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Genres
  
New wave

Labels
  
Statik

Genre
  
New wave

Years active
  
1979–1985

Active until
  
1985

Record label
  
Statik Records


Past members
  
Ross Middleton Graham Middleton Russell Blackstock Fraser Middleton Les Gaff John Telford John Coletta

Origin
  
Glasgow, United Kingdom (1979)

Albums
  
Change of Heart, Heart of Darkness

Similar
  
Leisure Process, Gary Barnacle, Box of Toys, Endgames, Kuruki

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Positive Noise were a new wave and synthpop band from Scotland who had a number of indie hits in the 1980s. They released three albums and several singles and were together for over five years.

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History

The band was formed in 1979 by Ross Middleton (vocals), his brothers Graham Middleton (keyboards, vocals) and Fraser Middleton (bass guitar, vocals), Russell Blackstock (guitar, vocals), and Les Gaff (drums). Their first released material was two tracks ("Refugees" and "The Long March") on the Statik label compilation EP Second City Statik in 1980, and they followed this with two singles on Statik in 1981, both of which were top-ten hits on the UK Independent Chart. Début album Heart of Darkness was released in May 1981, after which Ross left to form the short-lived Leisure Process, with Blackstock taking over on lead vocals. Heart of Darkness peaked at number four on the independent chart, and the band's second album, Change of Heart (1982), also charted, reaching number 21. They released a third and final album, Distant Fires, in 1985, now with John Telford on drums and John Coletta on guitar, but their earlier success was not repeated and they split up shortly afterwards.

Ross Middleton had earlier worked as a music journalist, writing for Sounds under the pen name Maxwell Park.

Discography

all on Statik Records.

Albums

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  • Heart of Darkness (1981) - came with a bonus 7-inch single: "Love Like Property"
  • Change of Heart (1982)
  • Distant Fires (1985)

    • Singles

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  • "Give Me Passion" (1981)
  • "Charm" (1981)
  • "Positive Negative (1981)
  • "Waiting for the Seventh Man" (1982)
  • "Get Up And Go" (1982)
  • "When Lightning Strikes" (1983)
  • "A Million Miles Away (1984)
  • "Distant Fires" (1985)

    • Compilation appearances

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  • Second City Statik (1980), Statik: "Refugees", "The Long March"
  • Cabaret Futura - Fools Rush In Where Angels Dare To Tread (1981), Martyrwell Music: "Love Like Property (Live)", "Treachery (Live)"

    • Songs

    Darkness VisibleHeart of Darkness · 1981
    And Yet AgainHeart of Darkness · 1981
    Positive Negative2008

    References

    Positive Noise Wikipedia
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