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Eurogliders are a band formed in 1980 in

Mainstream Rock charts and appeared on the Hot 100.[4][5] Another Australian top ten album, Absolutely,[3] followed in 1985, which provided two further local top ten singles, "We Will Together" and "Can't Wait to See You".[3] They disbanded in 1989, with Knight having a successful career as a jazz singer.[1] Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane described Eurogliders as "the accessible face of post-punk new wave music. The band's sophisticated brand of pop was traditional in its structure, but displayed the decidedly 'modern veneer' (hip clothes, heavy use of synthesiser)".[1]
The band reformed in 2005 releasing two new albums followed in 2014 by their seventh album.

History

Early days (1980–1982)

manager, Brian Peacock, to their first recording and publishing contracts with PolyGram.[1] They recruited Melbourne bass player Geoff Rosenberg to replace Meharry. In 1982, Eurogliders travelled to Manila, capital of the Philippines, to record their first album, Pink Suit Blue Day, produced by Englishman Lem Lubin, which did not peak into the top 50 of the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.[1][2][3][7] From Manila, they relocated to Sydney to release their first single in June, "Without You", which peaked into the top 40 on the Kent Music Report singles chart.[3]

International success (1983–1985)

Eurogliders changed record labels from Polygram to

Police) which was released in May and peaked at No. 4 on the Australian albums chart.[3] The single, "Heaven (Must Be There)", also released in May, reached No. 2 on the Australian singles charts.[3] Released several months later in North America, the single peaked at No. 47 in Canada, and at No. 65 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[4][5] The album peaked at No. 140 on the Billboard 200 chart.[8][9] In Australia, "Heaven" was followed by a domino effect of two more top 10 hits, with "We Will Together" (No. 7, April 1985), and "Can't Wait to See You" (No. 8, November 1985).[3] Their third album Absolutely, which peaked at No. 7, spent 47 weeks in the Australian charts.[3] Between 1984 and 1986, Eurogliders toured Australia, the USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan and New Zealand.[7]

At the height of the band's success, Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch reconciled their relationship and were married in 1985 but the union was short-lived. Despite their marital separation, they stayed together in the band for another four years. Lynch and Knight dismissed Brian Peacock, and took over the band's management.

Demise (1986–1989)

In early 1987, journalists documented Lynch and Knight's claim that Bennetts, François and Vincent left the band voluntarily.[1] Vincent went to London on a world tour with the Thompson Twins, and stayed in the UK to tour and co-wrote with Boy George. François became a session musician in Australia, while Bennets toured with Eartha Kitt, and later worked in the Educational IT industry before founding Monkeydrum Studios.[10]

Reduced to a duo, Lynch and Knight recorded their fourth album (Groove) with session musicians, including Akerman. However, despite Akerman's presence on the album it was clear that Lynch and Knight by themselves were now the Eurogliders, as they were the only people pictured on the album cover or inner sleeve, or on any of the album's associated singles.

Groove peaked at No. 25 on the Australian charts in April 1988.[1] The related single, "Groove" had peaked at No. 13 in February but the next singles, "It Must Be Love" in June, "Listen" in September and "Precious" in March 1989 did not reach the top 50.[1][3]

For the album tour, Lynch, Knight and Akerman were joined by Guy Le Claire on guitar, Rex Goh on guitar (ex-

jazz singer.[1][7]

Post-Eurogliders (1990–2005)

After Eurogliders, Knight made a cameo appearance in the 1990 TV series

Come In Spinner, recorded with jazz artist Vince Jones, which peaked at No. 4 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums charts.[12] This launched a new career for Knight as a jazz singer with her first solo album, Stormy Weather, which peaked at No. 16 in 1991.[12] Lynch became involved in theatre and soundtrack composition,[7] and as the business manager of his second wife, fashion designer Collette Dinnigan. Vincent, who had a successful popular music career with credits including Boy George, Gang of Four and Billy Bragg, moved into ethnomusicology, specialising in African and Cuban music.[13]

Reformations

Eurogliders reformed in October 2005, with Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch using session musicians including former member, Rex Goh,

Ian "Molly" Meldrum. The group's sixth album, Blue Kiss, was recorded during the same sessions as the previous and was released in mid-2006, it also had no top 50 charting.[1][15][16] Eurogliders official website was shut down in September 2008. In 2013 it was announced that the Eurogliders were expected to reform to support The Boomtown Rats on a planned reunion tour of Australia in May. However, the tour was cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Their seventh studio album, Don't Eat the Daisies, appeared in 2014.[17][18] In May 2017 they headlined the entertainment on Darley Kingsford-Smith Cup Day during the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival. Eurogliders plan to tour Australia in support of Simple Minds and OMD in December 2021.[19]

