1979)
- 80-f (1980)
- Batteries Not Included (1982)
Artist/Album Pages:
The Rezillos were a Scottish New Wave band that released the 1978 Sire album Can't Stand The Rezillo...
The Swell Maps were an English art-punk band from Solihull that issued a three-song single on self...
The Red Crayola were an American psych-rock band from Houston, Tex., that released two albums on ...
Japan was an English new wave band that released five albums between 1978 and 1981. They formed in 1...
Nutz was an English hard rock band from Liverpool that released the 1974–76 A&M albums Nutz, N...
Gonzalez were an English Latin/soul-funk ensemble that released two albums on EMI in 1974 and 1975...
Other Music were an American mallet ensemble, formed in 1975 in Sausalito, Calif. In 1980, they i...
éVoid were a South African New Wave band from Johannesburg that released two albums with accompany...
Trans-X were a Québécois synthpop/dance-pop band formed by keyboardist Pascal Languirand in 1981. ...
The Drones were an English punk rock band from Manchester that released the 1977 album Further Tempt...
Kajanus & Pickett were the rustic-folk/rock duo of Norwegian-born singer/guitarist Georg Kajan...
Quasar were an Australian avant-rock combo that released two albums on EMI-subsidiary Custom betwe...