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Vienna: Jacket vg/vg+ Record vg+/ex
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Ultravox Ultravox at the end of a concert in  in 2012 (l-r): , Chris Cross, ,  Background informationAlso known as  (1974–1975) Ultravox! (1976–1978) Origin, EnglandGenres Years active 1974–1987 1992–1996 2008–2013 Labels SpinoffsSpinoff ofPast members Tony Holmes Gary Williams Website

Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British  band, formed in London in April 1974 as . Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was their 1981 hit "".

From 1974 until 1979, singer  was frontman and the main driving force behind Ultravox. Foxx left the band in March 1979 to embark on a solo career.  officially took over as lead singer, guitarist and frontman on 1 November 1979 (despite writing and rehearsing with the band from April of that year) after he and keyboardist  worked in the studio project . Ure revitalised the band and steered it to commercial chart success lasting until 1987, at which time the group disbanded.

A new line-up, led by Currie, was formed in 1992, but achieved limited success with two albums failing to chart and one solitary single reaching 90 in the UK chart. The band's best-known line-up of Currie, Ure, bassist Chris Cross and drummer Warren Cann re-formed in 2008 and performed a series of shows in 2009 and 2010 before releasing a new studio album, , in May 2012 which reached 21 in the British Album Charts. In November 2013, Ultravox performed as special guests on a four-date UK arena tour with . These shows proved to be Ultravox's last, as in 2017 both Currie and Ure indicated that Ultravox had run its course.

History Early years – Tiger Lily: 1974–1976

The band was formed in April 1974 on the initiative of vocalist and songwriter , a then  student, and was originally known as . An initial but incomplete line-up comprised Leigh plus  who was then billed as Chris St. John (bass guitar) and  (guitar), with  (drums) and  (violin) joining in May and October 1974 respectively. The group released one single in 1975, "", a cover of the  song, which featured in a soft porn film. Later, the band went through a series of name changes including The Zips, Fire of London, London Soundtrack, and The Damned, using this last name for a few weeks before discovering that  had already taken it.

Experimental years: 1976–1979 Ultravox!

On the strength of their live act, the band signed to  in 1976. The group had still not finalized their band name, wanting to make a good and lasting choice. In October 1976, while working on the late stages of their debut album, the band conceived the name Ultravox! (the exclamation mark was a reference to  band , produced by , who later produced three Ultravox albums). At the same time, Leigh chose  and Allen chose  as their respective stage names. In February 1977, Island released their eponymous debut album, .

Like many other bands that formed Britain's  and  movements, Ultravox! drew inspiration from the art-school side of . Musically, Ultravox were heavily influenced by , the ,  and . Their debut was co-produced by  and  (who next co-wrote and performed with Bowie on ). 's sales were disappointing, and neither the album nor the associated single "Dangerous Rhythm" managed to enter the UK charts. Relations within the band were on an occasionally tenuous footing during this time as Foxx declared that he intended to live without emotions, a sentiment he wrote into the début album track "I Want to Be a Machine".

Ultravox returned later in 1977 with the punkier . Sales of both the album and its lead single, "", were poor, both failing to register on the UK charts. "ROckWrok" had a punk-lyric chorus, with the words "Come on, let's tangle in the dark/Fuck like a dog, bite like a shark". (Despite this, it got airplay on .) Although Ha!-Ha!-Ha! was dominated by guitars and , the final track, "Hiroshima Mon Amour", was a prototypical  song. One of the first tracks by a British band to feature a drum machine (a  with preset patterns) and a tenor  solo played by "cc" of the band Gloria Mundi. Hiroshima Mon Amour signaled a new direction for Ultravox. The energy, anger and popular appeal of punk was fading in 1978, and the more creative UK punk genre talent sought new directions—calling themselves  instead of  artists. "Hiroshima Mon Amour" remains a critics' and fans' favorite from the group's initial period. Ultravox! also performed it on  later in 1978.

Becoming Ultravox

In early March 1978, Stevie Shears, whose style of guitar playing was considered a limiting factor, was sacked from the band after they toured England and joined  in 1980. He was replaced by  (ex-member of 's ), who during his first days with the band changed his performance-name to Robin Simon. Some time in 1978, the group also dropped the exclamation mark, becoming simply "Ultravox". The new line-up performed live at the  along with , , ,  and , playing early versions of "Slow Motion" and "Quiet Men" on 27 August 1978.

Their third album, 1978's , was recorded with producer  (the producer of the first four albums by German electronic outfit ) and engineer Dave Hutchins at Plank's Studio in rural Germany. Musically, the album was markedly different from Ultravox's earlier work, bringing synthesizers to the forefront of the group's sound. Despite praise from some critics, the album was a commercial failure. Since none of the albums to date had generated much income, tensions within the band—particularly between Currie and Foxx—threatened the band's viability.

Island dropped the band on 31 December 1978 after an attempt to market the album in the United States failed to generate sales. That appeared to be the final nail in the band's coffin, but Ultravox self-financed a US tour in early 1979. They split after their final gig near San Francisco in March 1979 and Foxx declared his intention to pursue a solo career. Simon remained in the US and briefly joined The Futants, a punk band from New York. He later returned to England and teamed up with  to replace guitarist  in the band . The remaining members made their way back to a Britain in the midst of the .  dropped the three Ultravox albums from its catalogue, and released a compilation of highlights from the group's first three albums in 1980, called .

