"Clare Grogan Claire Patricia Grogan (born 17 March 1962), known professionally as Clare Grogan or sometimes as C. P. Grogan, is a Scottish actress and singer. She is best known as the lead singer of the 1980s new wave music group Altered Images and for supporting roles in the 1981 film ""Gregory's Girl"" and the science fiction sitcom ""Red Dwarf"" as the first incarnation of Kristine Kochanski. Born in Glasgow, Grogan and her two sisters all attended the Notre Dame Convent School. Aged 17 while dancing at the Glasgow College of Technology, she was a bystander when a fight broke"
"the 1980s. She performed on similar tours in 2005, 2008 and 2009. She appeared with Chesney Hawkes, Toyah Willcox and Limahl as 'The 80s Supergroup' in the 2011 series of ""Let's Dance for Comic Relief"". Grogan sometimes covers for radio presenters on BBC 6 Music, most often for Nemone and sometimes Liz Kershaw. Clare appeared in Series 2, Episode 2 of John Shuttleworth's Lounge Music on BBC Radio 4 on 27 November 2016. Clare Grogan is the inspiration for the song ""True"" by Spandau Ballet. Grogan began presenting shows on Absolute Radio 80s from 11 September 2017, presenting Monday to"
"string of top ten singles and albums in Ireland. The Pogues' lead singer Shane MacGowan had played in London punk outfit The Nips, originally known as The Nipple Erectors. In the 80s many bands with connections to or fanbases in the New Age traveller community fused folk, punk and more often than not Dub Reggae and Ska. Outfits like Culture Shock, Citizen Fish (both featuring members of the Subhumans) R.D.F., The AK47s, DS2000, Levellers musical cousins The O'Roonies, The Tofu Love Frogs, Back To The Planet and others furthered the style, albeit in a deliberately underground manner. The pioneers of"
"became a four-person band with the departure of two members and the addition of Stephen Lironi, who played both guitar and drums. The band had a string of hits in the early 1980s, including ""Happy Birthday"", ""Don't Talk to Me About Love"", ""I Could Be Happy"" and ""See Those Eyes"". The group split up after the release of their third album, ""Bite"" (1983). In 1984, Grogan made a cameo appearance in the music video to ""Young at Heart"" by The Bluebells. Grogan later attempted a solo career, but after her single ""Love Bomb"" failed to gain chart success in 1987,"
"on guitar and floppy haired, pig van driver Matthew Johnson on drums. Soon after the release of their single ""Where's Clare Grogan Now"" (played by John Peel), Katie left the band and Sheggi became the new singer. Subsequent releases, including the EP ""Four Songs for Simon"", ""Ferensway"" and ""The Tulip Explodes"", led to a multi-pound recording contract with the fab, London based Vinyl Japan label, home and future home of BMX Bandits, the McCluskey Bros, and Thee Headcoats. The first of their Vinyl Japan output was an EP entitled ""Nostalgia"" and was recorded by Ken McPherson at his studio in"
"and the French percussionist (now deceased) Pascale Benadjoud. Susan Rowland regularly provided vocals; at various times Flo McSweeney, Maura O’Connell and Helen Walshe performed vocal backing with TNA. The band had strong associations with the Sligo pub, Hennigans of Wine Street, where they played and socialised in the 1980s. Those Nervous Animals Those Nervous Animals are an Irish rock band from Sligo, Ireland. Formed in 1981, the original membership consisted of lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Barry Brennan, guitarist Padraig Meehan, bassist Eddie Lee and percussionist Cathal Hayden. The band released six singles, including their only EP ""Hyperspace"" which was"
"The Pogues The Pogues were a British Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and founded in Kings Cross, London in 1982, as ""Pogue Mahone"" — the anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic ""póg mo thóin"", meaning ""kiss my arse"". The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recording several hit albums and singles. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems, but the band continued - first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals - before breaking up in 1996. The Pogues re-formed in late 2001, and played regularly across the UK"
"frontman Dave Mason, in ""Julian Covay and the Machine"" in 1967 and moved on to join the rock and soul band ""The Ingoes"" as a vocalist and guitarist. This band soon morphed into the psychedelic Blossom Toes the same year, who later turned to guitar-led rock. After recording Julie Driscoll's solo album ""1969,"" Cregan joined the soft rock band Stud. The group featured Cregan, John Weider from Family, and also John Wilson and Richard McCracken, the rhythm section from Taste (best known as Rory Gallagher's pre-solo power trio). Stud dissolved when Cregan moved to Family in September 1972, after recording"
"be a misconception. Bill Harper went on to write and perform, notably appearing on an LP and several singles with The Stepford Husbands in the early '80s. Jeff Myer recorded and toured extensively throughout the '70s and '80s with Van Morrison, Jesse Colin Young, Janis Ian, Tom Fogerty, Terry and The Pirates (with Terry Dolan, John Cipollina, and Greg Douglass), and reggae band The Edge (with the Rowan brothers). Former band member Steve Lage, who was born Stephen Allen Lage on August 15, 1947, died on July 25, 2010 in Oakland, California. A version of The Savage Resurrection has been"
