Who fronted the band Culture Club?
"of Culture Club, from 1982 to 1986. Culture Club Culture Club are an English new wave band that formed in London in 1981. The band comprises Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Mikey Craig (bass guitar) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s. Led by singer and frontman Boy George, whose androgynous style of dressing caught the attention of the public and the media in the early 1980s, the band have sold more than 150 million records worldwide, including over 6 million BPI certified"
"Roy Hay (musician) Roy Ernest Hay (born 12 August 1961, Southend, Essex, England) is the guitarist-keyboardist with Culture Club, a band of the 1980s fronted by Boy George. Hay, a trained pianist since the age of five, replaced founding member Johnny Suede in 1981. Some of Hay's musical influences were Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers and Led Zeppelin. Before his involvement with Culture Club, Hay was a hairdresser in his native Essex. It was during Culture Club's beginnings that Hay met Alison Green. The two married in 1982 and had a child, Sunny, in 1986. They divorced in 2005, although"
"Boy George Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as ""Karma Chameleon"", ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"" and ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"". George is known for his soulful voice and androgynous appearance. He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul,"
"arranged for George to perform with the group Bow Wow Wow. Going by the stage name Lieutenant Lush, his tenure with Bow Wow Wow proved problematic with lead singer Annabella Lwin. George eventually left the group and started his own band with bassist Mikey Craig. They were joined by Jon Moss (who had drumming stints with the Damned and Adam and the Ants) and then guitarist Roy Hay. Realising they had a cross-dressing Irish singer (George), a black-Briton (Craig), a Jewish drummer (Moss) and an ethnic Englishman (Hay), they settled on the name Culture Club, referring to the various ethnic"
"has also ghost-written ""Cry Salty Tears"", the memoirs of George's mother Dinah O'Dowd, which was published by Arrow Books, in January 2007. The same year also saw the publication of ""Straight"" in paperback. ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result Boy George Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as ""Karma Chameleon"", ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"""
"bass, a blond Englishman on guitar and keyboards, and a Jewish drummer, they eventually decided to call themselves Culture Club. The group recorded demos, which were paid for by EMI Records, but the label was unimpressed and decided not to sign the group. Virgin Records heard the demos and signed the group in the UK, releasing their albums in Europe, while Epic Records released their albums in the United States and much of the rest of the world since Virgin did not have a US presence at the time. George began sporting a look inspired by Siouxsie Sioux with ""heavy"
"record a new album. In a ""Rolling Stone"" interview, Hay described the years apart as a healing process. ""There was obviously a bit of a healing process that needed to happen between Jon [Moss] and George. They hadn't really spoken to each other in quite a while"". The description of the tour was ""Older and wiser...We've all been through some good and bad times since the band. I think we've all grown up a bit"". Roy Hay (musician) Roy Ernest Hay (born 12 August 1961, Southend, Essex, England) is the guitarist-keyboardist with Culture Club, a band of the 1980s fronted"
"Mikey Craig Michael Emile ""Mikey"" Craig (born 15 February 1960) is an English musician and DJ of Jamaican descent, best known as the bassist of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. In 1988, he released a single, ""I'm a Believer"". Following the single's flop, Craig, with the help of his brother Greg, completed an album which was shelved by Virgin Records. Craig was an executive producer, in the mid-'90s, for his own dance label, SLAMM records, generating dance hits by artists like Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Mankey. Craig continues to tour with Culture Club and its original members Boy"
"Culture Club (songbook) Culture Club is a songbook by the British new wave-oriented band Culture Club. It contains ten of their best songs for melody line with lyrics and guitar boxes, so that fans, either amateur or professional musicians, may try to play them if they wish. The songs featured in this greatest hits songbook include the ballad ""Time (Clock of the Heart)"", of which an orchestral instrumental exists, appropriately called ""Romance Beyond the Alphabet"". The vocal version of the popular song (which was a Top 3 in the UK, and a huge success worldwide) was not originally included on"
