Classix Nouveaux

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Classix Nouveaux
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Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	New Wave
Years active	1979 - 1985
Label(s)	EMI Cherry Red Records
Associated acts	X-Ray Spex The News Roketz A Flock of Seagulls
Members
Sal Solo Mik Sweeney Jak Airport BP Hurding
Former members
Gary Steadman Jimi Sumen Rick Driscoll Paul Turley Pandit Dinesh

Classix Nouveaux were a 1980s New Wave band from England.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 Audio sample
4 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Formation

The break up of X-ray Spex triggered an advertisement to be placed in Melody Maker, searching for a new lead singer. Sal Solo (formerly with GTO-signed power-pop band The News) answered the advertisement, appealing to two members of the Spex. Jak Airport and BP Hurding left X-ray Spex to form Classix Nouveaux with Mik Sweeney and Sal Solo. Their first gig was in August of 1979 at Camden Palace.

[edit] New Romantics

With publicity growing for the band — their dramatic and heavily made up image helped quickly associate them with the New Romantic music movement, alongside bands like Japan and Ultravox. At this time, in 1980, they signed to EMI and released their first studio recording session single called "Robots Dance" [1]. They also performed for the first time on TV on Thames in London.

[edit] Night People

In 1981 the band released Night People, featuring their most well known single "Guilty" which catapulted the band to international success.

Album track listing: Forward, Guilty, Run Away, No Sympathy No Violins, Inside Outside, 623, Every Home Should Have One, Tokyo, Or A Movie, Soldier, The Protector Of Night. CD bonus tracks: The Robot's Dance, Nasty Little Green Men, Test Tube Babies, Night People, Old World For Sale, 627, We Don't Bite.

[edit] La Verité

Releasing their second album La Verité in 1982, which led to the release of their highest charting single, "Is It A Dream". The band toured world wide, making their way all over Asia, including India, for the first time.

Album track listing: Foreward, Is It A Dream, To Believe, Because You're Young, Six To Eight, La Verité, Never Again, It's All Over, 1999, I Will Return, Finale. CD bonus tracks: It's Not Too Late, Where To Go.

[edit] Secret

1983 led to the release of their final album, Secret featuring tracks such as "Never Never Comes" and "Heart From The Start," which led to be become one of the first modern bands to perform in communist Poland. The hysteria formed by their visits to Poland were compared to the mania surrounding the Beatles. American producer Alex Sadkin produced the album, allowing the band to experiment with a more artistic and creative sound.

Album track listing: All Around The World, Manitou, Heart From The Start, The Fire Inside, Forever And A Day, Never Never Comes, The Unloved, When They All Have Gone, No Other Way.

[edit] Break up

Band members continued to come and go, and by the end of the bands existence only Sal Solo was the original remaining member, starting to form his own solo work and continuing to tour as Classix Nouveaux.

Solo went on to become heavily involved in Catholicism, releasing several Christian-oriented albums after Classix Nouveaux's break up. Mik Sweeney went on to move to Los Angeles, California where he build fretless basses and recorded studio session work, he currently lives in Ireland. Gary Steadman went on to join A Flock of Seagulls. Jimi Sumen became a record producer in Finland and release a number of successful solo works there.

Currently, the bands full length albums are re-issued by Cherry Red Records. In 2006 River Records released The River Sessions which was recorded live at Strathclyde University in 1982.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	UK	US
1980	Classix Nouveaux	-	-
1981	Night People	-	-
1982	La Verité	-	-
1983	Secret	-	-
1997	The Very Best of Classix Nouveaux	-	-
2006	The River Sessions	-	-

[edit] Singles

Year	Song	UK	US
1980	"The Robots Dance"	-	-
1980	"Nasty Little Green Men"	-	-
1981	"Guilty"	43	-
1981	"Toyko"	67	-
1981	"Inside Outside"	45	-
1982	"Never Again (The Days Time Erased)"	44	-
1982	"Is It A Dream"	11	-
1982	"Because You're Young"	43	-
1983	"The End...Or The Beginning"	60	-
1983	"Forever And A Day"	83	-
1983	"Never Never Comes"	-	-