SIGUE SIGUE SPUTNIK: Andrew Eldritch or Annie Lennox or …?

Automatic translation. Improvements are constantly being worked on.

On February 17, 1986 – exactly 40 years ago – a loud, colourful bunch appeared in the media: Sigue Sigue Sputnik. The first single “Love Missile F1-11” really caused a sensation. Did you already know these facts?

★ The band’s appearance came across as a kind of “future punk”.

★ The creative head of SSS, Tony James, had also previously been in a punk band. Together with Billy Idol in Generation X.

★ There were high chart positions in Austria (9), Switzerland (6) and 3rd place in Ireland, England and Germany.

★ Before singer Martin Deville, Annie Lennox(Eurythmics) and Andrew Eldritch were under discussion, but the latter preferred to concentrate on The Sisters of Mercy.

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