RIP

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Bronski Beat were never quite my thing but still.

Rest in peace, Steve Bronski.

Smalltown Boy is in an incredible song.

RIP

Steve Bronski died aged 61. He formed the British synthpop trio Bronski Beat which achieved success in the mid-1980s with 'Why' and 'Smalltown Boy' from their 1984 debut album The Age of Consent - [en.Wikipedia.org] :






1985 Single 'Hit That Perfect Beat':




Rest in Peace, Steve Bronski.

Wow, never heard of him/them. RIP all the same!

RIP
Ground breaking stuff on Smalltown Boy

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LeonidP
Wow, never heard of him/them. RIP all the same!

I think I might have heard the name back in the 80s but I'm not familiar with their music. Regardless, rest in peace Steve. Your music meant a lot to the fans of your band!

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DGA35

I think I might have heard the name back in the 80s but I'm not familiar with their music.

35+ years ago the 3 Tracks from the above YT-Videos got a lot of Radio Airplay in Western Europe. They reached #6, #3, #3 in the UK-Charts and #5, #3, #4 in the German Charts for instance.

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DGA35

I think I might have heard the name back in the 80s but I'm not familiar with their music.

35+ years ago the 3 Tracks from the above YT-Videos got a lot of Radio Airplay in Western Europe. They reached #6, #3, #3 in the UK-Charts and #5, #3, #4 in the German Charts for instance.

I don't think they were very big over in North America, at least not in Canada. I used to watch MTV and MuchMusic in Canada a lot back then and don't recognize the songs or vids.

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DGA35

I don't think they were very big over in North America, at least not in Canada.

US-Albums Chart was peak #36 and Canadian-Albums-Chart was peak #7 in 1985 for their Album: The Age of Consent.

'Smalltown Boy' was in 1984 in the Canada-Top-Singles at Pos. #9 (1985: #86) and in the US-Billboard-Hot-100 at Pos. #48 - [en.Wikipedia.org] .



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