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(1981 -- 1987, 2001 -- present)

The Chameleons (called The Chameleons UK on some American releases) were a post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England 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 2002 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 .

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Mark Burgess (voz y bajo), Dave Fielding y Reg Smithies (guitarras) y John Lever (batería) fueron uno de los paradigmas de bandas de After punk / New wave que merecía más reconocimiento y nunca llegaron a donde les hubiese tocado en un mundo más justo. De aquella época, sólo The Sound les superan en mala suerte y méritos no reconocidos a tiempo.

Originarios de Manchester, después de una cortísima estancia en Epic editaron su primer álbum «Script of the bridge» para el sello indie Statik en 1983. Una joya oculta de pop-rock con toques de psicodelia y tensión punk que vendió menos que la Frigo en el Polo Norte. Apenas 2 años después le siguió «What does anything mean? basically» también para Statik, trabajo que seguía explorando la línea del anterior. Con sólo dos discos ya habían dejado un legado impresionante con temas como «Nostalgia», «Up the down scalator», «Second skin», «Monkeyland»... sus discos no tenían ni un minuto de relleno.

La discográfica Geffen vió el potencial de la banda y, como el hombre tiene que tropezar dos veces en la misma piedra por genética, consiguieron que los Chameleons volvieran a los brazos (y los dólares) de una multi. Allí despacharon el impresionante «Strange times» (1986). Temazos como «Tears», «Swamp thing» o «Mad Jack» no salvaron a la banda de la desaparición y el (inexplicable) fracaso comercial.

Comments

9 years ago

TopMusique80

1983...encore et toujours

9 years ago

R. ROOKSBY

It's ridiculous that this band didn't become absolutely enormous.

9 years ago

scraggi

From the Spirit World 

10 years ago

ronaldvanderkleij

From another planet

10 years ago

penumbrasoledadband

Muy buena Influencia!!!

10 years ago

remigio llamas iv

nice band

11 years ago

Jorge Gutierrez

Do you want lyrics? its on HD and with subtitles, also you can translate into any language

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