PaulC Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Sad to hear the news that Steve Strange has died. I wasn't a great fan of Visage but they were an key band in the new romantic era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Here Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says. Strange, real name Steven Harrington, died in his sleep in a hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The Welsh New Romantic icon is best known for his Visage hit Fade To Grey. Marc Green, August Day Recordings label manager, said his "family, band members and friends are all distraught at this sudden news of his untimely death. Strange, a New Romantic pioneer, was born in Newbridge, Caerphilly county, and got involved in music after seeing the Sex Pistols in concert in 1976. He went to London aged 15 to work for Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McClaren before setting up the Blitz Club in Soho, central London, which would become a focal point for the New Romantic movement. Bands including Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and Culture Club all got their start at the club before finding stardom. His band, Visage, formed in 1979 and released their breakthrough record, Fade To Grey, the following year, peaking at number eight in the UK Singles Chart. Strange finished recording a classical interpretation of the record last year. The Welsh pop singer found fame in the 1980s as frontman for the band Visage Strange, pictured with Boy George in 2001, was known as a New Romantic pioneer Tributes have been paid to the pop singer on Twitter, with Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon tweeting: "I'm very sad to announce that our friend Steve Strange has died in Egypt today. He was the leading edge of New Romantic. God Bless him." Billy Idol wrote: "Very sad to hear of my friend Steve Strange passing, RIP mate." His agent, Pete Bassett, said he would be remembered as "a hard-working, very amusing and lovable individual who always was at the forefront of fashion trends". "Up until last year he was putting together a book of fashion styles based on the New Romantic movement and it comes as a great shock. "We understood that he had certain health problems but nothing we knew was life threatening. "His friends and family are totally shocked, we had no idea anything like this was likely to happen." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Rip Steve. One from 'my era' of music when I was growing up. Fade to grey is a genuinely top tune 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 RIP Steve, Fade to Grey was a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted February 13, 2015 Moderator Share Posted February 13, 2015 More of a model than a popstar really, all about the image. Didn't write any music or lyricsVisage were an odd collective of great people. 3/5ths of Magazine, Billy Currie from Ultravox, 80's Super producer Martin Rushent Midge Ure wrote Fade to grey and Lol Godley (of 10cc and 80's super video maker) did the video'sNot much mention of Rusty Egan and Steve Strange there, which is odd because they founded the band.Its sad that he's gone but all he was was a peacock really, nice bloke by all accounts and he was kinda a fashion icon of his day but thats it really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Lol Godley? Or Kevin Creme ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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