Biography
Sexagisma stood out as one of Britain's most electrifying concert acts amid the glam resurgence of the mid-1980s. Their profile rose sharply across the U.K. early in 1985 after a series of glowing notices appeared in Melody Maker. Further success eluded them owing to misfortune and unfortunate scheduling. Sessions with Tony Visconti, an intended release of "Glitter Devils," and a growing roster of high-profile support dates all collapsed without result, so that the group's dissolution late in 1986 attracted almost no notice.
Deeply rooted in early-1970s British glam from Bowie, Roxy, Gary Glitter, and Alice Cooper, the band mirrored that era's flamboyance onstage as well. Vaughan Funnel launched the initial lineup solely for performances at private gatherings. Strong reactions to those infrequent shows gradually coalesced into a fixed roster of Funnel, bassist Jem Soar, drummer Mark Carter, guitarist Vince Carter, keyboardist Mick Cronin, and dancer Andy Rogene. Their first proper engagement occurred inside a west London pizza parlor, and by the close of 1984 they had begun opening regularly for Specimen.
Fresh compositions filtered into the set, prompting the group to book Alaska Studios in midsummer 1985, where they cut the autobiographical debut single "Glitter Devils"/"Monster Fun." A three-month British tour was scheduled to run through Christmas, plans surfaced for launching their own West End dance club, and a fanciful scheme even emerged to secure Hammersmith Odeon for an appearance in tartan trousers miming to Bay City Rollers records. None of these ideas reached fruition. The single went unissued, and before year's end Soar and the Carter brothers left to form Psycho's Mum alongside vocalist Craig High. Cronin followed early in 1987.
Deeply rooted in early-1970s British glam from Bowie, Roxy, Gary Glitter, and Alice Cooper, the band mirrored that era's flamboyance onstage as well. Vaughan Funnel launched the initial lineup solely for performances at private gatherings. Strong reactions to those infrequent shows gradually coalesced into a fixed roster of Funnel, bassist Jem Soar, drummer Mark Carter, guitarist Vince Carter, keyboardist Mick Cronin, and dancer Andy Rogene. Their first proper engagement occurred inside a west London pizza parlor, and by the close of 1984 they had begun opening regularly for Specimen.
Fresh compositions filtered into the set, prompting the group to book Alaska Studios in midsummer 1985, where they cut the autobiographical debut single "Glitter Devils"/"Monster Fun." A three-month British tour was scheduled to run through Christmas, plans surfaced for launching their own West End dance club, and a fanciful scheme even emerged to secure Hammersmith Odeon for an appearance in tartan trousers miming to Bay City Rollers records. None of these ideas reached fruition. The single went unissued, and before year's end Soar and the Carter brothers left to form Psycho's Mum alongside vocalist Craig High. Cronin followed early in 1987.
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Singles