- Visage was a British New Romantic band that formed in 1978. Founder members Steve Strange and Rusty Egan were hosting club nights at Blitz nightclub in Great Queen Street, London at the time and were eager to find new music to play, ultimately opting to create music themselves. Strange commented about the meaning of the band's name: "The meaning of Visage, apart from being French for face, is that the Vis is for the visual side of the band... and the Age is the new age in dance music. That's how I see it."
- 1980 saw the release of their second single, "Fade to Grey". The single became a huge hit (making the top ten in the UK and topping the chart in several other countries) and was quickly followed by the release of their self-titled debut album which was also a chart success.
- Fronted by club kid Steve Strange,the band was made up of various members of Ultravox,and also featured guitarist John McGeoch and bassist Barry Adamson.They broke onto the scene with "Fade To Grey",and continued to have a few more hits over the next few years. They were a big part of the Futurist/New Romantic scene.
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An absolute masterpiece. I may be in a minority of one on this, but I rate this as the greatest New Wave synth cut.
Iagree with the other comment, remember buying this when i was at college, thinking it was superb then as it is now!
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