The Mood
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The Mood | |
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Origin | Synthpop, new wave |
Years active | 1981-1984 |
Labels | Romantic, RCA |
Past members |
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The Mood were a British
Career
The Mood was formed in 1981 by John Moore, who had previously played with local bands around
Follow up singles were "Passion in Dark Rooms" with "The Munich Thing" on the b-side, and a final single, "I Don't Need Your Love Now". The band split up in 1984. A mini-LP was released in the US, although no album was released in the UK.
After the band split up, Moore and James (Fordyce) formed another group, Pleasure Company, but split shortly after, and James (Logan) formed his own group, STRANGLANDS and ended up supporting a-ha during their 1986-87 World tour in the UK.
John Moore reformed The Mood (without Mark or Eric) briefly in 1992, with Paul Atkinson (bass) and Steve Bradley (drums). The band gigged regularly in the north of England – playing mostly new, rock based material – before changing their name to Wild, and subsequently splitting up in late 1993.
All The Mood singles were released on a nineteen track album by
Present day
Eric James (Logan) is currently a teacher at
Discography
Albums
- Passion in Dark Rooms (1983) (US only release)
- The Singles Collection (2008)
- Reimagining (2024)
Singles
- "Is There a Reason" (1981)
- "Is There a Reason" (re-recording) (1981)
- "Don't Stop" (1982) – UKNo. 59
- "Paris Is One Day Away" (1982) – UK No. 42
- "Passion in Dark Rooms" / "The Munich Thing" (1983) – UK No. 74
- "I Don't Need Your Love Now" (1984)[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-904994-10-5.