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Rema-Rema were a short-lived English music group, consisting of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni (guitar), Michael Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Dorothy Prior (drums, generally known only as "Max").[1]
Rema-Rema | |
|---|---|
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Years active | c. 1979–c.1980 |
| Labels | 4AD |
| Past members | Gary Asquith Marco Pirroni Mick Allen Mark Cox Dorothy Max Prior |
History
editAsquith and Allen went to the same school. After his departure from punk band The Models, Allen asked Asquith to join in a new project, called Rema-Rema. However, the group dissolved when Marco Pirroni joined Adam and the Ants.[2]
Pirroni had been an original member of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and was a short-time member of Cowboys International. Asquith, Allen, and Cox went on to form another short-lived band Mass, which then split up to form Renegade Soundwave (Asquith) and The Wolfgang Press (Allen and Cox). Max later joined Psychic TV, and also recorded a single "I Confess" under the name Dorothy, co-written with Alex Fergusson, released on Industrial Records in 1980.
Their sole four-track EP, Wheel in the Roses (released 1980 on 4AD), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered by This Mortal Coil and Big Black respectively. Two live tracks from the Acklam Hall gig of April 1979, "Why Ask Why?" and "Christopher" appeared on the tape only release, The Men with the Deadly Dreams, on White Stains in 1981.
In 2022, a documentary about the group, What You Could Not Visualise, was directed by Italian-Canadian filmmaker Marco Porsia and premiered on 10 November 2022 at the Doc N Roll Film Festival in London.[3]
Discography
edit- Releases
- Wheel in the Roses EP (1980)
- Fond Reflections 2x CD (2019)
- Compilation appearances
- "Feedback Song" on Natures Mortes - Still Lives (1981)
References
edit- ^ "Read an extract from 69 Exhibition Road by Dorothy Max Prior - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "MVRemix Urban Interviews - Lavender Pill Mob | Online Rap Magazine | US and Canadian Underground Hip Hop and Soul". Mvremix.com. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Willoughby, David (9 May 2024). "What You Could Not Visualise: Rema-Rema". The Crack Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2024.