Culture Club
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Biography
[Edit]Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early '80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infectious pop-soul. Though their music was radio-ready, what brought the band stardom was Boy George, the group's charismatic, cross-dressing lead singer. George dressed in flamboyant dresses and wore heavy makeup, creating a disarmingly androgynous appearance that created a sensation on early MTV. George also had a biting wit and frequently came up with cutting quips that won Culture Club heavy media exposure in both America and Britain. Although closely aligned with the new romantics — they were both inspired by Northern soul and fashion — Culture Club had sharper pop sense than their peers and they consequently had a broader appeal. However, their time in the spotlight was brief. Not only could they not withstand the changing fashions of MTV, but the group was fraught with personal tensions, including Boy George's drug addiction. By 1986, the group had broken up, leaving behind several singles that rank as classics of the new wave era.
The son of a boxing club manager, Boy George (b. George O'Dowd, June 14, 1961), found himself attracted to the glam rock of T. Rex and David Bowie as a teenager. During the post-punk era of the late '70s, he became a regular at London new romantic clubs. Along with his cross-dressing friends Marilyn and Martin Degville (a future member of Sigue Sigue Sputnik), George became well-known around the London underground for his extravagant sense of style, and Malcolm McLaren invited him to join an early version of Bow Wow Wow. George briefly appeared with the band as Lieutenant Lush before leaving to form In Praise of Lemmings with bassist Mikey Craig (b. February 15, 1960). Once guitarist Jon Suede joined the group, they changed their name to Sex Gang Children. Within a few months, the band met Jon Moss (b. September 11, 1957), a professional drummer who had previously played with Adam & the Ants and the Damned.
By 1981, Boy George had renamed the group Culture Club and Suede had been replaced by Roy Hay (b. August 12, 1961), a former member of Russian Bouquet. Toward the end of the year, they recorded a set of demos for EMI, but the label turned them down. Early in 1982, the band landed a contract with Virgin Records, releasing "White Boy" in the spring. Neither "White Boy" or its follow-up, "I'm Afraid of Me," made the charts but the British music and fashion press began running articles about Boy George. In the fall, Culture Club released their breakthrough single, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," which rocketed to the top of the charts. Shortly afterward, the band's debut, Kissing to Be Clever, climbed to number five on the U.K. charts and the non-LP single "Time (Clock of the Heart)" reached number three. Early in 1983, Kissing to Be Clever and "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" began climbing the U.S. charts, with the single peaking at number two. "Time" reached number two in the U.S. shortly after the non-LP British single "Church of the Poison Mind," attained the same position in the U.K. "I'll Tumble 4 Ya" became a Top Ten hit in America that summer.
By the time Culture Club's second album Colour By Numbers was released in the fall of 1983, the band was the most popular pop/rock group in America and England. "Karma Chameleon" became a number one hit on both sides of the Atlantic, while the album reached number one in the U.K. and number two in the U.S. Throughout 1984, the group racked up hits, with "It's a Miracle" and "Miss Me Blind" reaching the Top Ten. In the fall, the group returned with its third album, Waking Up With the House on Fire. While "The War Song" reached number two in the U.K., the album was a disappointment in America, stalling at platinum; its predecessor went quadruple platinum.
Following a brief tour in February, Culture Club went on hiatus for 1985, with Craig, Moss, and Hay pursuing extracurricular musical projects in the interim. During the year, Boy George — who had previously denounced drugs in public — became addicted to heroin. Furthermore, his romance with Moss, which had always been rocky, began to disintegrate. All of these problems were kept hidden, but it became evident that something was wrong when Culture Club returned to action in the spring of 1986. Though their comeback single, "Move Away," became a hit in April, its accompanying album From Luxury to Heartache stayed on the charts for only a few months. Rumors of George's heroin addiction began to circulate, and by the summer, he announced that he was indeed addicted to the drug. In July, he was arrested by the British police for possession of cannabis. Several days later, keyboardist Michael Rudetski, who played on From Luxury to Heartache, was found dead of a heroin overdose in George's home. Rudetski's parents unsuccessfully tried to press wrongful death charges on Boy George.
While Boy George was battling heroin addiction, and his subsequent dependence on prescription narcotics, Culture Club broke up. George confirmed the group's disbandment in the spring of 1987, and he began a solo career later that year. While his solo career produced several dance hits in Europe, George didn't land an American hit until 1992, when his cover of Dave Berry's "The Crying Game" was featured in the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. In 1995, George published his autobiography, Take It Like a Man. Culture Club reunited in 1998, issuing the two-disc set VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Hits.
