Friends Again

While many of the compatriots wrote fresh wave pop songs propelled by jangling guitars, Glasgow, Scotland’s Friends Once again distinguished themselves using their peers by combining ’60s-influenced rock with funk, R&B, and country. Offering Chris Thompson (business lead vocals, rhythm acoustic guitar), James Give (lead acoustic guitar, vocals), Neil Cunningham (bass), Paul McGeechan (keyboards), and Stuart Kerr (drums), Close friends Again shaped in 1982. The music group created three singles, “Sunkissed,” “Honey at the Primary,” and “Condition of Artwork” on Moonbot Information before putting your signature on to Mercury Information. The group released a self-titled EP in 1983 and documented their debut recording, Trapped and Unwrapped, in 1984. The LP explored the band’s different musical affects, veering from ’70s-design funk (“Lullaby No. 2”) to soulful balladry (“Older Flame”) sung with Thompson’s David Bowie-esque croon. Nevertheless, the LP received combined reviews, specifically for Bob Sargeant’s slick creation, and it had been also a industrial failure. Desiring an wall socket for his very own songs, Grant still left the group in 1984, and Close friends Again immediately dropped apart. Grant produced Love and Profit 1985, delving deeper within the funk, R&B, and nation influences that led Friends Once again. McGeechan, Kerr, and Cunningham implemented Grant in Like and Cash while Thompson made the Bathers in 1987.