Vicious Pink
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | UK | |
| Genre(s) | Synthpop/Technopop | |
| Years active | 1981 — 1986 | |
| Label(s) | ? | |
| Website | Vicious Pink website | |
| Former members | ||
| Josephine Warden Brian Moss |
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Vicious Pink were a synthpop band, formed in the UK in 1981 and active until 1986. With a catchy sound and a penchant for highly provocative and sexualized lyrics, the band aimed for success amongst clubs rather than commercially successful hits. Vicious Pink composed of two members, singer Josephine Warden and keyboardist Brian Moss, Vicious Pink is chiefly remembered for three dance tracks: CCCan't You See, Fetish and Take Me Now. Vicious Pink is one of a few bands in the early 1980's that could be described as having a techno sound, and can be credited for coining the term for describing music on March 27, 1982, long before it was used by Detroit DJs in 1986.
Even in a genre largely populated by one-hit wonders, Vicious Pink was a mere blip on the synthpop radar, playing only one live show at The Ritz Hotel in New York City in 1984.
Due to its limited success, Vicious Pink remains almost entirely unknown outside of the '80s underground dance scene, because their music was far more explicitly aimed at clubs than concerned with commercial success. As a result, their compositions were more spastic, more mature in content, and longer in length than would suit radio airplay.
Vicious Pink were able to briefly attain a cult-level of success without ever breaking into the mainstream. Although they had started releasing music professionally as early as 1982, Vicious Pink failed to attract much attention until the release of the single “Cccan’t You See” and its instrumental b-side “8:15 To Nowhere” in 1984. Over the next two years, both sides of this single accrued some substantial play in clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. A later single “Fetish” was similarly successful.
The only full album the band recorded was their self-titled Vicious Pink which was released in 1986, after the duo had already ceased recording. This album was a collection of their previously released singles.
