The Invisible Girls
The Invisible Girls | |
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Salford, Greater Manchester, England | |
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Years active | 1978 – c. 1982 |
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The Invisible Girls were a
History
The band was formed to provide backing music for punk poet John Cooper Clarke.[2] It initially featured Factory Records producer Martin Hannett on bass guitar, Steve Hopkins on keyboards, 10cc drummer Paul Burgess and guitarist Lyn Oakey.[3] This line-up played on Cooper Clarke's debut album Où est la maison de fromage?, before they named themselves the Invisible Girls. Disguise in Love (billed as being by "John Cooper Clarke with the Invisible Girls") was produced by Hannett and released in 1978, and featured collaborations with Be-Bop Deluxe's Bill Nelson and Buzzcock Pete Shelley.[2] John Scott was also either a collaborator or full-time member.[4] A second album, Snap, Crackle & Bop, followed in 1980.
Pauline Murray
In 1980, the band began to work with Pauline Murray, who in the same year dissolved her punk band Penetration.[2] Burgess had left The Invisible Girls by this point to dedicate more time to 10cc. During Murray's period with the band, Hannett worked as producer, being replaced on bass by Robert Blamire, also a former member of Penetration.[2]
The band's first single, "Dream Sequences", was released in August 1980, featuring Murray, Hannett, Hopkins, Blamire, and
To perform live, the band recruited guitarist
Later projects
In 1982, the band returned to work with John Cooper Clarke; his final album,
Discography
Albums
- Disguise in Love (1978)
- Snap, Crackle & Bop (1980)
- Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls(September 1980)
- Zip Style Method (1982)
- Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins: The Invisible Girls (2015)[7]
Singles
- "Dream Sequences" (Illusive, August 1980)
- "Mr X" (Illusive, November 1980)
- "Searching For Heaven" (Illusive, April 1981)
- "Procession" (as Nico & The Invisible Girls) (1/2, 1982)
References
- ^ The Invisible Girls. AllMusic, Retrieved on 10 April 2009.
- ^ ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
- ^ "Disguise in Love". Cyberspike.com. 8 May 1978. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Martin Hannett - Friends Remember". 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008.
- ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 352. CN 5585.
- ^ "Nico (3) & The Invisible Girls – Procession (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Cerysmatic Factory: The Invisible Girls [FBN 65 CD]". News.cerysmaticfactory.info. Retrieved 13 March 2016.