Scritti Politti
| Scritti Politti | |
|---|---|
Scritti Politti live at Paradiso, 2006
|
|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Leeds, England |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | |
| Members |
Green Gartside Rhodri Marsden Dicky Moore Rob Smoughton |
| Past members | Alyssa McDonald Dave Ferrett Nial Jinks Tom Morley Joe Cang Marcus Miller Steve Ferrone Paul Jackson Jr. Fred Maher David Gamson Alan Murphy Robert Scotland |
Scritti Politti are a British band, originally formed in 1977 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, by Welsh Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Green Gartside. He is the only member of the band to have remained throughout the group's history.
Beginning as a Marxist, DIY post-punk band fronted by art school student Gartside, Scritti Politti transitioned into a mainstream pop music project in the early to mid-1980s, enjoying significant success in the record charts in the UK and the US. The group's most successful album, 1985's Cupid & Psyche 85, spawned three UK Top 20 hits with "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)", "Absolute", and "The Word Girl", as well as a US Top 20 hit with "Perfect Way". The band's 1988 album Provision was a UK Top 10 success, though it only produced one UK Top 20 hit single, "Oh Patti". After releasing two non-album singles in 1991, as well as a collaboration with B.E.F., Gartside became disillusioned with the music industry and retired to south Wales for more than seven years.
Gartside returned to music in the late 1990s, releasing a new album, Anomie & Bonhomie, in 1999 (which included various rock and hip hop influences). In 2005, Rough Trade released the compilation Early, which collected the band's early work. In 2006, Gartside released the stripped-down White Bread, Black Beer which returned to the more experimental era of the band's history.
...
Wikipedia