Mi-Sex
Mi-Sex were formed in New Zealand as a long-haired hippie pub band
known as The Fragments Of Time. They moved to Australia in 1978 to
try out the fledgling Sydney punk circuit, had their hair cut and
played a mixture of keyboard-based originals and covers of
material by artists like David Bowie and
Ultravox (from
whence they took their name).
In April 1979, Mi-Sex signed a recording contract with CBS
Records and one month later they recorded their debut album Graffiti
Crimes at EMI's 301 Studios in Sydney.
A first single, But You Don't Care, was released
from the album to coincide with a national tour as support
for Talking Heads. It reached the Australian Top 20. In
October 1979, the band's second single, Computer Games,
was released and after only seven weeks it was a national Number
One hit.
In January 1980, Mi-Sex re-entered the studio to record tracks
for their second album, Space Race. The first single
from the album, People, went Top 10 within six weeks
of release. Shortly after, the (by now) hugely popular band
embarked on a five week tour of America.
While they were away they received TV Week/Countdown
Rock Awards for Best New Talent, Best Australian Single (for Computer
Games) and Most Popular Record, album or single (also
for Computer Games).
In America they toured the west coast with Iggy Pop
and The Ramones before headlining two shows at the Whiskey
Club.
On the east coast they played five shows in New York, then
embarked on a 16 day headlining tour through Canada. Returning to
Australia they launched Space Race to mixed reaction.
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