The Passions were an English ethereal new wave band that cut two 1979 post-punk singles and signed with Fiction Records for their 1980 album, Michael & Miranda. On Polydor, they made the 1981/82 albums Thirty Thousand Feet Over China and Sanctuary and scored a UK hit with “I’m In Love With a German Film Star.” […]
Local Heroes SW9 were an English post-punk trio that made the 1980/81 albums Drip Dry Zone and New Opium on Oval Music. Members: Kevin Armstrong (guitar, vocals), Matthew Seligman (bass), Kim Barti (drums), Lennox Meade (bass), Thomas Dolby (keyboards) Background Local Heroes SW9 formed in London when guitarist/singer Kevin Armstrong and drummer Kim Bart teamed […]