"Top 80 Chart in June 1979, as well as a top 15 hit in the UK. When the band moved to the MCA label, they subsequently changed their name to One Way featuring Al Hudson. Their next album was simply called ""One Way Featuring Al Hudson"" and was also released in 1979. The album included the long 12"" version of ""You Can Do It"". Their 1980 album was also confusingly called ""One Way Featuring Al Hudson"". By 1981 the band was simply called One Way. In 1981 frontwoman Alicia Myers left the band to pursue a solo career. She was"
"in its native England throughout its career. 1970's ""Raw Sienna"" followed, featuring ""A Hard Way To Go"" and ""Stay While The Night Is Still Young"". When Youlden then departed for a solo career, Lonesome Dave took over the lead vocals. ""Looking In"", also in 1970, featured not only ""Poor Girl"" and ""Money Can't Save Your Soul"" but one of the era's memorable LP covers, a troglodyte-like savage staring into an eye socket of a monstrous skull. Later, Peverett, bassist Tony Stevens and drummer Roger Earl left to form the immensely successful but decidedly rock band Foghat. Simmonds soldiered on, recruiting"
"Siobhan MacGowan Siobhan MacGowan (born in Brighton, England in 1963) is an Irish-British journalist and musician. She is the sister of Shane MacGowan, lead singer of the Irish group The Pogues. When The Pogues started out as ""Pogue Mahone"" in the early 1980s, MacGowan designed posters and flyers to advertise their gigs. She also worked for The Pogues in 1988, editing and writing their fanzine, 'Ordnahone'. In 1988, MacGowan moved to Dublin, Ireland and formed a band called The Frantic. The Frantic performed MacGowan's songs around such venues as The Rock Garden, The Baggot Inn and the Olympia Theatre. She"
"Mary Coughlan, Shane MacGowan, The Waterboys, The Hothouse Flowers, Nanci Griffith, John Prine and Joe Ely. The Fleadhs toured with Bob Dylan, The Pogues, The Waterboys and Emmylou Harris. The band broke up in 1990 though they later reformed for gigs and to record. The individual musicians continued to play and record in different formations. Paul Kelly and Frankie Lane, accompanied by Eleanor Shanley, play and tour together in Ireland and throughout Europe. Pete Cummins (the band's main songwriter) released his debut solo album ""The Brilliant Architect"" in 2008 to critical acclaim. His anti-war song ""Flowers in Baghdad"" was in"
"American debut at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach, California, on Thursday, 11 August 1983. After the break-up of the band, Grogan attempted a solo career, signing to London Records in 1987 and releasing a single, ""Love Bomb"". Grogan was also included on a London Records compilation album titled ""Giant"", contributing the track ""Reason Is the Slave"". After ""Love Bomb"" failed, plans for a follow-up single release, titled ""Strawberry"", and an album, ""Trash Mad"", were shelved by London Records. Grogan also became a film and television actress. Prior to finding fame with Altered Images, she appeared in the 1981 film"
"introduced them to The Pogues, and their collaboration resulted in a hit with ""The Irish Rover"". It reached number 8 in the UK singles charts and number 1 in Ireland. In 1990 their final hit single was ""Jack's Heroes/Whiskey in the Jar"", again with The Pogues, which reached number 63 in the UK and number 4 in Ireland. Campbell, who plays the guitar on stage, has been touring with the band ever since. Christy Moore, Paddy Reilly and Jim McCann also featured on the CD; Moore sings a tribute to Luke Kelly, and McCann sings the song ""I Loved the"
"from punk rock. Leaders included The Men They Couldn't Hang, Oysterband, Violent Femmes, Billy Bragg and The Pogues. Folk dance music also became popular in the 1980s, with the English Country Blues Band and Tiger Moth. The decade later saw the use of reggae with English folk music by the band Edward II & the Red Hot Polkas, especially on their seminal ""Let's Polkasteady"" from 1987. In a process strikingly similar to the origins of electric folk in the 1960s, the English thrash metal band Skyclad added violins from a session musician on several tracks for their 1990 début album"
"1983), ""Playing to Win"" (January 1985) and ""No Reins"" (May 1986). ""Time Exposure"" was also the last album with lead guitarist, David Briggs, who left prior to its release. He was replaced on tour by Stephen Housden, who later joined the group. The album had other band members on lead vocals: Beeb Birtles on two tracks, ""Ballerina"" and ""Guiding Light"", and Wayne Nelson on the hit single, ""The Night Owls"" (1981). Two other singles, ""Take It Easy on Me"" and ""Man on Your Mind"" (both 1982), were also top 20 hits in the US for the band. On 30 July"
"the original singer Annabella Lwin, formed with remaining band members David Barbarossa and Leigh Gorman, with Paul Cook on drums. It later consisted of Ashman, Cook, keyboard player Duncan Grieg, and bassist Lance Burman. The group's only album was 1988's self-titled release, which was issued in the US by Sire Records. Ashman died in 1995 and, on the fifteenth anniversary of his death, the band reunited for a tribute concert on 21 November 2010 at the Scala in London, in a show with Adam Ant topping the bill. It also featured later Ashman bands, Bow Wow Wow and Agent Provocateur."
