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Furniture
Origin
London, England
Genre(s)
PopSynthpopNew Wave
Years active
1979 1991
Label(s)
Survival (1986)Stiff/ ZTT (1986 1990)Arista (1989 - 1991)
Associated acts
Transglobal Underground, The Transmitters, Because, The Flavel Bambi Septet, Groove Armada
Members
Jim IrvinSally StillMaya GilderHamilton LeeTim WhelanLarry N'Azone
Notableinstrument(s)
voice, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, yanquin, percussion
Furniture was a British pop band, active from 1979 to 1991 and best known for their 1986 Top 30 hit "Brilliant Mind".
Since its break-up, the band has retained a certain cult appeal - partly due to the high quality of the songwriting and partly due to the band's career (noted for the bad luck and practical frustration that prevented them from making a long term-breakthrough). Several ex-members are notable for (variously) going on to form Transglobal Underground, becoming high-profile British music journalists, or contributing to the writing of several underground dance hits.
Contents
1 Overview
2 History
2.1 Formation
2.2 Record deals
2.3 Final year and breakup
3 Post-Furniture activities
4 Cover versions of Furniture songs
5 Discography
5.1 Singles
5.2 Albums
6 External links
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Overview
The longest-serving line-up of Furniture, from 1983-1990, comprised Jim Irvin (vocals, percussion, occasional keyboards), Tim Whelan (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, yangqin etc.) and Hamilton Lee (drums, tuned and untuned percussion), Sally Still (bass, vocals) and Maya Gilder (keyboards). Larry Nzone (saxophone) - the brother of Tim Whelan -was an occasional member during this period and often appeared with the band live.
Furniture chief success was in the UK but they also enjoyed a following throughout Eastern Europe where they toured in 1987 and 1988.
History
Formation
Furniture was formed in the Ealing area of London, England by Jim Irvin, Tim Whelan and Hamilton Lee. Simon Beaton (guitar) and Ian Macdonald (bass) joined shortly afterwards, and together Furniture played their first gig in 1979.
In 1981 Furniture released their first single, "Shaking Story"/"Take A Walk Downtown" on the band own independent record label (The Guy From Paraguay). Shortly afterward, Macdonald and Beaton left the band. Furniture remained a trio until new members Sally Still and Maya Gilder joined in 1983. Larry N'Azone also joined as a part-time member.
In 1981, Tim Whelan joined The Transmitters as lead vocalist. He would remain in The Transmitters until 1989 but would continue working with Furniture at the same time. (Hamilton Lee would also divide his time between Furniture and The Transmitters during 1988 and 1989).
Record deals
In 1983, Furniture released a mini-album entitled When the Boom Was On, on the Premonition imprint of the Ealing-based Survival record label.
Switching to the main label in spring 1984, they released their first single, "Dancing the Hard Bargain", produced by former Blue Zoo member, Tim Parry. This was followed in December by "Love Your Shoes", produced by Troy Tate (former guitarist for The Teardrop Explodes). A self-produced EP - "I Can't Crack" - followed in the summer of 1985. Much of the material on these releases was collected on a 1986 LP on Survival, called The Lovemongers.
In 1986 the band switched to Stiff Records and released the single "Brilliant Mind", which peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart. "Brilliant Mind" is the band most popular song. It has since featured on many 1980s compilation albums, and as TV incidental music (eg "World Shut Your Mouth" for the character with the cymbals). It is still played regularly on British radio and is a staple of BBC 6 Radio. Singer Boy George has named "Brilliant Mind" his favourite record of the '80s. A re-recorded version of "Brilliant Mind" featured in the John Hughes film, Some Kind of Wonderful.
The Wrong People (1986)
The band's follow-up, a re-recorded version of the earlier single "Love Your Shoes" was a radio hit, but fell foul of a financial crisis at Stiff Records, who couldn't afford to press enough records to match demand. Advance orders for the album The Wrong People were fulfilled with a single pressing of 30,000 copies, which sold out quickly. Stiff Records went into liquidation shortly afterwards and was sold to ZTT, who pressed no further copies of the album, ensuring that Furniture could not build on their growing momentum.
The band spent three years extricating themselves from the Stiff contract. During this time they toured the world with the assistance of the British Council, playing shows in Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Turkey, Romania, Greece, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia in 1987 and 1988.
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Thursday, May 7, 2009
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