Haircut 100

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Haircut 100
Also known as Haircut One Hundred
Origin England, United Kingdom
Genre(s) New Wave
New pop
Latin Jazz
Crossover Jazz
Years active 1980–1984
Label(s) Polydor, Arista
Former members
Nick Heyward
Graham Jones
Les Nemes
Phil Smith
Mark Fox
Blair Cunningham

Haircut 100 was a pop rock-influenced band, formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward, whose most successful single was "Love Plus One."

The group broke up in 1984 then briefly reunited in 2004.

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[edit] History

Haircut 100 appeared just as new pop, a wave that continued for several years. They were quickly successful: their first single, 1981's "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" reached number four in the UK charts. Their next single, "Love Plus One", reached number three and broke the Top 40 in America.

Haircut 100 seemed poised for stardom when Heyward decided to leave the group and pursue a solo career. Percussionist Marc Fox took over Heyward's vocal duties and in 1984 the band released the album Paint and Paint, but they broke up soon after.

In 2004, all of the group's ex-members reunited for an episode of VH1's series Bands Reunited. The group has seriously discussed the idea of reuniting to record a new album[citation needed], with Heyward being quoted as saying 'We're all older and have commitments, but wouldn't it be good to dedicate two weeks of our lives to creating a follow-up to Pelican West. It would have that magic because nobody as a player has gone off the boil.'"[citation needed]


[edit] Singles

With Nick Heyward:

  • Favourite Shirts - Boy Meets Girl (UK #4 Oct 1981)
  • Love Plus One (UK #3 Jan 1982)
  • Fantastic Day (UK #9 Apr 1982)
  • Nobody's Fool (UK #9 Aug 1982)

Without Nick Heyward:

  • Prime Time (UK #46 Aug 1983)
  • So Tired (1983)
  • Too Up, Two Down (1984)

[edit] Albums

Pelican West (1982) (UK #2)
  1. "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)"
  2. "Love Plus One"
  3. "Lemon Firebrigade"
  4. "Marine Boy"
  5. "Milk Film"
  6. "Kingsize (You're My Little Steam Whistle)"
  7. "Fantastic Day"
  8. "Baked Bean"
  9. "Snow Girl"
  10. "Love's Got Me In Triangles"
  11. "Surprise Me Again"
  12. "Calling Captain Autumn"
    • CD Bonus tracks:
  13. "Boat Party"
  14. "Ski Club"
  15. "Nobody's Fool" (12" version)
  16. "October Is Orange" (day 1 and 2)
  17. "Favourite Shirts" (12" version)
Paint and Paint (1984)

A change of record label (Polydor Records) attempted to target a more mature audience with the "new look" Haircut 100 and while the album is a very accomplished offering, Paint and Paint never met with the credit it deserved largely due to fans of Pelican West favouring Heyward's solo work and disregarding the rest of the band, blaming them, in particular Marc Fox, for the break-up of Haircut 100.

  1. "Fish In A Bowl"
  2. "Immaterial"
  3. "So Tired"
  4. "Hidden Years"
  5. "40-40 Home"
  6. "High Noon"
  7. "Too Up, Two Down"
  8. "Benefit Of The Doubt"
  9. "Prime Time"
  10. "Where Do You Run To Now?"
  11. "Infatuation"
  12. "Freedome A Go-Go"

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