Banderas

:"See also Bandera (battalions in the Spanish Legion), actor Antonio Banderas, and novel Tirano Banderas."

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Name = Banderas


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Genre = pop rock
dance
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Years_active = 1991
Label = London Records
Associated_acts = Jimmy Sommerville
The Communards
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Past_members = Sally Herbert, Caroline Buckley

Banderas was a female duo of the early 1990s that was signed to London Records. The group was an offshoot of Jimmy Sommerville's band The Communards, and featured one of his female backing musicians Sally Herbert, along with shaven headed singer Caroline Buckley.

The band is mostly remembered for its hit single "This Is Your Life", written with songwriter Roger Swallow, and the Top 40 album "Ripe"; whilst follow up singles "She Sells" and "May This Be Your Last Sorrow" failed to build much momentum for the group, and their work was short lived.

They appeared on BBC One's "Top of The Pops" on the 21 March 1991, alongside Pet Shop Boys and Megadeth. "This Is Your Life" contains samples of the song "Crack Attack" by Grace Jones from her 1989 album "Bulletproof Heart". The beginning of the Banderas song strongly plays the opening of the Jones song, and if you listen closely, you can hear a muffled, garbled or altered vocal of Jones very faintly in the rhythm and beats.

Discography

Albums

*1991 - "Ripe"

ingles

*1991 - "This Is Your Life"
*1991 - "She Sells"
*1991 - "May This Be Your Last Sorrow"