Venetians

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So Much for Love 00:00 Tools
Chinese I's 00:00 Tools
Sound On Sound 00:00 Tools
The Outsider 00:00 Tools
Shine The Light 00:00 Tools
Nothing Changes 00:00 Tools
If Somebody Loves You 00:00 Tools
Oh La La 00:00 Tools
Love Affair 00:00 Tools
Two Stories 00:00 Tools
Set Loose 00:00 Tools
No Answer 00:00 Tools
Face The Music 00:00 Tools
Things 00:00 Tools
Voices 00:00 Tools
Eugene 00:00 Tools
Inspiration 00:00 Tools
Stay 00:00 Tools
Let It All Go 00:00 Tools
Believe in Me 00:00 Tools
Bitter Tears 00:00 Tools
Do It Together 00:00 Tools
One From the Hearts 00:00 Tools
Cario 00:00 Tools
Amazing World 00:00 Tools
Chinese I's (Here Come the Minute Men) [7"] 00:00 Tools
Chinese I's ( Here Come The Minute Men ) ( Extended Remix ) 00:00 Tools
So Much For Love (Rock Mix) 00:00 Tools
Age Of Reason 00:00 Tools
Chinese I's (here come the minute men) 00:00 Tools
Cairo 00:00 Tools
So Much For Love (Club Mix) 00:00 Tools
One From The Heart 00:00 Tools
Looks Like Love 00:00 Tools
Slave Dancing 00:00 Tools
So Complete 00:00 Tools
Chinese I's (Here Come The Minutemen) 00:00 Tools
Ooh La La 00:00 Tools
Suspect 00:00 Tools
Must Believe 00:00 Tools
Little Change 00:00 Tools
Place Called Home 00:00 Tools
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The Venetians formed in late 1982, when Rik Swinn (lead vocalist) arrived in Australia with a 24-track master demo of a song he'd recorded in England. He read a newspaper advert placed by two musicians looking for a lead singer. Within weeks, Swinn hooked up with David Skeet (guitar and vocals), Matthew Hughes (keyboards), Peter Watson (bass guitar) and Tim Powles (drums) to form Venetians. "The chemistry was definitely there from the beginning," says Swinn. The Venetians released their first single "Sound On Sound" in 1983, a version of Swinn's original demo. The band signed with Festival Records' Parole Records label. Though accompanied by a video which attracted a lot of airplay, "Sound On Sound" failed to chart significantly. Their second single "Chinese I's" generated some chart action while the band began to build their reputation as a live act. They also began work on their debut album, Step Off the Edge, produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. Following the release "Ooh La La" as the first single from Step Off the Edge, they got their first major break: as opening act on the Split Enz's "Enz With A Bang" farewell tour. This led to further major tour activity with Icehouse and Nik Kershaw. By 1985, they were an Australian live attraction in their own right. The band released the second single "Shine The Light" in February 1985, and the album Step Off The Edge in May 1985. Near the end of 1985, Venetians went into the studio with producer Mark Opitz to cut two songs, including the chartbusting "So Much For Love." As the band worked with producer Peter Blyton on the second album Calling In The Lions, "So Much For Love" scaled the Australian singles charts, peaking at number three on the national charts in March 1986. The Venetians then embarked on a two-month Australian tour, with The Church, and released "Inspiration," their follow-up to "So Much For Love." Both singles, and a third "If Somebody Loves You" are featured on Calling In The Lions, their first album released on the Chrysalis label. Chrysalis releasing Calling in the Lions and the single "So Much for Love" in the United States. With the departure of Matthew Hughes in 1987, the Venetians spent the next year recording their third album, Amazing World. It produced three singles, "Amazing World", "Bitter Tears" and "Must Believe", but the chart success of Calling in the Lions wasn't to be repeated and the band broke up the following year. Since 1994 Tim Powles has played drums for Scribble (1985-1986), The Divinyls (1989), Angry Anderson Band (1990) and The Church where he currently plays a key role in both the management of the band and also the band’s recording process, producing their last three albums. David Skeet moved to the US in 1990 and worked as a producer/recording artist while signed to MCA Music in Los Angeles. He returned to Sydney in 1999 and continues to produce records, including projects at Tim Powles' Spacejunk studio. From Wikipedia.org - http://tinyurl.com/456ezt Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.