3/28/2023 0 Comments Altered images![]() ![]() She also made her debut at The Royal Albert Hall where she joined Texas on stage. Clare and the band worked closely with Scottish painter David Band creating original pieces of art work that were released as special edition prints alongside the singles.Ĭlare recently received a Special Recognition Award at the Scottish Music Awards and headlined a Gala night at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and then played to a sell-out crowd in LA at the Microsoft Arena. They were voted BEST NEW GROUP at the NME awards the same year that they were invited to play at The Royal Command Performance. They recorded 3 Top 10 Albums and had 6 UK Top 40 hits including ‘Don’t Talk To Me About Love’, ‘I Could Be Happy’ and ‘Happy Birthday’. The summer she left school, her band, ALTERED IMAGES, were signed to Sony Records and Clare appeared in the BAFTA winning comedy movie GREGORY’S GIRL directed by Bill Forsyth.Īltered Images quickly had worldwide success, selling millions of records, which topped the charts in several countries. Just One More Thing…Ultravox – “Rage In Eden” Steven Wilson 2.CLARE GROGAN has worked extensively in Music, Film, Television, Theatre and Radio for 35+ years.Want List: John Foxx – “Avenham” Album Coming To CD Next Week.Tommy Frenzy’s “You Yeah You” CD Doesn’t Waste Any Of Your Time.Check this space in “early 2022” when we can hopefully share our thoughts on the as yet unnamed new album. It bears mentioning that the “Love Bomb” single was written by outsiders. With members of The Bluebells and Suede joining in, there should be lots of good songwriting DNA to surprise us. While I have not been exactly pining for the return of Altered Images, I certainly welcome and anticipate it in this topsy-turvy world we find ourselves in. Their recent opus “Hi,” was a number three UK album and they are not hurting, but perhaps the outlier to the Altered Images return was the duet that Clare Grogan sang with Sharleen Spiteri on “Look What You’ve Done.” I guess the timing was right to fold into an Altered Images project right afterward. I’m intrigued that 60% of the last band lineup are back and the appearance of McElhone was particularly surprising, given his long streak of success with Texas. But only if they get the master files to the LP pressing plant…last month! Hopefully there will also be a CD. Altered Images have been signed to the vibrant indie Cooking Vinyl and the new album will be out in early 2022. The latter is the musician from Altered Images who’s had the biggest footprint in music, starting with the formation of Hipsway immediately afterward, but certainly reaching the heights with his foundation of the band Texas, who have had a long, stately career with plenty of metallic records on their collective walls. This fourth album will be co-produced by Stephen Lironi of the band with… Bernard Butler who has co-written with the new band, which in addition to Grogan and Lironi, also features Bobby Bluebell and a third returning original member – Johnny McElhone. I wonder if they had a clue as to their fates back a dozen years earlier? The last 20 years have seen her mothering, hosting TV shows, writing a children’s book, and playing the occasional live gig with a band of ladies these days. In a charming turn of events, in the early 90s, she ended up marrying her ex-bandmate Stephen Lironi, with whom she had formed the post-Images band Universal Love School to no recorded releases. There was one more track released on a sampler, but it was no picnic in the sun.Īfter leaving Altered Images and her barely launched solo career behind, Clare Grogan spent more time acting in the occasional project. Stop the presses! I just got a note from Gavin alerting me to the frankly astonishing news that Altered Images, the fine Scottish band of the early 80s who snuffed their career far too early for my tastes, are back… Back… BACK! It seems like only yesterday when their divisive third album under performed in the UK charts and the group seemed to break up in a fit of pique over their last three singles from it placing lower, and lower following a solid top 10 success with the sumptuous “Don’t Talk to Me About Love.” That was 1983 when that happened and singer Clare Grogan, attempted a solo career with an unconvincing single and a album ready to go that was shelved. L-R: Stephen Lironi, Rob Collins, Clare Grogan, Bernard Butler, Simon Watson ![]()
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