"leaving the group again around 1994, with Reginald Taylor replacing him. Dayes subsequently worked as a solo artist under the name Kenneth Culture. By 2001 Telford Nelson had replaced Taylor. Joseph Hill, who came to symbolise the face of Culture, died in Berlin, Germany on 19 August 2006 while the group was on tour, after collapsing following a performance. His son, Kenyatta Hill, who had acted as the group's sound engineer on tour, performed with his father's band at the Western Consciousness show in 2007, which was dedicated to Joseph Hill, and became the lead singer of Culture; Walker and"
"came from Boy George, the lead singer of Culture Club. George and Culture Club drummer Jon Moss had taken part in the recording of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" and in December 1984 Culture Club were undertaking a tour of the UK, which culminated in six nights at Wembley Arena. On the final night at Wembley, Saturday 22 December 1984, an impromptu gathering of some of the other artists from Band Aid joined Culture Club on stage at the end of the concert for an encore of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". George was so overcome by the occasion he"
"new wave and American soul with Jamaican reggae and also other styles such as calypso, salsa and country. In 1984, Culture Club won Brit Awards for Best British Group, Best British Single (""Karma Chameleon""), and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. They were nominated the same year for the Grammy Award for Pop Vocal by Group or Duo. The band were also nominated for a Canadian Juno Award for International Album of the Year. In January 1985, Culture Club were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist, and in September 1985, they were nominated"
"""secures lead singer Boy George's place as a blue-eyed soul balladeer in the first rank."" He also stated that it ""has gobs of emotion plastered as thickly as Boy George's makeup, and ten tunes that stick."" Although he stated that it ""is by no means a weighty album"", he concluded by saying: ""Whether you like the band or not, Culture Club is one pop group that matters."" Scott Shetler of ""Slant Magazine"" also rated it four out of five stars, noting that ""Culture Club hit their stride, and the influence of its 10 colorful songs can still be felt today."""
"US. The following month, the band appeared on the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" and made an appearance in Britain, their first in 14 years. Later that year, the band hit the UK charts at No.4 with ""I Just Wanna Be Loved"" and later a top 25 hit with ""Your Kisses are Charity"". A new Culture Club album, ""Don't Mind If I Do"", was released in 1999 but was a commercial failure. In 2006, the band decided to again reunite and tour, but George declined to join them. As a result, two members of Culture Club replaced him with vocalist"
"band were among the line-up for a two-hour concert in Edinburgh Castle, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Hay did not perform with the band because he was in recovery after having knee surgery. The band played two songs, ""Do You Really Want To Hurt Me"" and ""Karma Chameleon"". In mid-November 2014, two days before the start of their 21-date US and UK tour, Culture Club announced they had to cancel the tour due to George suffering from a serious throat condition. The cancelled tour would have represented the full original line-up's first tour in"
"by his former wife Barbara Savage. Moss had a relationship with Boy George during the height of Culture Club's popularity, although it was not public knowledge at the time. Their affair came to an end in 1986; it was portrayed in ""Worried About the Boy"", a drama film shown on BBC2. Jon Moss Jonathan Aubrey Moss (born 11 September 1957) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. He has also played with other bands, including London, The Nips, The Damned and Adam & The Ants. Moss was born in Clapham Jewish"
"Culture Beat Culture Beat is a German Eurodance project formed in 1989 by Torsten Fenslau. The act has gone through a number of line-up changes over the years; they achieved the most success whilst fronted by singer Tania Evans and rapper Jay Supreme. Their 1993 single ""Mr. Vain"" was a number-one hit in eleven European countries, and the act is thought to have sold more than 10 million records worldwide. Torsten Fenslau, who initially had a desire for becoming an architect, had been working as a DJ at the Frankfurt nightclub Dorian Gray for 11 years, when he decided to"
"Starclub Starclub was an early 1990s rock band from England, consisting of Owen Vyse (lead vocals, guitar, Hammond organ, keyboards), Steve French (guitar, backing vocals), Julian Taylor (bass, backing vocals) and Alan White (drums, percussion). Vyse, French and Taylor grew up playing music together in Maidstone in Kent, and were known then as the Shoes. They were heavily influenced by the Beatles and formed a quartet with Alan Ware on drums. The highlight of this early incarnation, while the members attended Oakwood Park Grammar School and Maidstone Grammar School, was playing to a sellout crowd at the local Hazlitt Theatre."
