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Curve were an English alternative rock and electronica duo from London, formed in 1990 and split in 2005. The band consisted of Toni Halliday (vocals, occasionally guitar) and Dean Garcia (bass, guitar, drums, programming). Halliday wrote also the lyrics of their songs and they both contributed to songwriting. An important collaborator was the producer Alan Moulder, who helped them to shape their blend of heavy beats and densely layered guitar tracks set against Halliday's vocals. Curve released five studio albums (''Doppelgänger'' in 1992, ''Cuckoo'' in 1993, ''Come Clean'' in 1998, ''Gift'' in 2001, and ''The New Adventures of Curve'' in 2002), five compilation albums (''Pubic Fruit'' in 1992, ''Radio Sessions'' in 1993, ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' in 2001, ''The Way of Curve'' in 2004, and ''Rare and Unreleased'' in 2010), and a string of EPs and singles. ==History== Dean Garcia, half Hawaiian and half Irish, had played in some small bands when he auditioned for Eurythmics. The English Toni Halliday met Dave Stewart of Eurythmics after he had read a rock magazine interview with her in which she praised his pre-Eurythmics band, The Tourists.〔 Halliday and Garcia were introduced to each other by Stewart. Garcia had played bass guitar as part of Eurythmics' live band in 1983–84 and on two of their studio albums,〔Touch (Eurythmics album)〕〔Be Yourself Tonight〕 while Halliday was signed to Stewart's Anxious Records label as a solo artist. The pair formed an ill-fated group named State of Play in the mid-1980s before parting ways, embarking on a no less ill-fated solo career (Halliday) and further stints as a backing musician (Garcia), and then reuniting for a more long-term partnership in Curve. As Curve, Halliday and Garcia released three acclaimed and increasingly successful EPs (''Blindfold'', ''Frozen'', and ''Cherry'') throughout 1991 on Anxious Records. They also made an impact on the UK album charts in 1992 with their debut studio album ''Doppelgänger''. The group toured extensively during this period, with Halliday and Garcia being supported on stage by two additional guitarists (Debbie Smith, later of Echobelly, and Alex Mitchell) and a drummer (Steve Monti, formerly of Ian Dury and the Blockheads). Highlights of Curve's live career included a performance at the 1992 Glastonbury Festival, and a package tour of the United States with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spiritualized. In 1992, the band released the compilation album ''Pubic Fruit'', containing their first three EPs and an extended mix of the single "Faît Accompli". Toni Halliday also featured on two songs ("Edge to Life" and "Bloodline") from Recoil's album, ''Bloodline''. In 1993, Curve issued ''Radio Sessions'', a compilation album of recordings made during their two sessions for John Peel's show on the UK broadcasting station BBC Radio 1. Curve's second studio album, the harder-edged ''Cuckoo'' (1993), did not repeat the UK Top 20 success of the band's debut. That coupled with the stressfulness of the tour in support of the record, may have contributed to Halliday and Garcia's decision to disband the group in 1994. "It got to the point where Dean didn't want to tour," Halliday told Select magazine (August 1996 edition). "We did reach that point of hedonistic head-fuckery: glugging JD, hollering, 'Where's the schnozz?' You finally get that out of your system and think, 'This is sad.' We couldn't have gone on like that." During their hiatus, Halliday formed the band Scylla and Garcia began a solo project under the name Headcase. Scylla's track "Helen's Face" was featured on the ''Showgirls'' soundtrack. Halliday also collaborated with The Future Sound of London for the song "Cerebral" from ''Lifeforms'' (1994), with Freaky Chakra for the song "Budded on Earth to Bloom in Heaven" from ''Lowdown Motivator'' (1995), and with Leftfield for their #18 UK hit "Original" from ''Leftism'' (1995). She also featured on "Original"'s music video. Curve returned to the music business in 1996 with the EP ''Pink Girl With the Blues''. In the same year, Curve collaborated with Paul Van Dyk by reworking the mostly instrumental song "Words" from the album ''Seven Ways'' and also adding Halliday's vocals. In 1997, they released "Chinese Burn", the first single to be taken from their third studio album ''Come Clean'' (1998). The album is a set of songs displaying a more pronounced influence of electronic music than earlier releases. Curve continued to do small-scale live shows in and around Europe. The follow-up to ''Come Clean'' was an internet-only compilation titled ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' which was released in 2001. Also in the same year, Curve issued ''Gift'', their fourth studio album. Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine also played guitar on the songs "Want More Need Less" and "Perish".〔 The opening song "Hell Above Water" has gained the highest public profile as a result of its use in trailers for the 2002 film ''Spider-Man'' and the 2008 film ''Iron Man''. In 2002, Curve released the internet-only fifth studio album ''The New Adventures of Curve'' and various download-only tracks via their official site. In 2003, Toni Halliday collaborated with the industrial rock Japanese band Acid Android on the song "Faults" from the album with the same name. A two-CD retrospective compilation entitled ''The Way of Curve'' summarized the group's output in 2004. The first disc included the band' singles. The second disc contained a selection of B-sides, rarities and remixes. In early 2005, Halliday announced that she had left Curve for good. In 2010, Curve published some of their most important releases as digital downloads on their Bandcamp page, including a new compilation with 39 songs entitled ''Rare and Unreleased''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Curve (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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