Erasure

Not in the USA. I liked the early work before Andy Bell became Beef from The Phantom of the Paradise.

R1 are you kidding? They were huge in the USA, at least after “Chains of Love” .

They were for a little while. "The Innocents" was probably their biggest record.

I've had bigger

But, were they big in Japan?

I love to hate them.

Are you a retarded millennial, OP? They were massive. I saw them headline the Forum in 1989 during the Wild! tour. Completely sold out. That was their peak. Every time I've seen them in LA after that, it's always been at the Wiltern, still prestigious, but a theater.

Fuck yes, they were huge. Just saw them live last year. A Little Respect and Chains of Love are fucking legendary.

I think Allison Moyet should do an album of Erasure covers.

Strictly tinymeat.

[quote] I think Allison Moyet should do an album of Erasure covers.

Funny, but she and Vince are on good terms - I doubt she'd want to do it or vice versa.

You can tell "Who Needs Love Like That" was at least partly written with Alison in mind. The phrasing is very, very Alison. I can't say that about any other Erasure song, but if they were ever going to try to do something like that, I'd want her to sing that song.

OP - They were solid in terms of record sales and concerts.

As for "huge" I would say Depeche Mode would have been my definition of "huge" from that era and that type of music. I'd say DM were A/A+ in terms of sales/concerts, and Erasure would have been somewhere between an A-/B+ - not commentary about their music but in terms of their popularity.

They only had a few top 40 hits in the states but their popularity on indie stations and dance stations was somewhat similar to the era where the Pet Shop Boys were also hitting those same audiences. And, as with PSB, their audiences and numbers changed a few years after grunge in the late 90s. They still have a solid audience, but a smaller one.

Thanks, r12 and everyone else!

They were quite popular with gay circuit men (Blue Savannah, A Little Respect, Chains of Love, Drama, etc) and - are you sitting down? - middle school girls who knew Andy Bell was gayescthan a basket of bows but still adored him.

I went to a concert once in midtown Manhattan (that venue across 34th St from MSG) and it was surreal. Down in the floor seats, screaming girls wearing braces and chewing gum. Up in the balcony, screamer boys wearing tank tops and chewing gum (from all the blow, poppers, tina, etc.)

Intermission was a blast, with everyone mingling pretty well, since many party gay boys are just giggling schoolgirls at heart.

Erasure is HUGE nowadays.

Loved them back in the day love them still. Chicago folks were very into Erasure.

they will always be my favorite. saw them live and it was great

Love them!!

My WLIR listening teen self LOVED Erasure! I remember going in to NYC to see them live at some pier in the 80's and the crowd was mostly gay... Very exciting and life changing night in that crowd!