Title: The Hits Collection CD1
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: The Hits Collection CD2
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, New Wave, Pop, Pop Rock, Alternative
Title: Culture Club: This Time - The First Four Years
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Culture Club: Greatest Hits
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Don't Mind If I Do
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Reggae, Disco, Pop
Title: The War Song (Single)
Artist: Culture Club, Totten Mechanismus
Genre: Electronica, Industrial, Soul, Rock, Pop, EBM
Title: Culture Club - Greatest Hits
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Same Thing In Reverse
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Title: Waking Up With the House On Fire
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Kissing to Be Clever
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Tense Nervous Headache
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Title: Waking Up With The House On Fire 2008
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Title: The Unrecoupable One Man Bandit. Volume One
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Title: Boy George (CD2)
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Title: Culture Club Collection: 12'' Mixes
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Alternative
Title: Live at Wembley - World Tour 2016
Artist: Culture Club
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Punk Rock, Alternative
Title: Boy George (CD1)
Artist: Culture Club, Boy George
Collections
Title: Pure... Alternative 80s (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Summer Dance Collection (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Het Beste Uit De Top 500 Van Het Foute Uur Van (CD4)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s Megabox (CD2)
Title: Nostalgie Summer Party (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: MTV Classic
Genre: Pop
Title: Dexter - Season 4
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Foreign Collection Gold Disco (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Anos 80 - Som Livre Vol. 3
Title: 100 Hits 80s Classics (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: 100 Hits 80s Classics (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: 100 Hits 80s Classics (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: Formel Eins-Balladen (CD 2)
Title: Baladas Inolvidables Vol. 9
Title: A - Z Of The 80s (CD05)
Title: RTL Ultimative Chart Show (CD6)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: RTL Ultimative Chart Show (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Retro
Title: Waar Zijn De Eighties (CD2)
Title: Love Ballads (CD2)
Genre: World Music
Title: The 80's Flavour Vol 01
Title: Maximum Pop 12 Pulgadas
Genre: Pop
Title: Sound Of The 80s (Super Clasicos) Parte 1 (CD5)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: The 80's (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Platinium 80 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Virgin Records - 40 Years Of Disruptions
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Disco, Pop
Title: Top 50 - Coffret Vol. 3 (CD2)
Genre: Acoustic
Title: Pure 90s (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Reggae, World Music, Pop
Title: Your Greatest Hits 80s (Joe FM Top 800 Volume II) (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: LOS80 LO MEJOR (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80's Night Ultimate DJ Collection (CD4)
Genre: Rock
Title: 80s Mind Falling (CD1)
Genre: Alternative
Title: RTL2 Pop Rock Party 80 (CD1)
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 90s (CD8)
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Reggae, Pop
Title: VH1 100 Greatest Songs Of 80s (CD2)
Genre: Retro
Title: 80s Megabox (CD1)
Title: Fantastic 80s! (CD1) -80's Pop Heaven
Genre: Blues
Title: The Lost 80's Vol. 032
Genre: Soul, Rock, Dancefloor
Title: Love Stories (CD6)
Genre: Pop
Title: One Shot 1982 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Stars Of The 80s - The MEGA-Mixes (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: So80s - Vol. 2 (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: SO8OS Vol. 3 (CD3)
Genre: Trance
Title: New Gold Dreams (CD3)
Title: Forever Gold 80s (CD3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Forever Gold 80s (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: La Musica De Tu Vida Vol 1
Title: 80s 12'' - 72 Original Hits (CD6)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s 12'' - 72 Original Hits (CD5)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s 12'' - 72 Original Hits (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 80s Pop Hits (Sony) (CD1)
Title: 80s Pop Hits (Sony) (CD2)
Title: The Best Of Love Songs - True Love
Genre: Pop
Title: Now That’s What I Call Music! 1982
Genre: Pop
Title: 80S COLLECTION DJMIXCHILE (CD11)
Genre: Rock, DJ/Remixes, Pop
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1982
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1983
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Melodia FM 2014 (CD1)
Title: Grand 80s (Vol. 1) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: Coleccion De Musica Disco De Los Años 80 Volumen 90
Genre: Disco
Title: Coleccion De Musica Disco De Los Años 80 Volumen 67
Genre: Disco
Featuring albums
Title: Dexter - Season 4 (Music from the Showtime Original Series)
Artist: Dexter
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Follow The Bassline, Vol. 2 (20 Tech-House Tracks)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Balearic Tech House Anthems, Chapt. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Underground Groove MIAMI (A Unique Selection of Minimal & Techno Tunes)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: E-Sa Records Presents Deep Wax: Vintage Miami House, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Daniele Baldelli Cosmic The Original 1979-1984 (CD1: Studio)
Artist: Daniele Baldelli
Genre: Downtempo, Industrial, Electro, Italo Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, EBM
Title: Ready Earth Bounce Weekend (CD1)
Artist: Promoe
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Synth Pop, Indie
Title: Tech House Republic (20 Underground Grooves), Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: The Bad Batch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Pop Edition Vol. 3
Artist: Dance Classics
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Punk Rock, Reggae Fusion, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Easy Listening
Title: Studio Brussel - Boitlyfe
Artist: Average Rob, Omdat Het Kan Soundsystem
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: The Sing-A-Long Lip (CD2)
Artist: Sing-A-Long
Genre: Electropop, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Disco, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk