The Opposition

The Opposition

The Opposition est un groupe londonien de coldwave.

Ses membres sont Ralph Hall, Marcus Bell, Mark Long, Sterling Campbell, Lol Ford, Terence Devine King et Jean-Daniel Glorioso.

Fondé en 1979, The Opposition a publié son premier single Very Little Glory sur le label indépendant Double Vision Records. Le single a une très bonne presse ; s’ensuivra la sortie du premier album Breaking the Silence en 1981 et d’une tournée en Angleterre et en France.

Ils enregistrent ensuite Intimacy toujours sur Double Vision Records. Avec un accueil très positif de la presse, le groupe passe d’un label indie à une major, Charisma Records, sur laquelle sort tout d’abord Promises, en 1984, avec une tournée de quelques dates aux États-Unis en première partie de Thomas Dolby et une importante tournée en Europe. Ce sera ensuite la sortie, en 1985, de l’album Empire Days avec leur ingénieur du son Kenny Jones rejoint pour l’occasion par John Porter.

Entre temps, Charisma Records est racheté par Phonogram qui à son tour sera dévoré par Virgin. Sans changer de contrat, le groupe se retrouve avec leur troisième maison de disques. Il est temps d’amorcer un changement.

En 1987, le groupe fait une pause. Bell et Long en profitent pour travailler sur des chansons plus commerciales[Quoi ?] sous le nom de So. Ralph Hall est remplacé sur ce projet par Sterling Campbell à la batterie. Leur album Horseshoe in the Glove avec le single Are you sure connait un certain succès aux États-Unis. Ils ont une très bonne couverture médiatique, de nombreux passages sur les radios rock et une nomination au MTV Vidéo de la semaine, Are you sure se place à la 41e place du classement Billboard « Hot 100 ».

Après cette expérience américaine et deux années de tournée, Marcus Bell et Mark Long reprennent Opposition et sortent, en 1990, un album très intimiste Blue Alice Blue, enregistré, à nouveau, avec Kenny Jones. En 1990, sous le nouveau label Mrs Jones Records se succèderont les sorties de War Begins at Home (1994) et EP One (1995). Sterling Campbell quitte alors le groupe pour jouer avec David Bowie ; il est remplacé par Jean-Daniel Glorioso sur Blinder (2004) et EP2 (2010).

Discography

  • Breaking The Silence (1980), Double Vision Records
  • Intimacy (1983), Double Vision Records
  • Promises (1984), Charisma Records
  • Empire Days (1985), Charisma Records
  • Blue Alice Blue (1990), Declic Records
  • '81/'82 (1991), Midnight Music
  • War Begins At Home (1994), Polygram / Mrs Jones Records
  • EP1 (1995), Polygram / Mrs Jones Records
  • Blinder (2004), Mrs Jones Records
  • New York, Paris, Peckham (2004), Right Back Records – live album
  • EP2 (2010), Mrs Jones Records

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