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In 1981, Tag Burgess shaped the Chameleons with guitarists Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies, and drummer John Lever. Shaped through the early-’80s English post-punk motion, the music group embraced the disjointed atmospherics and alienation of New Purchase. The Chameleons under no circumstances approached the recognition of New Purchase, though, liberating …

The atmospheric pop music group the Chameleons formed in Manchester, Britain, in 1981 in the ashes of several regional groups: vocalist/bassist Tag Burgess began using the Cliches, guitarists Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding arrived in the Years, and drummer John Lever (who quickly replaced founding member Brian Schofield) originated using …

Almost rigtht after the tearful, embittered dissolution from the Chameleons, bassist/vocalist Mark Burgess and drummer John Lever came back as sunlight as well as the Moon, with Andy Whitaker and Andy Clegg essentially replacing the roles that Reg Smithies and Dave Fielding held in the former band. It is possible …