Eurogliders

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Eurogliders
Eurogliders circa 1982
Eurogliders circa 1982
Background information
Origin Perth, Western Australia Australia
Genre(s) Indie Pop
Years active 1980 - 1989, 2005 - present
Label(s) CBS Records, Mercury Records, Polygram Records, Universal Records, MGM Distribution, Sony Records, Columbia Records, Deluxe Records
Website Eurogliders website
Members
Grace Knight
Bernie Lynch
Former members
Crispin Akerman
John Bennetts
Ron Francois
Geoff Rosenberg
Scott Saunders
Amanda Vincent

Eurogliders are a 1980s band formed in 1980 in Perth, Western Australia.

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[edit] Biography

The Eurogliders consisted of six members: Grace Knight (vocals), Crispin Akerman (guitars), Bernie Lynch (guitars), Amanda Vincent (keyboards), Geoff Rosenberg (bass), and John Bennetts (drums). As a teenager, Knight used to perform in folk clubs. Searching for a career boost, she traveled to Australia where she met Lynch, a friend of her sister's. As Knight developed her vocal style, Lynch began assembling the pieces for a band. In 1982, the Eurogliders released their first album, Pink Suit Blue Day, and had their first hit in 1982 with "Without You". Pink Suit Blue Day was unusual in that the Eurogliders took the step of travelling to Manila, capital city of the Philippines, to record it. The album was produced by Englishman Len Lubin.

It was not until the release of the single "Heaven (Must Be There)" from their second album This Island, which reached No. 2 on the Australian singles charts in 1984, that the band received national and international attention. This Island was recorded in England and Australia.

That then started off a domino effect of hits, with "We Will Together" (No. 7, 1985), "The City of Soul" (No. 19, 1985), "Can't Wait to See You" (No. 8, 1985), "Absolutely" (No. 29, 1986) and "Groove" (No. 13, 1988).

The album Absolutely! spent 47 weeks in the Australian charts.

Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch were married briefly in 1985 and despite their marital separation stayed together in the band. In 1986 the Eurogliders signed a sponsorship deal with the Faberge Company. The single "Absolutely" was used in a television commercial for Faberge jeans, and the band also made an appearance in the commercial.

Recording of their fourth album, Groove, commenced while Grace Knight was pregnant and was completed after she gave birth. Grace brought her son into the Sony Recording studio and would sing while nursing. In 1989 unable to achieve their earlier successes the Eurogliders disbanded.

In 1990, Knight appeared in the TV miniseries Come In Spinner, where she also covered 1940s torch songs on the soundtrack. Knight recorded her first solo album, Stormy Weather, in 1991. Leaving behind the new wave synthesizers and folksy harmonies of the Eurogliders, Knight switched to jazz and soul with Stormy Weather. A year later, Stormy Weather and the Come In Spinner soundtrack both landed in the Top Ten of Australia's jazz charts. In 1993, Knight released another album Gracious.

At the same time Lynch became involved in theatre, fashion and writing film music scores.

Founding members Grace Knight and Bernie Lynch reformed and in October 2005 released their fifth album called Eurogliders. A unique aspect of the release is that all tracks can be listened to in their entirety on the eurogliders website.

The Eurogliders started touring again in Australia in April of 2006

Their 6th album Blue Kiss was recorded during the same sessions and was released in 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] Compilation albums

  • Greatest Hits - Maybe Only I Dream Columbia (1991)
  • The Essential Eurogliders Sony (2007)

[edit] Singles

  • "Without You" / "No Goodbyes" (1982)
  • "Another Day in the Big World" / "Simon" (1983)
  • "Heaven (Must Be There)" / "Heliograph" (1984)
  • "Maybe Only I Dream" (1984)
  • "Absolutely" / "Learning How to Swim" (1985)
  • "Can't Wait to See You" / "I Like to Hear It" (1985)
  • "The City of Soul" / "When Stars Come Out" (1985)
  • "We Will Together" / "Wildlife" (1985)
  • "So Tough" / "People Change" (1986)
  • "Groove" / "Groovethang" (1988)
  • "It Must Be Love" (1988)
  • "Hummingbird" (2005)

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