Saturday, September 09, 2006

Number 833 - Choirboys



Number 833

Choirboys

"Run To Paradise"

(1987)
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Genre: Rock
"The Choirboys started on the Northern Beaches area of Sydney in 1979. The original members of the band were Mark Gable on vocals, Ian Hulme on bass, Lindsay Tebbutt on drums, and Brad Carr on guitar. They started jamming and writing songs, and playing together in venues around Sydney"
"The first single, "Never Gonna Die," reached #21 in the Australian single charts in 1983. Australian TV musical personality Ian "Molly" Meldrum said the album was "destined to become an Aussie classic." Cold Chisel invited the Choirboys to support them on their "Last Stand", their last tour for 15 years."
"The Choirboys returned to the live scene in 1986, opening for
Deep Purple on their tour. Brad Carr left the group to be replaced by Brett Williams. They returned to the studio to produce their second album Big Bad Noise with producer Peter Blyton. The first single "Run to Paradise" reached the top of the charts in late 1987 and continued in the charts in early 1988. Big Bad Noise went double platinum in Australia with singles "Boys Will Be Boys" and "Struggle Town" also reaching the top 10 of the singles charts"

For Deep Purple see Number 686

Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Isn't Choirboys from the Vatican?) and the Album ranked at Number ( yawn )
This song has a crowbarred rating of 62.4 out of 108
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