B-Movie (band)
| B-Movie | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Mansfield, England |
| Genres | Synthpop, post-punk, new wave |
| Years active | 1979–1985, 2006, 2011–present |
| Labels |
Some Bizzare, Deram, Sire, Wax Records, No Emb Blanc, Cherry Red, Warner Platinum |
| Associated acts | Six Sed Red, Charming Snakes, One, Laughing Gas, Slaughterhouse 5, Enormous, Peter Murphy |
| Members | Steve Hovington Paul Statham Graham Boffey Rick Holliday |
| Past members | Al Cash Adi Hardy Mike Peden Martin Winter (aka Smedley) |
B-Movie are a new wave band from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, active in the first half of the 1980s.
The band's original line-up included vocalist/bassist Steve Hovington, guitarist Paul Statham, keyboardist Rick Holliday and drummer Graham Boffey.
B-Movie's initial 1980 EP releases, the Take Three 7" and Nowhere Girl 12", were issued on the small UK indie label Dead Good Records. They were eventually signed to the Some Bizzare label, and their song "Moles" was featured on the original 1981 Some Bizzare Album.
In 1981, B-Movie signed with Phonogram imprint Deram, and had their biggest UK commercial success with the single "Remembrance Day", which reached No. 61 on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up single, "Marilyn Dreams", failed to chart.
In 1982, they re-released "Nowhere Girl" as a single, which reached No. 67 in the UK, but there was no immediate follow-up or full-length album.
A revolving door of members started at this point. Drummer Boffey left and was replaced by Andy Johnson, while Martin Winter (aka Smedley) joined on bass. Next, Holliday left in 1983 to form Six Sed Red with Soft Cell associate Cindy Ecstasy (their biggest success came when Six Sed Red's song "Dream Baby" was covered by Bananarama on that band's 1984 eponymous LP). Statham switched from guitar to keyboards and was briefly replaced by Stuart McLean (Charming Snakes) for a tour of Israel. B-Movie then resurfaced in early 1984 (with Al Cash on drums) with the single "A Letter from Afar", produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez but it only reached No. 81 on the UK Singles Chart. Cash then left, leaving B-Movie as a three piece of Hovington, Statham and Winter augmented by session players.
Towards the end of 1985, they finally released an album on Sire Records called Forever Running, containing re-recorded versions of their two hits, but both it and the single "Switch On - Switch Off" were flops despite a tour to promote them. The band broke up soon after.
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