George's School for Girls together. The pair became a trio when Dallin met Fahey while studying fashion journalism in London. They became friends because they both dressed more radically than the other students.
The trio were ardent followers of the punk rock and post-punk music scene during the late s and early s and often performed impromptu sets or backing vocals at gigs for such bands as The Monochrome Set , Iggy Pop , The Jam , Department S [4] and The Nipple Erectors. In , Bananarama's members were living above the rehearsal room that was used by former Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook. The demo was heard at Demon Records , who consequently offered Bananarama their first deal.
The song was an underground hit and Bananarama were signed by Decca later London Records and remained on the label until Bananarama's only previous experience in a recording studio at the time was as background vocalists on the Department S B-side, " Solid Gold Easy Action ," a T.
Rex cover in early During this early period Bananarama were approached by Malcolm McLaren , who offered to manage the group. McLaren, manager of the Sex Pistols and Bow Wow Wow , and notorious for generating scandal, proposed some new material that was sexually suggestive, and did not fit with what at the time was the band's tomboyish and straightforward image. Bananarama passed on both the material and McLaren as their manager. UK fashion magazine The Face featured an article on Bananarama after the release of their first single.
In , the song hit the Top 5 in the UK and gave Bananarama their first significant mainstream success. Success in the United States eluded the group until the release of their first top 10 hit " Cruel Summer " in mid The group wanted to be taken more seriously, so wrote songs that focused on heavier topics: " Hotline To Heaven " UK 58 is a stand against the drugs-are-cool culture; and " Rough Justice " UK 23 deals with social apathy.
The album contained the hit singles, " Robert De Niro's Waiting The move resulted in the international number one hit, " Venus ," a remake of Shocking Blue 's number one hit from The dance-oriented beats on the song typified the SAW approach to pop production.
After its worldwide success, "Venus" has become the group's signature song. Also in , Dallin and Woodward were featured as backing vocalists on two songs on Family Album, produced by John Lydon. Keren pictured with Sara in revealed they've always chosen to write songs about their personal experiences and life at the time.
Sara has a year-old daughter Alice, also a singer, with former Bananarama dancer Bassey Walker but is tight-lipped about her current relationship status. Sara pictured in Bananarama during says she and Keren haven't put a time limit on when they will stop performing. So will they be performing together into their 70s like the Rolling Stones, wrinkles and all?
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To date the duo have had 32 Top 40 UK hits. They have released 11 albums and sold 30 million records. Bananarama formed in London in the early 80s, Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward had been living in the YWCA which was about to close so were looking for somewhere cheap to live on a students wage. After a chance meeting with Paul Cook ex Sex Pistols at the club Studio 21 their problem was solved, he offered the pair a room above the Sex Pistols old rehearsal space in the legendary Denmark St.
Charing Cross. Then, for me, it was university. Soon Bananarama was the biggest girl band of the s. Fahey peeled off briefly replaced and briefly reunited for a tour three years ago , but through the next four decades the core Bananas, Dallin and Woodward, wrote and sang, danced and recorded, sold.
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