Involved with THE STOKE MUSICIANS COLLECTIVE in the very early days.
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THE AMAZONS
One of the bands on the early Stoke Musicians Collective scene. Did one gig at Stoke Poly, then became BE JUNGLE.
ALL THE MADMEN
CHRIS BAILEY – vocals, MICK RICHARDSON – synths, NEALE DOWN – synths, RICHARD SMITH aka CAVALIER aka JAH SMITH – drum machine.
The brain child of MICK & NEALE, ALL THE MADMEN were formed in 1980 from the ashes of punk bands DEDKATZ and BEYOND THE WALL, taking off in a completely different direction, with an electronic sound reminiscent of The Human League, Gary Numan, & Depeche Mode.
After initially approaching former DISCHARGE drummer ACKO as a potential front man, the duo recruited former BEYOND THE WALL singer CHRIS BAILEY. 
Debuting at a house party in August 1980 supporting STRANGE BROOD, the band went on to play a number of gigs in the Newcastle area – The Bear, El Syds, Ritzy’s, etc.
Recorded a three track demo at Bumble Studio in August 1980, including a cover of Alice Cooper’s Schools Out with JULIE VAUGHAN on ‘schoolgirl backing vocals’, one track – Superior Life – was eventually released on the Slip Records compilation CRY HAVOC in February ’81. 
By this time the band had split up due to ‘musical differences’. The track was played a number of times on John Peel’s Radio One show.
MICK & NEALE worked on a number of further projects together including DECADES BY NIGHT, THE FRIENDLY CAMPAIGN, RED FETISH, and THE CONE; CHRIS & RICHARD left the local music scene, CHRIS occasionally working as a roadie for DISCHARGE.
In 2006 ALL THE MADMEN were approached by Obscure Identities 1980, a Californian independent record label, with a view to releasing a vinyl album! Around the same time, Superior Life appeared on an unofficial German release ‘None Night of Flexipop Vol. 6’ : http://www.discogs.com/release/1103672
In 2010, the track Living Is A Nightmare opened an unofficial American download only release, CRISPY NUGGETS VOL.1: http://crispynuggets.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/various-artists-crispy-nuggets-vol-1.html
The album DO YOU HEAR THE SIRENS CALLING was eventually released in August 2010.http://www.discogs.com/All-The-Madmen-Do-You-Hear-The-Sirens-Calling/release/2502873
A follow up – IN A DIFFERENT PLACE – came out in 2011.
http://www.discogs.com/All-The-Madmen-In-A-Different-Place/release/3283766
Another unofficial release containing Superior Life – NOW THATS WHAT I CALL MINIMAL 80’S VOL 12 -appeared in 2010.
CHRIS BAILEY died on New Year’s day 2011.
2016 saw yet another rehash of the band’s output get a vinyl release https://www.discogs.com/All-The-Madmen-Tape-Recordings-1980-1983/release/8869759
A BAND CALLED DORIS
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Also known as DORIS, and ABC DORIS, this outfit originated from Holmes Chapel. AOR style music, they contributed the song Many Miles from Home to the Stoke Musicians Collective’s album CRY HAVOC. 
Also released singles on their own ABCD record label – Living Danger b/w Sitting Here Waiting in 1981 was ABCD1, and Gypsy Lady in 1982 was ABCD3, which indicates that there may have been another single ABCD2.
Line-up: AMBROSE PARTINGTON – keyboards, PETE MOSS – gtr, bass, vocals, PAUL HELSBY – drums, and the main man BOB WEBB – vocals, gtr, bass.
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