Comsat Angels
Sheffield's Comsat Angels were defined by the same mix of
high-tensile guitar, militaristic beats, moody keyboards and
strained vocals as bands like Joy
Division, PiL, Wire and
Gang Of Four. But sadly the Angels were always overlooked.
Starting out as The Skylids, then Radio Earth, then finally
settling on Comsat Angels, they released the Red Planet
EP on the Junta label in 1979.
Then came three LPs for Polydor: Their 1980 debut, Waiting
For A Miracle, and the bleaker 1981 follow-up Sleep No
More show very few differences between them and The Cure or
Echo & The Bunnymen, but by 1982's Fiction The
Comsat Angels were floundering.
 An American communications company took issue with the band's
name and they were forced to change it to CS Angels for their US
release of the album Land (Jive / Arista, 1983) - which
included the singles Will You Stay Tonight? and a
re-recorded Independence Day - and for their
subsequent US LP 7 Day Weekend (Jive / Arista, 1985).
With the help of Robert Palmer, the band signed to Island
Records and released Chasing Shadows (1987). The 90's
saw a change in direction and name. The follow-up LP - Fire On
The Moon ( 1990) - was released under the name Dream Command.
The band were dropped by Island shortly after.
Two more albums were release by the RPM label: My Mind's
Eye (1992) and The Glamour (1995).
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