Foxx subsequently signed to Virgin Records and released his album  in January 1980. By this time, Billy Currie had been recruited by the rising star  in 1979 to do a performance at  show with his band . Numan had been a fan of Ultravox and Currie was also asked to play on Numan's début solo album, , and its subsequent tour. Warren Cann went to work for , while Chris Cross did some shows with  (of ) and Barrie Masters (from ).

Midge Ure years: 1979–1987 Midge Ure in concert, Oslo November 1981Ure in concert, April 1984

With the band seemingly over, Ultravox were then revitalised by , who joined the band as vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist. He had already achieved minor success with semi-glam outfit  and 's , and in 1979, he was temporarily playing with hard rock band  on their American tour, replacing .

Ure and Billy Currie had met while collaborating on , a studio-based band fronted by  icon and nightclub impresario . Ure and Currie were part of the  ensemble on a part-time basis while simultaneously being in Ultravox. During Ure and Currie's tenure, Visage had released two successful albums and had a string of hit singles (the most notable being ""), but Ure decided to leave in 1982 to concentrate solely on Ultravox. Currie remained with Visage for a while longer, but he too had left them by 1984.

Encouraged by Visage drummer and mutual friend , Currie asked Ure to join Ultravox. The first material for a prospective new Ultravox record came together quickly and the group decided to tour the US again at the end of 1979. They did so in the hope of being picked up by an American label. Ure knew of Ultravox's past, being a fan of Systems to the point where the new four-piece outfit (Ultravox mk. III) played songs from that album with Ure singing Foxx's lyrics.

Most of the album that would become Vienna was ready to record by the time Ultravox signed a new record deal with . , heralded a major change of direction and would become their most successful to date, far surpassing any of the previous Ultravox (or Foxx) albums. As with Systems of Romance, it was produced by Conny Plank.

Released in June 1980, the Vienna album produced the band's first UK Top 40 hit with "" reaching No. 29, while the album itself initially peaked at No. 14. A second single, "", failed to reach the Top 40, only reaching No. 57, but the band achieved a substantial hit with the third single, the album's . Accompanied by a highly distinctive video (inspired by 's 1949 film ), the single became Ultravox's biggest ever hit, released in January 1981 and peaking at Number 2 (kept off the top spot by John Lennon's "Woman" and then 's ""). On the strength of the single, the album then re-entered the chart and reached No. 3 in early 1981. A fourth single from the album, "", peaked at No. 8. in 1981, and "" from Systems of Romance was also re-issued, reaching No. 33 the same year.

This was soon followed by  (1981), with the band returning to Plank's studio in Cologne for what turned out to be a difficult recording session. Whereas the Vienna material had been performed live a great deal prior to a three-week recording process, Rage in Eden took over three months. The album featured a long track in three parts on the second side. The album peaked at No. 4 in the UK, while two singles from the album, "" and "", both made the UK Top 20, reaching No. 14 and No. 16 respectively.

Ultravox teamed up with producer  for 1982's , which peaked at No. 6 in the UK and contained four Top 20 hit singles; "" reaching No. 12 and "" No. 11 both in 1982, and "" and in 1983 "" charting at No. 15 and No. 18 respectively. It was their most successful album in the US, peaking at No. 61.

The band undertook a major world tour, the Monument Tour, which was recorded and released as  in 1983, which also reached the UK top ten.

Ultravox then decided to produce their next album themselves. 1984's  continued the band's run of top ten albums and produced three top 40 hit singles, including the international hit "" (UK No. 3), "" (No. 22) and "" peaking at No. 27.

After the "Set Movements Tour" in 1984, a "greatest hits" compilation spanning the band's 1980s output was released entitled . It was preceded by a new single, "", which enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn and eventually peaked at No. 12 in the UK, accompanied by a popular -style spoof video. The Collection went triple Platinum and reached No. 2 in the UK album chart, the band's highest ever peak.

In November 1984, Ure also co-wrote and produced the  single "". The four Ultravox-members took a long break from each other, but appeared at  the following year and played four of their hit singles ("Reap the Wild Wind", "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes", "" and "Vienna"). Last time they were touring in 1984 they had twenty-two keyboards on stage, and the sound checks alone took five hours, so Ultravox actually chose the songs that they could perform with the least equipment, with no rehearsal and no sound check. With Ultravox being switched in the running order so that  could see  before leaving , the start of the Ultravox set was lost to a poor hand-over from an over-running foreign link up. As the concert was never officially archived, this could not be resorted to the partial record of the event available on the official DVD.  Later in 1985, Ure scored a No. 1 solo hit with "If I Was" and his solo album  reached No. 2 in the UK.

During the time Midge was away working with his solo album and tour, Cann, Currie and Cross recorded demos to a forthcoming album. They recorded the track "Ukraine" which is available on Curries 1991 solo album Stand up and Walk.

