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Rejecting the abrasive guitars of their punk-era contemporaries and only lushly romantic synthesizers, Ultravox surfaced among the primary affects within the British electro-pop movement of the first ’80s. Created in London in 1974, the group — originally dubbed Ultravox! — was led by vocalist and keyboardist John Foxx (created Dennis …

John Foxx (given birth to Dennis Leigh in Chorley, Lancashire, Britain), the initial vocalist of Ultravox, was one particular cult statistics known more with the recordings of others instead of those of his very own building. His detached, jolting vocal design motivated mainstream and underground performers across the years, from …