Radio Stars

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Radio Stars
Years active 1977-present
Label(s) Chiswick Records
Associated acts Jet, Sparks
Website radio-stars.com
Members
Andy Ellison - Vocals
Martin Gordon - Bass
Ian MacLeod - Guitar & Backing Vocals
Steve Parry – Drums

Radio Stars were formed by ex-John's Children vocalist Andy Ellison, Sparks exile Martin Gordon [1] (bass, songwriting), and Ian MacLeod (guitar) in 1977, following the end of their underachieving glam supergroup Jet the previous year. Later adding Steve Parry on drums, the group signed to Chiswick Records and released its debut album, Songs for Swinging Lovers, in 1977. On the fringes of both the punk and new wave scene, the Radio Stars were at heart a quirky rock band built around Gordon's songs and Ellison's enthusiastic vocals. Adding Trevor White (who was also in both Sparks and Jet) in 1978 they put out their second, somewhat disappointing record, Holiday Album. Gordon left soon after the record flopped, effectively ending the band, although Ellison, attempted to revive the band's name to little success in the 1980s and 1990s.

The group's recordings have been anthologized twice, first on 1982's Two Minutes Mr. Smith by the Moonlight record label, then on 1992's Somewhere There's a Place for Us on Ace. They had one Top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart, "Nervous Wreck" b/w "Horrible Breath" in early 1978. It peaked at #39. The b-side, "Horrible Breath", was a song written by Marc Bolan from his time with John's Children.

A solitary London concert performance took place in March 2008 in support of their live album Something For The Weekend, released in that same month.

[edit] Members

  • Andy Ellison - Vocals
  • Martin Gordon - Bass, keyboards, everything else
  • Ian MacLeod - Guitar and backing vocals
  • Steve Parry – Drums

Other involved included:

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.martingordon.de/ Martin Gordon

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