"had with her three sons: Milo Emile, Paco Gigi and Geo Luca. Mikey Craig Michael Emile ""Mikey"" Craig (born 15 February 1960) is an English musician and DJ of Jamaican descent, best known as the bassist of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. In 1988, he released a single, ""I'm a Believer"". Following the single's flop, Craig, with the help of his brother Greg, completed an album which was shelved by Virgin Records. Craig was an executive producer, in the mid-'90s, for his own dance label, SLAMM records, generating dance hits by artists like Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Mankey."
"From Luxury to Heartache From Luxury to Heartache is the fourth album by the British new wave band Culture Club, released in 1986. ""From Luxury to Heartache"" was produced by veteran pop and R&B producer Arif Mardin, who replaced Steve Levine in a bid to revitalise the band's sound. Due to lead singer Boy George's growing addiction to drugs, recordings dragged on for so long that Mardin had to disband the sessions and leave it up to engineer Lew Hahn to record the final vocals. The final credit on the album gave production credit to both Mardin and Hahn on"
"Justin Hayward, Mike Batt, Gary Barlow and Björn Ulvaeus. Phil Pickett Philip Stuart ""Phil"" Pickett is a double Ivor Novello Award-winning English composer, musician, vocal arranger, producer and artist manager. He is principally known as a songwriter and musician and for co-writing and recording Karma Chameleon one of the biggest hits of the 1980s era with Boy George and Culture Club during his tenure as keyboard player and backing vocalist for the group on every live performance throughout the world during the 1980s. Prior to this, Pickett co-founded hit-making pop band Sailor in 1973 which achieved considerable chart-topping success in"
"was Culture Club's last UK top 5 hit before 1998's ""I Just Wanna Be Loved"". A. The War Song B. La Cancion De Guerra A. The War Song B. La Chanson De Guerre A1. The War Song (Ultimate Dance Mix) B1. The War Song (Shriek Mix) B2. La Cancion De Guerra The War Song ""The War Song"" is a 1984 song by the British band Culture Club which features background vocals by Clare Torry. It was the lead single from the band's third album ""Waking Up with the House on Fire"". The song became the group's seventh top-five hit on"
"Culture (band) Culture are a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples. The one constant member until his death in 2006 was Joseph Hill. The group formed in 1976 as the vocal trio of Joseph Hill (formerly a percussionist in Studio One house band the Soul Defenders), his cousin Albert ""Ralph"" Walker, and Roy ""Kenneth"" Dayes, initially using the name The African Disciples. They soon changed name to Culture, and auditioned successfully for the ""Mighty Two"" – producer Joe Gibbs and engineer Errol Thompson. While at Gibbs' studio, they recorded a series"
"Rocket Club Rocket Club is an American country music band composed of Joel Sayles (bass, vocals), Brian Kroening (guitars), Don Smithmier (vocals, keyboards), Chris Hawkey (vocals), Luke Kramer (guitars), and Billy Thommes (drums). The band's first national single, ""One More Day,"" was written by Joel Sayles, Don Smithmier, and Twin Cities native Mark Lacek after Lacek's daughter died in the womb. The song got viral exposure via Facebook and YouTube, as well as airplay on Minneapolis radio station KEEY-FM. It is also included on a multi-artist album entitled ""Hope Rocks Volume II"", the benefits of which go to a nonprofit"
"founder Torsten Fenslau was killed in a car accident in Messel (district of Darmstadt) at age of 29. His brother Frank took over the act as a manager. The group returned the act in 1995 with a third album called ""Inside Out"", preceded by a single of the same title ""Inside Out"" which reached number 5 in Germany and number 32 in the UK. In 1997, Frank decided to take Culture Beat in a different musical direction diverging the act from the Eurodance sound into a more commercial pop sound. He also replaced Tania with Kim Sanders, who had previously"