Ure later said that when he came back they were all working in different directions. In a band meeting before the new recording began in 1986,  was sacked from the band due to musical differences. Ure said 1986: "After the two year break the differences that might have been very small two years ago, had magnified during that time, we had grown apart. It seemed like we could not work with him."

Ultravox recorded the  album with 's  on drums in Plank's studio in Germany. The U-Vox album, released in October 1986, was later described by Ure as "unfocused". Although it continued their string of top ten albums in the UK, its singles showed declining chart results: "" peaking at No. 31, and "" at No. 30 in 1986, with "" reaching only No. 88 in 1987. In 1987, Ultravox decided not to continue after the U-Vox tour and split up.

Currie signed a deal with  and recorded a solo album. Cross retired from the music business to become a psychotherapist. Cann later moved to  to work in the movie business. Currie and Robin Simon reunited in 1989 as the short-lived Humania, performing live shows, but never making a release until 2006, the album Sinews of the Soul.

Currie's own Ultravox in the Nineties: 1992–1996

Without any other original members, Currie reformed Ultravox again in 1992 with vocalist  to record , and later  replaced Fenelle in a new five-piece Ultravox line-up, lending his voice to another release,  released November 1994. This line-up also released the live album Future Picture recorded in Italy 1993.

These albums had little commercial success and the band dissolved again in 1996. Currie said 2006 about the attempt to continue Ultravox: "It wasn't a good idea but, in retrospect, it's always easy to say that."

Reunion: 2008–2013 Ultravox performing at  in London, 2013

In September 2008, both Vienna and Rage in Eden were released in digitally remastered two-disc format with the second disc containing previously unreleased material.

On 2 October 2008 Midge Ure and Billy Currie met again and played an acoustic "Vienna" together, on Geoff Lloyd Show on  in . After this they got an offer from , who their former manager Chris O’Donnell was now working for.

On 6 November 2008 the official announcement came: Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure reformed Ultravox again, for a 15-date UK tour in April 2009, entitled "Return to Eden". This would be the first time the classic line-up of the band had performed together since  in 1985. The first show was played at  10 April 2009.

On 's show on BBC's Radio 2 on 21 February 2009, Ure discussed the tour, with all four members of the most successful incarnation of the band on board. He mentioned that this reunion was not planned in light of the previously mentioned events, but rather was spontaneous and happened very quickly with the band members talking and communicating online (using email and Skype). The interview did not reveal whether or not new material would be recorded as a result of the reunion tour. Speaking to the Sunday Mail, Ure stated that the reunion was only a one-off, and there would be no new material from the group. He said: "We're not trying to recapture our youth and won't be writing new songs or recording another album. This is about celebrating our music and our anniversary."

Quartet and Monument were released in February 2009, also in two-disc editions. The second disc in the Monument package is a DVD containing the concert video that was previously only available on VHS tape. The other Chrysalis-era releases were planned for similar future releases.

Since success from touring the UK they have extended the tour to Germany and Belgium. A live CD and DVD of Ultravox's sell-out  show was released on 5 April 2010. The DVD features a documentary filmed on the build-up to and during the reunion tour, parts of it filmed by Midge Ure.

Ultravox returned to performing live with their Return to Eden II tour in Europe during 2010. In August they played four shows in Sweden together with  and  It was on this tour the band members decided that they should record some new material again.

On 20 January 2011, via their official website, Ultravox.org.uk, the band announced that a new studio album was nearing completion. In 2011 Ultravox released a fan store exclusive EP called Moments from Eden, featured four new live tracks recorded 23 April 2010 at Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, and 24 April 2010 at Admiralspalast, Berlin.

Ultravox's 11th studio album, , was released on 28 May 2012. Following this release the band embarked on the 'Brilliant Tour' performing shows across the UK and Europe in late 2012.

30 November 2013, Ultravox performed their last show at  in London, as special guests on a four date UK arena tour with .

On 4 January 2017, Billy Currie announced on his official website that he had decided that his time as a member of Ultravox had come to an end after 43 years. In December 2017 Midge Ure revealed in an interview with the  that a further reformation by the band was unlikely.

Legacy

 has stated that the original 1970s-era Ultravox was the most important influence on his music. Ultravox was also a major influence on early  and .

Along with acts like  and Gary Numan, Ultravox was one of the early influences on . In his book Energy Flash,  quotes Adam Lee Miller of : "I always get a kick when people say the first 'techno' record was 's 'Alleys of Your Mind'... To me, it was just a  record. It sounds particularly close to 'Mr X' by Ultravox."

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Rage In eden: The Voice5:53We Stand Alone5:30Rage In Eden4:02I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)4:56The Thin Wall5:33Stranger Within7:18Accent On Youth4:40The Ascent2:00Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)4:38

Lament: White China3:50One Small Day4:30Dancing With Tears In My Eyes4:39Lament4:40Man Of Two Worlds4:27Heart Of The Country5:05When The Time Comes4:56A Friend I Call Desire

Vienna: Astradyne7:07New Europeans4:00Private Lives4:06Passing Strangers3:49Sleepwalk3:10Mr. X6:33Western Promise5:44Vienna4:52All Stood Still4:23