The Passions (British band)

Not to be confused with The Passions (American band).

The Passions
Also known asThe Youngsters[1]
The Rivers of Passion[2] Barbara Gogan and The Passions[3]
OriginShepherd's Bush, London, England
GenresPost-punk, new wave
Years active1978–1983
LabelsSoho, Fiction, Polydor
Past membersBarbara Gogan
Claire Bidwell
Richard Williams
Dack Dyde
Mitch Barker
Clive Timperley
David Agar
Kevin Armstrong
Jeff Smith
Stephen Wright
Websitethepassions.co.uk (archived)

The Passions were a British-Irish[4] post-punk/new wave band which formed in 1978[5] and disbanded in 1983.[6] The Passions' music was grounded mainly in Barbara Gogan's voice and Clive Timperley's delicate Echoplex guitar work. They were considered a one-hit wonder due to their early 1981 single "I'm in Love with a German Film Star".[7]

  1. ^ "Biography 1 | the Passions". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Home | the Passions". Archived from the original on 29 July 2021.
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  4. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever : The Passions". Furious.com. 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ "The Passions | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  6. ^ "22 songs you probably didn't know the Pet Shop Boys were involved with" "...I'm In Love With A German Film Star, originally a 1981 Top 40 hit by post-punk New Wave band The Passions.". Birmingham Mail. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sinclair was invoked but never defined (see the help page).