"Kissing to Be Clever Kissing to Be Clever is the debut album by the English band Culture Club, released in late 1982. It includes Culture Club's international breakthrough hit single, ""Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"", which reached number one in the band's native UK and the Top 10 of many charts around the world. The album has reportedly sold over 5 million copies worldwide, including over 1 million in the US where it has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album's first two singles were ""White Boy"" (which failed to crack the US or UK charts at"
"Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band Nirvana. Cobain is remembered as one of the most iconic and influential rock musicians in the history of alternative music. Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Cobain formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene which later became known as grunge. After signing with major label DGC Records, Nirvana found success with ""Smells Like Teen Spirit"" from their"
"choosing ""Culture Club"". SGC vocalist Andi tried to persuade George to use the name, but when Culture Club drummer Jon Moss passed on the idea, Andi decided that the name should not go to waste. Sex Gang Children Sex Gang Children are an early gothic rock and post-punk band that formed in early 1982 in Brixton in London, England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, their singles and various other tracks have been packaged into numerous collections, and they remain one of the more well-known bands of the early Batcave scene and have reformed for new"
"to the title of Culture Club's previous album. Lead singer Boy George states in the song ""But you know, I'm never really sure, If you're just kissing to be clever"", the name of Culture Club's debut album. In most countries (like Japan, Canada and US), its B-side was the ballad ""Colour by Numbers"". In Mexico, the B-side was ""Victims"". In Brazil, the B-side was ""Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)"". A very popular 12-inch was issued, gaining big success in American clubs and elsewhere. The popular extended 12-inch version contained extracts of the other Culture Club hit of the spring, ""It's"
"Star-News considered Culture Club as a 'new rock' band of the 1980s; the newspaper said ""Now you see the more rhythm-oriented, 'new rock of the 80s,' like Culture Club and the Eurythmics, fitting in more easily with urban contemporary formats."" Stephen Thomas Erlewine, senior editor for AllMusic, described specifically Culture Club as a new wave band and generically as the most successful pop/rock group in America and England during the 1980s, adding that, ""By 1986, the group had broken up, leaving behind several singles that rank as classics of the new wave era."" The music of Culture Club is described"
"BBC Radio 6 show ""Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service"", Cave stated: ""I believe in God in spite of religion, not because of it."" Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Cave's music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences, and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence. Born and raised in rural Victoria, Cave studied art before turning to music in the 1970s. As frontman of the"
"Jon Moss Jonathan Aubrey Moss (born 11 September 1957) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. He has also played with other bands, including London, The Nips, The Damned and Adam & The Ants. Moss was born in Clapham Jewish Boys Home at Wandsworth, South London, and was adopted when six months old by Rosetta (née Goldsmith, b. 1929) and Lionel Moss (b. 1927, d. 1999), an upper-middle-class couple of Jewish ancestry. His father owned a clothing store called ""Alkit"", located at Cambridge Circus. He grew up in Hampstead, attending Arnold"
"Church of the Poison Mind ""Church of the Poison Mind"" is a 1983 hit single by the British new wave band Culture Club. It was released as the lead single from their second - and most successful - album ""Colour by Numbers"". The song reached #2 in the United Kingdom, being kept out of the top spot by David Bowie's ""Let's Dance"". It was also the band's fourth Top 10 hit in the United States and Canada. In America, it was still climbing the charts when ""Karma Chameleon"" was released as a single. This prompted Epic Records to release ""Karma"""