En fi, als
1983-84, els Thompson Twins estaven molt presents en la meva vida, bàsicament
gràcies al LP Into The Gap. Per llavors ja havien reduït el grup fins al
line-up classic, de Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, i Joe Leeway. D’aquest LP,
gairebé totes les cançons eren bones – en aquell moment! Després encara
aguantarien a la cresta de l’ona un parell d’anys més, amb algun altre èxit, i
tocant al Live Aid al 85. Al 86, Joe Leeway va deixar el grup i ja cada any es
sentien menys i tenien menys èxit. I des de llavors ja no sabia res més...
Segons internet,
Bailey i Currie van tenir una relació i família i es van mudar a Nova Zealanda,
arribant a casar-se (91), i després divorciar-se (2003). Al 92 aquests dos van
plegar el grup, i van començar un altre que es deia Babble, amb un parell de
LPs durant els 90. Des de llavors Tom Bailey ha continuat treballant com
productor o fent banda sonores i Alannah Currie va deixar la musica per
començar una nova època d’artista de vidre.
...
A new series of
posts kicks off today, entitled “Whatever happened to ...?”. Not necessarily
those singers or groups who have disappeared completely off the radar, but
rather those who have disappeared from MY radar. Maybe they still sing, maybe
they don’t, but I’m referring to those artists who at some point in my life
have meant something to me, but then either through their or my fault, I’ve
lost track of them.
Back in’83/84,
the Thompson Twins were a great band, for me, with the LP Into The Gap being
chockablock full of instant electro-pop hits. A this point in their career they
had finally settled on the reduced line-up of the band, Joe Leeway, Alannah
Currie, and Tom Bailey – remember those hair cuts?! For a couple of years they
kept churning out hits and even played at Live Aid, but after that they became
less and less successful as the 80s went on, and finally dropped out of my
life.
So here’s where
internet searches kick in. Joe Leeway left the band in 86 but the other two
continued as the Thompson Twins until 92
before calling it a day, and forming another group called Babble which had a
couple of (unheard of for me) albums in the 90s. In their private lives they
got together too, had a baby, got married, moved to New Zealand, and eventually
split up in 2003. Tom Bailey has continued working in the music business,
producing and writing soundtracks (to what?), whereas Alannah left to set up a
glass-art workshop.