Fairground Attraction
Formed in Glasgow in 1986 by guitarist Mark Nevin and ex-Eurhythmics
backing singer Eddi Reader, Fairground Attraction reached Number
One with folky debut single Perfect in 1988.
But the sunny exterior masked cracks that even multi-platinum
debut album The First Of A Million Kisses couldn't paper
over. By 1990, tensions were so bad that Nevin quit the band
during sessions for the follow-up album.
Vocalist Eddi Reader went on to record a number of solo albums
(with the help of drummer Roy Dodds) and received an MBE in 2006
for services to music. Nevin co-wrote and played on Morrissey's Kill
Uncle album and released a couple of solo albums in the late
90s, before studying psychotherapy and changing career.
Bassist Simon Edwards subsequently played with Talk Talk and
Kirsty MacColl before joining Billy Bragg's band, The Blokes.
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