Remember this band from the late 80's?, they were tipped to be the next big thing way back in the day, with A&M pumping loads of cash into them, but never were sucsessful apart from this single. A feature in Q magazine described their sound as "Money going down a drain".

 

This is their only top 75 from January 1987, which was "Beautiful Imbalance" reaching #50, chart run from Polyhex was 56-{50}-53->3

 

Edited January 5, 200817 yr by Marcus

sorry .... not one i know.

A great band.... wasn't there another called Fabulous Beast or something? I remember getting free tix to see them in the late 80s - excellent they were if my memory serves me well.

I think being liked by Margaret Thatcher in a video vote on Saturday Superstore (?) put paid to their chances. I liked them and had a couple of their 12" records, which I got in bargain bins after that Maggie debacle.

I think being liked by Margaret Thatcher in a video vote on Saturday Superstore (?) put paid to their chances. I liked them and had a couple of their 12" records, which I got in bargain bins after that Maggie debacle.

 

saw that clip recently

 

think that clip was on one of BBC Four's shows last year. might have been on When Roland Rat meets the Stranglers which i think is rpted on monday night.

 

the Thrashing Doves/the Doves* were mentioned in something i was reading about Paul Oakenfold/Danny Rampling/the Balearic dance culture/Shoom (think the club its a car park or offices now???). they had a record about jesus on the payroll and this was very big club record in Ibiza and was brought back to Shoom and was one of the earliest balleric hits but didnt cross over into the charts. also along with Oakenfold-Rampling's records there was a record by a band called the Woodentops and that was another big Balearic club hit tho people thought it was more funk-sounding.

 

*note: not to be confused with Sub Sub obv :lol: tho Black and White town is an excellent record to get your a kinba Northern Soul freak-on too

 

 

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saw that clip recently

 

think that clip was on one of BBC Four's shows last year. might have been on When Roland Rat meets the Stranglers which i think is rpted on monday night.

 

the Thrashing Doves/the Doves* were mentioned in something i was reading about Paul Oakenfold/Danny Rampling/the Balearic dance culture/Shoom (think the club its a car park or offices now???). they had a record about jesus on the payroll and this was very big club record in Ibiza and was brought back to Shoom and was one of the earliest balleric hits but didnt cross over into the charts. also along with Oakenfold-Rampling's records there was a record by a band called the Woodentops and that was another big Balearic club hit tho people thought it was more funk-sounding.

 

The big Balearic club hit Thrashing Doves had was "Jesus On The Payroll (Street Groove)". This was a promo remix that wasn't made commercially available (big mistake on the part of the record company). The version you see on the regular release was not the club version. Bizarrely a couple of Balearic DJs also picked up on their live version of "Sympathy For The Devil", which was a B-side on one of their 12" singles.

Edited January 8, 200817 yr by 45cat

I think being liked by Margaret Thatcher in a video vote on Saturday Superstore (?) put paid to their chances. I liked them and had a couple of their 12" records, which I got in bargain bins after that Maggie debacle.

They had a couple of singles out before then, with one of them being "Matchstick Fotilla", but Mrs Thatcher's 4/5 for the video I posted didn't help!.