Genres Post-punk Genre Post-punk | Years active 1980–1982 | |
Past members Angela JaegerFrankie NardielloPaul CumminsSimon RaymondeSimon Godfrey Similar Simon Raymonde, Special Affect, Groovie Mann, Buzz McCoy, Will Heggie | ||
Drowning Craze was a London-based post-punk band, active from 1980 to 1982.
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History
Drowning Craze started out as a vehicle for Angela Jaeger, a New York-born vocalist who moved to London to study voice and musical theatre. Jaeger left the band following the 1981 release of debut single "Storage Case" on Situation Two. Her replacement, Chicago-born Frankie Nardiello, joined in time to sing on the band's second single, "Trance", which made "single of the week" in British music magazines NME and Melody Maker. The group did not fulfill its potential, however, disbanding after one more single, "Heat", in 1982. Drowning Craze recorded one Peel session on 1 January 1982.
Bassist Simon Raymonde became a member of Cocteau Twins before forming the Bella Union record label, and later, Snowbird. Angela Jaeger went on to sing backup with Billy MacKenzie, the Monochrome Set and Pigbag. Adopting the name Groovie Mann, Nardiello was the lead singer of Chicago-based industrial rock band Thrill Kill Kult in the late 1980s.