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Pele (English band)

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Genres
  
Indie music

Labels
  
M&G Records

Genre
  
Independent music

Years active
  
1990–1996

Active until
  
2009

Albums
  
Fireworks, Sport of Kings

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Past members
  
Ian ProwseAndrew Roberts/Eddie Hayes

Origin
  
Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom (1990)

Members
  
Ian Prowse, Tony Kiley, Andrea Nicholson, Jimmy McAllister, Andrew Roberts, Wayne Morgan, P Dallison

Similar
  
Amsterdam, The Blow Monkeys, Pauline Scanlon, Ian McNabb

Pele were an English indie rock band, formed in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire in 1990, by the guitarist and frontman Ian Prowse and keyboard player Andrew Roberts. They were joined by Dally on drums, Jimmy McAllister on bass guitar and finally Nico on violin. Despite only reaching the lower end of the UK Singles Chart, the band built up a loyal live following, but split in 1995 due to a legal wrangle with their record label.

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Biography

After gigging around Chester and Liverpool, the band were signed to the independent record label, M&G Records, after their head of A&R heard a demo of "Megalomania". Within weeks the band set about recording their debut album, Fireworks, at the Metropolis recording studios in London, with record producer, Gary Langan.

As the album took shape, "Raid the Palace" was released as the first single. In the week after release, Pele began a tour at Kingston University, which culminated at the (University of Wales) in 1995, and included gigs across Europe. In February 1992, their second single, "Megalomania", was released and peaked at #73 in the UK Singles Chart. The third single from the album was "Fair Blows the Wind for France", which reached #62 in the UK.

Tours with Del Amitri and The Pogues followed, before the band used the Rockfield Studios in Wales to record the follow-up album with producer Jon Kelly. "Fat Black Heart" was the band's first single off that album, and was their final UK chart hit (#75). "Don't Worship Me" was Pele's sixth single - (a hit in the Netherlands and Germany) and was followed in early December by the Sport of Kings album.

The situation between the band and their record label deteriorated. Despite the live album, A-Live A-Live-O, legal threats and the record label's ultimate bankruptcy, led to the band splitting up. Prowse formed Amsterdam, who released their debut album in 2005.

In July and August 2009, Pele played two reunion gigs in Liverpool, and London, whilst a final reunion show at the Cavern Club took place in December 2009.

Singles

  • "Raid the Palace" (October 1991)
  • "Megalomania" (February 1992) - UK #73
  • "Fair Blows the Wind for France" (June 1992) - UK #62
  • "Fireworks" (September 1992)
  • "Fat Black Heart" (July 1993) - UK #75
  • "Don't Worship Me" (November 1993)
  • Albums

  • Fireworks (April 1992)
  • Sport of Kings (December 1993)
  • A-Live A-Live O (June 1994)
  • This Time Next Year (December 2001)
  • Songs

    Esperança2016
    Fair Blows the Wind for France1992
    Raid the Palace1991

    References

    Pele (English band) Wikipedia


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