- Rema-Rema
Rema-Rema was a short-lived English music group, consisting of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals),
Marco Pirroni (guitar), Mick Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Max (drums).Pirroni had been an original member of
Siouxsie & the Banshees , and was a short-time integrant ofCowboys International , but shortly afterwards went on to fame as a member ofAdam & the Ants . Asquith, Allen, and Cox went on to form another short-lived band Mass, which then split up to formRenegade Soundwave (Asquith) andThe Wolfgang Press (Allen and Cox). Max later joinedPsychic TV , and also recorded a single "I Confess" under the name Dorothy, cowritten with Alex Fergusson, released onIndustrial Records in 1980.Their sole four-track EP, "Wheel In The Roses" (released 1980 on
4AD ), featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered byThis Mortal Coil andBig Black respectively. Two live tracks from the Acklam Hall gig of April 1979, 'Why Ask Why?' and 'Christopher' appeared on the tape only release "The Men With the Deadly Dreams" on White Stains in 1981.External Links and References
* [http://4ad.com/remarema/profile/ 4AD Rema-Rema Profile]
* [http://eyesore.no/html/group/remarema.html Eyesore database: Rema-Rema]
* [http://kidshirt.blogspot.com/2006/01/story-of-i-confess.html The Story of "I Confess"]
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