Members

Eurogliders' members (arranged chronologically):[1][2]

  • Bernie Lynch – vocals, guitar, keyboards (1980–1989, 2005–2007, 2013–present)
  • Amanda Vincent – keyboards (1980–1987)
  • Crispin Akerman – guitar (1980–1987)
  • Don Meharry – bass guitar (1980–1981)
  • Guy Slingerland – drums (1980–1981)
  • keyboards
    (1981–1989, 2005–2007, 2013–present)
  • John Bennetts – drums, percussion (1981–1987)
  • Stephen Clarke - drums (1981)
  • Geoff Rosenberg – bass guitar (1981–1983)
  • backing vocals
    (1983–1987)
  • Scott Saunders –
    bass
    (1983)
  • Rex Goh – guitar (1988–1989)
  • Lindsay Jehan – bass guitar (1988–1989)
  • Guy Le Claire – guitar (1988–1989)
  • Joy Smithers – backing vocals (1988–1989)
  • Steve Sowerby – drums (1988–1989)
  • Phil Whitcher – Keyboards (1988–1989)[20]

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
sales thresholds
)
AUS
[21]
1982 Pink Suit Blue Day 54
1984 This Island 4
1985 Absolutely
  • Released: October 1985
  • Label: CBS Records (SBP 8106)
  • Format: LP
 7
1988 Groove
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: CBS Records (460864 1)
  • Format: LP
 25
2005 Eurogliders
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Cheeky Joe Records Australia (CJR 001)
  • Format:
    CD
 —
2014 Don't Eat The Daisies —
2021 The Blue Kiss Project
  • Released: 2021
  • Label: Grace Knight (GKM005)
  • Format: CD, DD
 —

Compilation albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[21]
1985 12" Mixes
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: CBS Records (450493-4)
  • Format: LP
 —
1991 Greatest Hits: Maybe Only I Dream
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Columbia Records (468288 2)
  • Format: CD, Cassette
 —
2007 The Essential Eurogliders
  • Released: 9 April 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (88697069622)
  • Format: CD, DD
 —

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[3][15][23] 		CAN
[24] 		NZL
[25] 		US Hot 100
[4][5]
US Main
[4][5]
1982 "Without You" 34 — — — — Pink Suit Blue Day
"Laughing Matter" — — — — —
1983 "No Action" 97 — — — — This Island
"Another Day in the Big World" 66 — — — —
1984 "Heaven (Must Be There)" 2 47 6 65 21
"Maybe Only I Dream" 56 — — — —
1985 "We Will Together" 7 — — — — Absolutely
"The City of Soul" 19 — — — —
"Can't Wait to See You" 8 — — — —
1986 "Absolutely" 29 — — — —
"So Tough" 91 — — — —
1988 "Groove" 13 — — — — Groove
"It Must Be Love" 72 — — — —
"Listen" — — — — —
1989 "Precious" — — — — —
2005 "Hummingbird" — — — — — Eurogliders
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Awards and nominations

Countdown Australian Music Awards

Countdown was an Australian pop music TV series on national broadcaster ABC-TV from 1974–1987, it presented music awards from 1979–1987, initially in conjunction with magazine TV Week. The TV Week / Countdown Awards were a combination of popular-voted and peer-voted awards.[26]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 "Pink Suit Blue Day" Best Debut Album Nominated
"Without You" Best Debut Single Nominated
1984 "Heaven Must Be There" Best Single Won
Best Video Nominated
Themselves in "Heaven Must Be There" Best Group Performance in a Video Nominated
Bernie Lynch (Eurogliders) Best Songwriter Nominated
Grace Knight Most Popular Female Performer Nominated
1986 Grace Knight Most Popular Female Performer Nominated

West Australian Music Industry Awards

The West Australian Music Industry Awards are annual awards celebrating achievements for Western Australian music. They commenced in 1985.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 Eurogliders Hall of Fame inductee

References

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  19. ^ "Australian Simple Minds and OMD Dates Rescheduled For 2021". Noise11.com. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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  22. ^ a b "Wendy Matthews & Grace Knight". Artist Network. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  23. ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peak for "It Must Be Love" (N.B. it reached the same peak as on the Australian Music Report chart): "25 Years Ago This Week: July 3, 1988". chartbeat.blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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