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The Psychedelic Furs are an influential British post-punk band founded in the 1970s. Punk had dismissed psychedelic rock and was adamantly opposed to it. The Furs embraced punk's more liberating elements, but discarded such limitations and also embraced psychedelic rock. The outcome was a combination of droning guitars and sax, rhythm section in the deep end of the pool, and raspy biting vocals with a slightly more pop feel than punk, becoming progressively more pop and less punk with successive albums. Behind the production of Steve Lillywhite, famous for its big drum sound, the Furs broke into the US market with the 1981 release Talk Talk Talk which featured "Pretty in Pink," which became a hit years later when it served as inspiration for the John Hughes film of the same name. With the release of "Love My Way" from 1982's Forever Now and the 1984 release of Mirror Moves, which featured the songs "The Ghost in You" and "Heaven" the band became somewhat of a staple on early 80s college and progressive rock radio stations.
They also had a minor hit with "Heartbreak Beat" (which peaked at #26) from the 1987 release Midnight to Midnight.
After spending the last half of the 1990s apart they reformed in 2000.
Many personnel changes took place throughout the years, but the Butler brothers and John Ashton have been constants.
1 Personnel
- Richard Butler : vocals
- Tim Butler : bass
- John Ashton : guitar
- Vince Ely : drums
- Duncan Kilburn : saxophone
- Roger Morris : guitar
- Phillip Calvert : drums
2 Discography
- The Psychedelic Furs 1980 CBS Records
- Talk Talk Talk 1981 CBS
- Forever Now 1982See also 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 15 K. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. January 17 Tommy CBS
- Mirror Moves 1984See also 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 28 singer Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. February 14 Elton John marries studio engin CBS
- Midnight to Midnight 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train
- All of This and Nothing (compilation) 1988See also 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the CBS
- World Outside
- Here Came the Psychedelic Furs: B Sides and Lost Grooves (compilation) 1994See also 1993 in music, other events of 1994, 1995 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 29 The Supremes' Mary Wilson is injured when her jeep hit a freeway median and flipped over just outside of Los Angeles, California Sony RecordsSony Records is a record label courtesy of Columbia Epic and American Recordings . It has many divisions, including the preceding. As with other labels, other divisions may be region or genre-specific. Other divisions of Sony include Harmony Records .
- Should God Forget (compilation)
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British musical groups