"the name change came a stylistic broadening, including slower tempos and horn arrangements. They released several albums on noted UK postpunk label Jungle Records including ""Repercussions"" in 1986 and ""Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks"" in 1988. Lead singer and guitarist Steve Drewett took openly socialist stances in his lyrics throughout the course of the band's career and currently displays an anarcho-syndicalist sticker on his guitar. From 1986 the Neurotics became one of the first Western bands to play behind the Iron Curtain, with successive tours of East Germany alongside artists like Billy Bragg and Attila the Stockbroker. When bassist Colin"
"Liverpool on 2 February 2008, and another at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 3 February 2008. The group remains particularly popular in France and Japan. Two compilations have been issued: ""Longshot For Your Love"" (Marina, 1998) and ""Something On My Mind"" (Crépuscule, 2013), the latter with a bonus live CD recorded in 1982. The Pale Fountains The Pale Fountains were an English band formed in Liverpool in 1980, and composed of Mick Head (vocalist/guitarist), Chris McCaffery (bassist), Thomas Whelan (drummer) and former Dislocation Dance trumpeter Andy Diagram (horns). Inspired by 1960s music such as Love, Burt Bacharach and"
"ex-Brisbane performers who succeeded internationally as independent and mainstream music markets merged in the late 1980s. The 'Beans paved the way for a new wave of young bands, who eschewed taking themselves seriously. Grogan and Mansfield, as professional musicians with experience in working covers bands, also helped bridge a cultural divide between proficient suburban cabaret bands and the raw, three-chord approach of ""indie"" acts. This contributed to a mark-up in musical skill among original bands emerging in Brisbane from the early 1990s. The 'Beans' records sales were highest in Europe. Grogan and McCann formed World Dog in 1994, recording a"
"Squeezin'"" (#16); and ""Departure"" (1980), which reached No. 8 on the album charts. Journey's newfound success brought the band an almost entirely new fan base. During the 1980 ""Departure"" world tour, the band recorded a live album, ""Captured"". Keyboardist Gregg Rolie then left the band, the second time in his career he left a successful act. Keyboardist Stevie ""Keys"" Roseman was brought in to record the lone studio track for ""Captured"", ""The Party's Over (Hopelessly in Love),"" but Rolie recommended pianist Jonathan Cain of The Babys as the permanent replacement. With Cain's replacement of Rolie's Hammond B-3 organ with his"
"joined Wishbone Ash and stayed with them until the mid-1980s. Mick Cook joined the new lineup of The Groundhogs in late 1975 where he replaced Clive Brooks on drums and in the 80s played with Lickmalolly. Mick Stubbs was a member of the short lived Paradise in 1975 and continued as a performer and writer (including the Lulu single ""I Love to Boogie"" 1979), and re-uniting with Cook for gigs. Home (UK band) Home were a British rock band, active in the early 1970s. The core line up featured Mick Stubbs on lead guitar and lead vocals, Laurie Wisefield on"
"Eyes"" and latterly a smash U.S top ten with ""Don't Talk to Me about Love"" finished a successful tour by splitting up. A disillusioned Grogan wanted to continue her acting success on ""Gregory's Girl"" by pursuing a role on the next Bill Forsyth film named ""Comfort and Joy"". Manager Gerry McElhone and brother Johnny McElhone were ahead of the game, forming and signing (in a week) the band Hipsway. Prime considered joining but made way for his erstwhile competitor Craig Armstrong. Deacon Blue was formed in Glasgow in 1985 by Ricky Ross and comprised Prime, Graeme Kelling on guitar, vocalist"
"records reached the top 20 in the UK pop charts. A third single, ""Maids, When You're Young Never Wed an Old Man"" reached number 43 in December 1967. It was their last UK hit single till they recorded with The Pogues in 1987. In 1974, Ronnie Drew decided to quit the band, to spend more time with his family. He was replaced with Jim McCann. Before joining the band McCann had a TV show in the early seventies called ""The McCann man"". He is best known for his incarnations of ""Carrickfergus"", Makem's ""Four Green Fields"", and ""Lord of the Dance""."
