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The Passions were a British post-punk band which formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. They were considered one-hit wonders due to their early 1981 single "I'm in Love with a German Film Star".〔 ==Career== Based in Shepherds Bush, west London, The Passions' music was grounded mainly in Barbara Gogan's voice and Clive Timperley's delicate echoplex guitar work. Before forming in 1978, most of the group's members had played in other groups.〔 Timperley was formerly with the 101ers, while drummer Richard Williams and singer/guitarist Barbara Gogan were in the punk rock outfit The Derelicts.〔 The Passions' first single, issued in March 1979, was "Needles and Pills" (written by Dack Dyde), which assisted in gaining the band a recording contract with Fiction Records.〔 ''Michael & Miranda'', the band's debut album, was released in 1980.〔 Singles "Hunted" and "The Swimmer" were followed by their major charting song, "I'm in Love with a German Film Star".〔 Before "The Swimmer" was issued, Bidwell and Barker left the band, the former joining The Wall. David Agar took over bass guitar duties.〔 The band's second album, ''30,000 Feet Over China'', was released in August 1981, including previously released A-sides and several brand new recordings.〔 Timperley left the band in Verona in December 1981, during the Italian leg of their prophetically named "Tour Till We Crack" tour, as a result of "serious political differences". The next single, "Africa Mine", was recorded with a new line-up. Gogan explained the situation thus: "It's the same old story. Some bands play together for 10 years and it's all very wonderful and imaginative. More often, though, you reach a point where you've done all you can do and you want to change. Whenever we've reached that point someone has always left and brought us a step further on. Any band playing their own songs to the public has a duty to change and keep being imaginative all the time". Kevin Armstrong, previously with Local Heroes and a contributor to Thomas Dolby's debut album, joined The Passions in 1982. The group also added a keyboard player, Jeff Smith, best known for his past work with Lene Lovich.〔 Armstrong and Smith took part in the recording of the band's third album, ''Sanctuary'', which appeared in the autumn of 1982. Stephen Wright, previously in the band Bim, joined later in 1982, replacing Armstrong. The band toured Europe and the US, and appeared on the ''Old Grey Whistle Test'' on BBC 2, and ''Whatever You Want'' on Channel 4. They dissolved for good in the middle of 1983, after playing their last show at London's Marquee Club that August. 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「The Passions (UK band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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