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CHAMELEONS, THE - STRANGE TIMES
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Strange Times
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2x12" 180g 35th Anniversary Copies - Pressed on Smoked Vinyl - Strange Times was the Chameleons’ third album, originally released in 1986 on the Geffen label and praised by the critics who reviewed it at the time and become an influential album. This recording from Preston Guildhall was taken from their current tour, which continues across the UK and Europe throughout 2019.
The Where In The World EP consists of four original Chameleons songs, re-recorded in 2017. As a feature of their current live set the songs were universally well-received by the fanbase and are presented here by popular request. Dali’s Picture a discarded song written in 1981, Ever After an unfinished demo from the Strange Times session that produced the bands third album and Denims and Curls and Free For All, which were demos for a fourth album that never materialized due to the band’s disintegration. Despite the years in between, all four songs feel fresh, vibrant and contemporary.
The Where In The World EP consists of four original Chameleons songs, re-recorded in 2017. As a feature of their current live set the songs were universally well-received by the fanbase and are presented here by popular request. Dali’s Picture a discarded song written in 1981, Ever After an unfinished demo from the Strange Times session that produced the bands third album and Denims and Curls and Free For All, which were demos for a fourth album that never materialized due to the band’s disintegration. Despite the years in between, all four songs feel fresh, vibrant and contemporary.
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The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) was a post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, UK in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever.
The band initially released three studio albums in the 1980s, to solid critical acclaim. After their third release, Strange Times, in 1987 they abruptly disbanded following the sudden death of band manager Tony Fletcher. The Chameleons were, for all practical purposes, extinct for well over a decade before releasing - to the delight and even disbelief of its ardently loyal fan base - a final studio album in 2001, entitled Why Call It Anything. The band quickly dissolved once again in 2003 due to personal differences, after a successful reunion tour which took them across Europe and the United States. Though having never attained the level of commercial success or fame enjoyed by their contemporaries (e.g. U2, Echo and the Bunnymen, Joy Division), The Chameleons' early impact can still be felt throughout much of popular music today.
Dave Fielding went on to form The Reegs who released a couple of ep's . Then in 2003 formed Coconut Dogfuck a trance techno dance act with Ralph on percussion, Paul Didge on didge and Dave playing guitar and dulcimer . They released an ep and played festivals and gigs around the uk . Andy Clegg Keyboards with the Chameleons also joind Mark and Andy Whittikar to form Sun and the Moon. Both Andys also played with Manchester Band B.F.G. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.