"on guitar and Ben Stansfield on drums, retaining only M.H. on vocals. During the 1980s the band played regular slots in the famous 100 Club and supported the likes of UK Subs, The Vibrators, The Partisans, Picture Frame Seduction, The Adicts, Major Accident, Toy Dolls, Angelic Upstarts, 999, Broken Bones and others including Bérurier Noir for one of their first concerts overseas in France, following gig exchanges with Burning Ambitions from Le Havre. They also supported The Alarm, Joe Strummer & the Latino Rockabilly War and the UK Subs when they visited the band's home town of Merthyr Tydfil. The"
"elements in popular songs. Enya achieved enormous international success with New Age/Celtic fusions. The Pogues, led by Shane MacGowan, helped fuse Irish folk with punk rock. This resulted in top ten hits in Ireland, the UK and the USA. Afro-Celt Sound System combined Celtic instrumentals with West African influences and drum n bass in the 1990s. In the 1980s, major folk bands included De Dannan, Altan, Arcady, Dervish and Patrick Street. A growing interest in Irish music at this time helped many artistes gain more recognition abroad, including Mary Black, and Sharon Shannon. The BBC screened a documentary series about"
"the various members went on to perform as sidemen for some prominent acts in the `80's, including Ted Nugent, Pat Travers, Yngwie Malmsteen, Blackfoot, legendary British bluesman John Mayall. Doug Bare later formed a band called Bareback and toured the Southeast as a club favorite for many years. Whiteface (band) Whiteface was an American, Atlanta-based pop-rock-funk band formed in the late 1970s. Its members were technically proficient and each was a lead vocalist, giving the band an incredible vocal harmony sound. Their music style varied wildly from funk & R&B to pop & rock. The core members for their album"
"in 1977. MacGowan was already with The Nips, though when they broke up in 1980 he concentrated a bit more on Stacy's Millwall Chainsaws, who changed their name to The New Republicans. In 1982, James Fearnley (accordion), who had been a guitarist with The Nips, joined MacGowan, Stacy, and Finer, forming the band, then known as Pogue Mahone. The new group played their first gig at The Pindar of Wakefield on 4 October 1982. They then appeared at Gossips in Dean Street Soho on Thursday 3 November 1983 with Trash Trash Trash and The Stingrays. They later added Cait O'Riordan"
"and ""Less Than Senseless"". A healthy following latched on to them, and supported the band's 1989 debut album, ""Tranzophobia"". The band continued to tour extensively in the UK, Europe and North America, working with bands including Les Thugs, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine and Doughboys, amongst many others. The band's second studio album, ""Who Cares Wins"" (1990), was followed by a compilation album of their early 7"" singles, called ""Terribly Sorry Bob"" (1991). The band subsequently moved to a major record label to record two further studio albums, ""Sebastopol Rd."" (1992) (recorded by Jessica Corcoran at London's"
"singer John Dudgeon, keyboardist Bob Forrester, bassist Rob Cockell, guitarist Tony Dunning and drummers Ray Angrove and Dennis Watson. In 1971 the band released a follow-up LP on Evolution Records. A single, ""Southbound Train"", through Quality Records by including a toy train in the promotional package. They continued touring internationally until they disbanded in 1974. That year they went on a 14 state tour in the United States. Four out of five of the original members reunited briefly in 1980, and released a single, ""Armoured Car"". Vocalist John Dudgeon went on to release a solo single record in 1983 called"
"1980s pop/rock production, with heavy emphasis on drum machines and synthesizers. Commercially, the album charted lower than its predecessor, only reaching No. 65 on the album charts. However, the title single did better than the band's previous two singles, reaching No. 26 on the Rock Singles chart, and No. 47 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Shortly after ""Shelter""'s release, McKee broke up the band for good and went on to a solo career. Heffington became a session drummer, while Etzioni recorded under the name ""the Mandolin Man"". Rudy Richman played drums with UK rock band The Quireboys between 1992 and"
"keyboardist, David C. Lewis, as well as an additional singer Royce Jones. In April 1980 Warner Bros. released ""One Eighty"", which produced two of the year's biggest hits. The first, ""Biggest Part of Me"", reached number three for three weeks on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and crossed over to the soul chart, where it peaked at number thirty-five. The second, another blue-eyed soul hit, ""You're the Only Woman (You & I)"", reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. ""One Eighty"" earned the band three Grammy nominations, including Best Pop Vocal Group. A headlining world tour followed. For the Japanese"