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Visage

Visage

Visage fuse icy electronics, clubland glamour and a strong pop instinct into music that still sounds sleek, strange and beautifully poised.

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19 June 2024
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Sundown Sessions #3 19 June 2024
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About Visage

Visage were a British synth-pop band formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their hit “Fade to Grey” which was released in late 1980. In the UK, the band achieved two Top 20 albums (Visage and The Anvil) and five Top 30 singles before the commercial failure of their third album (Beat Boy) led to their breakup in 1985. The band saw various line-up changes over the years, all fronted by vocalist Steve Strange, who resurrected the band name in the 2000s. In 2013, the final line-up of the band released Hearts and Knives, the first new Visage album in 29 years. The band’s fifth and final album, Demons to Diamonds, was released in 2015, nine months after Strange had died following a heart attack.

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