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Dexys at in 2012 Background information Also known as Dexys Midnight Runners The Emerald Express Origin, Genres, Years active 1978–1986, 2003–present Labels Oddball Windsong Absolute Dexys 100% / Warner Music Associated acts Website Members Lucy Morgan Sean Read Michael Timothy Andy Hobson Billy Stookes Mark Kavuma Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their common nickname; sometimes styled with and sometimes without an apostrophe) ) are an pop band with influences, who achieved their major success in the early to mid-1980s. They are best known in the UK for their songs ' and ', both of which peaked at No. 1 on the, as well as six other top-20 singles.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dexys (no apostrophe) went through numerous personnel changes over the course of three albums and thirteen singles, with only singer/songwriter/co-founder remaining in the band through all of the transitions and only Rowland and 'Big' Jim Paterson (trombone) appearing on all of the albums. By 1985, the band consisted only of Rowland and long-standing members (violin) and Billy Adams (guitar). The band broke up in 1987, with Rowland becoming a solo artist. After two failed restart attempts, Dexys was reformed by Rowland in 2003 with new members, as well as a few returning members from the band's original lineup (known as Dexys Mark I). Dexys released their fourth album in 2012 and a fifth followed in 2016. Contents. History Dexys Mark I: 1978–80 Foundation and first single Dexys Midnight Runners were founded in 1978 in, England by (vocals, guitar, at the time using the pseudonym Carlo Rolan) and (vocals, guitar).
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Both had been in the short-lived punk band. Rowland had previously written a -style song that the two of them sang, 'Tell Me When My Light Turns Green', which became the first Dexys 'song'. The band's name was derived from, a brand of used as a among Northern soul fans to give them energy to dance all night. While recruiting members for the new band, Rowland noted that 'Anyone joining Dexys had to give up their job and rehearse all day long. We had nothing to lose and felt that what we were doing was everything.'
'Big' Jim Paterson (trombone), Geoff 'JB' Blythe (saxophone, previously of 's ), Steve 'Babyface' Spooner (alto saxophone), Pete Saunders (keyboard), Pete Williams (bass) and John Jay (drums) formed the first line-up of the band, which began playing live at the end of 1978. By the middle of 1979, Bobby 'Jnr' Ward had replaced Jay on drums. Clash manager then signed them and sent them into the studio to record a Rowland-penned single, 'Burn It Down', which Rhodes renamed to '. In response to Rhodes' criticism of Rowland's singing style, Rowland developed a 'more emotional' sound, influenced by of the band, as well as the theatricality of. After a series of dates opening for, who wore suits on stage to create an image, Rowland decided that his new band needed its own distinct look.
Borrowing from an outfit that Paterson had worn to rehearsals, Dexys subsequently dressed in or leather coats and woolly hats, a look described as 'straight out of 's '. Rowland said of the band's sound and look in January 1980: 'we didn't want to become part of anyone else's movement. We'd rather be our own movement'. A unified image became very important to the group, with Rowland commenting 'We wanted to be a group that looked like something. A formed group, a project, not just random.' 'Dance Stance', which Rhodes produced, was released on the independent Oddball Records, which Rhodes owned, and which was distributed. Although it was named 'single of the week' by, it stalled at number 40 in the British charts, which EMI and Rowland believed was due to Rhodes' poor production.
Rowland said, 'We learned that early on, that the wrong producer can totally screw your record up.' As a result, Dexys fired Rhodes and signed directly to EMI, and EMI immediately put in charge of their production. Both Saunders and Ward left the band, to be replaced by (keyboards) and Andy 'Stoker' Growcott (drums).
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels and first band split Building on the unexpected success of 'Dance Stance' (aka 'Burn It Down'), Dexys' next single, ' – about – became a British Number One in 1980. It featured the band's 'Late Night Feelings' imprint on the single, which became a trademark of the band's records on EMI. Rowland wrote about Washington as he had seen one of his performances aged 11 with his brother. The success of the song prompted Washington to make a return to live performance, but it also prompted the departure of Leek, who said he didn't want to be famous.
Pete Saunders returned to the band temporarily, replacing Leek, to record their debut album. Dexys' debut LP, which featured 'Geno', was released in July 1980. The label of the album also included the band's 'Late Night Feelings' imprint, and the album's sleeve featured a photograph of a Catholic boy carrying his belongings after moving from his home during; the Irish-descended Rowland explained that 'I wanted a picture of unrest. It could have been from anywhere but I was secretly glad that it was from Ireland.' Of the album's title, Rowland said 'I don't know. I just liked the sound of it, really.' Of the songs on the album, only two ('Geno' and 'There, There, My Dear') were written by Rowland (lyrics) and Archer (music) together; producer hadn't liked Rowland's lyrics on their third co-composition ('Keep It') and had instead turned those lyrics into a separate song ('Love Part One'); Blythe wrote new lyrics for the version of 'Keep It' on the album.
