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Additional information about this, Associates vinyl art.
Associates – The Artist/s
The Associates (or simply Associates) were a Scottish post-punk and pop band, formed in Dundee in 1979 by lead vocalist Billy Mackenzie and guitarist Alan Rankine. The band released an unauthorised cover version of David Bowie’s “Boys Keep Swinging” as their debut single in 1979, which landed them a recording contract with Fiction Records. They followed with their debut studio album The Affectionate Punch in 1980 and the compilation album Fourth Drawer Down in 1981, both to critical praise. They achieved commercial success in 1982 with the UK Top 10 studio album Sulk and UK Top 20 singles “Party Fears Two” and “Club Country”, during which time they were associated with the New Pop movement. Rankine left the group that year, leaving MacKenzie to record under the Associates name until 1990. They briefly reunited in 1993. MacKenzie’s suicide in 1997 was the band’s end; Rankine died twenty-six years later in 2023.
Party Fears Two – The Song
‘Party Fears Two‘ is a song by Scottish new wave band the Associates, written by Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine. It was included on their second studio album Sulk (1982) and released as both a 7-inch and 12-inch single with the preceding track on the album, “It’s Better This Way” as its B-side. The song was originally written in 1979, around a piano riff, but both Alan Rankine and Billy Mackenzie initially rejected it. Rankine stated: “This was the tail-end of punk and it was too tuneful, too pretty. It wasn’t hip at that time.” In an interview with Smash Hits magazine, Billy Mackenzie explained the origin of the song title, “My wee brother was at a party watching two girls who wanted to come in. They were smashing windows and attempting to kick the door in with their stiletto heels, which he admired, so he christened them the Party Fears Two and I pinched the title from him.
Scary Party Girls – The Shape
This record has been crafted into the silhouette of two scary looking girls inspired by the creepy girl ‘Wednesday’ from the Addams Family
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