Spandau Ballet is tagged as: 80s, new wave, pop, new romantic, british Spandau Ballet are a popular British band most prominent during the 1980s. Members are Tony Hadley on vocals, brothers Gary Kemp and Martin Kemp on guitar and bass respectively, with Gary also supplying background vocals, Steve Norman on saxophone and John Keeble on the drums. Gary Kemp also wrote most of the group’s music and lyrics. Initially formed in 1976 in London they didn’t reach a stable line-up or decide on the Spandau name until 1978. Inspired by a mixture of synth-pop and funk as typified by the track Chant No 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) which reached No 2 in the national charts and was notable for inclusion of the horn section from the group Beggar & Co, which proved a fruitful collaboration on record. After four hits in the UK followed by a couple of less successful releases, Spandau Ballet’s chart career appeared to be on the wane. However, Instinction, re-ignited their fortunes and became the first of eleven consecutive singles to reach the Top 20 Immensely popular in the UK, the New Romantic group eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop act. As with their friendly rivals Duran Duran they ‘broke America’, albeit briefly - the title track of their 3rd album True peaked in the Top 5 of the Singles charts. The s... Read More About Spandau Ballet Biography...  Send Spandau Ballet ringtones to your cell
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