The same month, Rowland imposed a press embargo on the band; instead, Dexys would take out ads in the music papers explaining the band's position on various issues. This was a response to some less than complimentary opinions from some music press writers; for example, the 's Mark Cordery accused the band of 'emotional fascism' and described their music as a perversion of soul music with 'no tenderness, no sex, no wit, no laughter'.
After the album, Saunders was replaced by (ex-) on keyboards. 'There, There, My Dear' became the band's second top-10 single.
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However, after a couple months of touring, Rowland insisted on writing new lyrics to Archer's music for 'Keep It' for release as the band's next single, despite EMI's objections. The single, called 'Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)', was a failure, and five of the band members then quit, angered over continual personality problems with Rowland, as well as Rowland's policy of not speaking to the music press.
Archer and Paterson both remained with Rowland at first, but then Archer also decided to leave, which reduced Dexys to just Rowland and Paterson, whom Rowland referred to as 'the Celtic soul brothers' (in reference to Paterson's Scottish background and Rowland's Irish background). Archer (and Leek) eventually formed, while the other departing members—Blythe, Spooner, Williams, 'Stoker', and Talbot—formed, which Wingfield continued to produce.
Dexys Mark II: 1981–82 The Projected Passion Revue Rowland and Paterson first chose to write several new songs, so that Dexys could move forward from the split. They then brought in an old friend of theirs, (guitar/banjo), along with (drums, formerly of ), (keyboard), Brian Maurice Brummitt (who dropped his last name for his stage name 'Brian Maurice', alto saxophone), (tenor saxophone) and Steve Wynne (bass). This new lineup also adopted a new look that included hooded tops, boots, and pony tails. Along with the new image, Rowland brought in a fitness regime, which included together and running as a group, Rowland commenting 'The togetherness of running along together just gets. That fighting spirit going'. The group would also take part in group exercise sessions before performances, and before shows was strictly forbidden.
By the time the new band's first single 'Plan B', produced by instead of Wingfield, was released in March 1981, the band's management had discovered that had failed to pick up a mandatory contract option, so Dexys were technically no longer under contract. They asked, without success, that EMI not release the single; without promotion, the single flopped. Later in March 1981, an ad appeared in which Rowland stated that the previous members of the band had 'hatched a plot to throw Kevin out and still carry on under the same name'. It also cited Rowland's suggestion that 'they might learn new instruments' as a reason for their displeasure. The ad announced that Dexys had been working on a new live venture, 'The Midnight Runners Projected Passion Revue'.
In April, Dexys prevailed to win their release from EMI, although without the financial support of a label, they were unable to mount the spring tour that had planned and had to settle for playing only five dates, including one recorded. In June they signed by, where Dexys remained until their 1987 breakup. Dexys' first single for Mercury, 'Show Me', produced. Was released in July 1981 and reached No. 16 in the UK. The label switch was followed by a session for 's BBC Radio 1 show in which the band previewed tracks that would be reworked later on Too-Rye-Ay.
Wynne was sacked by the group at this point, to be replaced by Mick Gallick (whom Rowland gave the stage name 'Giorgio Kilkenny') on bass. Music journalist commented about this version of Dexys: 'Dexys wouldn't make a record unless they thought it was great. And they wouldn't play a gig unless they thought they were gonna be great.'
Around this time, Archer played Rowland demos of Archer's new group, The Blue Ox Babes, which featured, in Rowland's words, 'a -style beat with violins'. The violins had been played by a classical violin student named. Rowland's first idea was to get the horn players to also play strings, as he had discussed in the March interview (with Speare on viola, which he already played, and string novices Paterson and Maurice on cello), and the horn players (with session musician support) contributed strings to the third single with the new lineup, 'Liars A to E', produced by, which was released in October 1981. In November, the group played a three-night stand at The Old Vic in London, with the horn section again doubling on strings. The Old Vic shows attracted unexpectedly rave reviews in the press, although these concerts were not recorded. Rowland said of these shows, 'Those three nights at the Old Vic were all I wanted to say in '81.' Dexys' 1981 recordings, including all three singles (both A-sides and B-sides) as well as the tracks from the two appearances, were released by Dexys on CD in 2007 as.
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. chronology (1985) BBC Radio One Live in Concert (1995) It Was Like This (1996) BBC Radio One Live in Concert was a live by, recorded for the in 1982 and released in 1995. It was the group's first official live album and remained their only official live album until the release of in 2007 (from a 1981 recording). The album is unique as it is the only live recording where the -era horn section is present alongside the -era strings. The album is included in full (including two tracks omitted from the original issue) on the 2007 Deluxe Edition release.